[stylist] would it?

Wed Apr 1 23:31:01 UTC 2009

John, I'm answering your points within your text.  Judith
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From: "John Lee Clark" <johnlee at clarktouch.com>
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> Judith:
>
> It is only by having your blindness be central to your identity that you 
> can
> move beyond it in a healthy way.

JB- I did not have any orientation to blindness.  I did it all myself.  Now 
that I am comfortable with it I do not perceive it as central to my life. 
Things taht are more important to me are central.

>
> Those who try to deny it only do harm to themselves and others.

I don't deny it.  Last night my grandson confided that a boy in his class is 
going blind and the family is trying to solve the situation with therapy.  I 
hope they are successful.  I also told him to tell his friend, another 13 
ywear old, that he should have his mother call his grandmother who is blind. 
I hope she does.  I will tell her that I hope her son is successful with his 
therapy, but just in case the issue doesn't come to a satisfactory 
conclusion she might want to look into getting her son blindness skills like 
mobility training and reading braille.  I also have names of people in this 
community who are also blind and experts in this area.  I learned the 
importance of this from this list.  No John, I'm not in denial and if I can 
help another person I'm ready, willing and able.
>
> And what about the social responsibility for your fellow blind people? 
> For
> a blind person to ignore the blind community and not contribute at all or
> give anything back, to me, seems very bad indeed.
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Judith Bron
> Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 7:38 AM
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>
> What you seem to forget in this thread is that people's identities aren't
> only defined by their blindness.  My understanding is that we use 
> blindness
> skills to become integrated into the sighted community.  Yes, I am blind 
> but
>
> I'm also a person not defined by my blindness.  Blindness limits how I do
> some things, but even that does not define me.  Judith
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Justin Williams" <justin.williams2 at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 11:01 PM
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>> What I h ave often heard is how parcially sighted people don't fit with
>> either group.  They can see as well as the sighted who consider them
>> blind,
>> or at the very least, different then them.  However,  the totally blind
>> community, or thouse like my-self who have some vision, but who function
>> as
>> totals, do not consider them blind because they function more closely to
>> the
>> sighted in many instances.  -----Original Message-----
>> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Robert Newman
>> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 7:03 PM
>> To: 'NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List'
>> Subject: Re: [stylist] would it?
>>
>> Yes Ben, I would suggest that the book for me would be more interesting 
>> if
>> you talked about both parts of you- the blind and the sighted. What I
>> think
>> would be very important to all partially  blind readers, is where you
>> speak
>> to the struggle that you must and may still have between your sighted and
>> blind halves.
>>
>> inner battle
>>
>>
>> Robert Leslie Newman
>> Email- newmanrl at cox.net
>> THOUGHT PROVOKER Website-
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of LoriStay at aol.com
>> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 10:13 AM
>> To: stylist at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: Re: [stylist] would it?
>>
>> Let's not get into the technicalities of words here.   Though I agree 
>> with
>> Jim that just to say blind is fine.   Ben, write about both.
>> Maybe even in the same book.
>> Lori
>> In a message dated 3/26/09 2:06:26 AM, n6yr at sunflower.com writes:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> >would instead of me writing about growing up visually impaired do you
>>> >think it better if i write about my acceptance of being visually
>>> >impaired ? Robert ? Lori ? anyone?????
>>> >
>>> >Benjamin micek
>>>
>>
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