[stylist] question

[helene ryles]

John,
what do you mean about my terms being amigious. A sighted Wannabie is
obviously a blind person who wants to sighted. A blind wannabie is a
sighted person who wants to be blind.

I know their is a lot of stigma attached to being disabled etc but
when members of the disabled community think they are not disabled
because they lead normal lives, they do the disabled movement a
disservice. Why are all the able disabled people so keen to flee the
boat leaving those that are less capable to fend for themselves.

I don't see anything wrong in seeing myself as a disabled and
deafblind as a subcatagree. I am no better or worse then someone who
has no legs, someone with spinal cord injuries, someone with downs
syndrome, someone who is hearing blind, someone who is sighted deaf,
or someone with CP. We all face discrimination so we should all stick
together. So the deaf's refusal of a disabled title isn't something
that impresses me much.

Helene

Helene

On 23/03/2009, Justin Williams <justin.williams2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, you guys no that if he was blind and made it to be a politician, that
> it was not blindness that brought him down; however, everyone is going to
> put it up to his blindness if he fails.
>
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> oh I was rather impressed with David Blunket, though he's politically
> liberal.  turned out that he had an extramarital affair if I remember
> was part of what brought him down, his portfolio was the home office
> and there was some scandal over visas or something.
> jc
>
> Jim Canaday M.A.
> Lawrence, KS
>
> At 06:18 PM 3/22/2009, you wrote:
>>So long as people are only human, politicians will be exposed as human
> also.
>>So--yes.
>>Lori
>>
>>In a message dated 3/22/09 6:55:05 PM, dreamavdb at googlemail.com writes:
>>
>>
>> > I'm sure there are independant blind people with NFB type philosphies.
>> > After all there was a Blind MP called David Blunket. Not bad for a
>> > Labour MP either. But when he hit the dust the press tried to make it
>> > out that it was to do with his blindness which is a load of Nonsense
>> > since all polititions hit the dust sooner or later. You do something
>> > that offends someone and fall out of favor so you get thrown out. I
>> > think it's the same with American politics too?
>> >
>>
>>
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