[stylist] Book about a deafblind guy

[helene ryles]

I'm afraid I don't know tactile sign language yet. I was raised
orally, and when I lost my sight I had problem with visual sign
language and didn't know too much about tactile sign language until I
started communicating with other deafblind people online.

I think one should prepare for blindness or deafblindness, but often
it isn't just the atitude of the deafblind or blind person but those
round them. Sometimes convincing others that you are still the same
person and don't need everything doing for you can be an uphill
struggle.  This is why it would be good for some newly blind people to
be taught living skills away from home in NFB type centres but we
don't have them here in Britain as far as I know. They seem to be
moving away from being taught in centres at all.  You just get someone
come to teach you at home so you don't get to meet any other blind
people.

Helene

On 17/03/2009, Angela fowler <fowlers at syix.com> wrote:
> Its easy for us to say that, having adjusted well to blindness, but it's a
> lot harder for some folks to come to grips with it than you might think.
> Think of the thing which frightens you the most, I mean really scares the
> hell out of you. Then imagine that thing is blindness. It's the only way to
> see where these folks are coming from.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Justin Williams
> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 4:57 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Book about a deafblind guy
>
> Now I totally agree.  the thing is that many of them are in denial, which is
> a sign of weakness to me.  A little of it is understandable, but at some
> point, one must simply come to grips with it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of LoriStay at aol.com
> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 1:22 PM
> To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Book about a deafblind guy
>
> if he knew he had Usher's syndrome, why did he wait till he was 86 to learn
> tactile sign?
> I get really frustrated with people who know something is coming and don't
> bother to prepare ahead.
> Lori
>
> In a message dated 3/16/09 6:04:59 AM, newmanrl at cox.net writes:
>
>
>> he was eighty-six-years old when I was hired to be his teacher.
>>
>> I taught him to read tactile sign language.
>>
>
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