[stylist] question

[David Andrews]

John:

In a word no.  People are petrified of becoming blind, and many do 
almost anything to avoid the word.  There have been studies that 
showed that the only thing feared more was cancer.  I have actually 
hard people say they would rather get AIDs then  go blind.

Dave

At 12:04 AM 3/25/2009, you wrote:
>Angela:
>
>Can you share with me the issues surrounding the blind word for potential
>new members?  I find this baffling.  Don't they know that blind is hip?
>Don't they crave to be more blind, to meet the blind ideal?
>
>If you visited Gallaudet University, the Deaf college, you'll see many, many
>mainstreamed deaf students coming in and they quickly understand what the
>Deaf ideal is and they scramble to learn to sign better, to act more Deaf,
>so they can have better social positions and get in the hottest
>fraternities.  They learn very fast what's what.
>
>So our organizations don't have any problems with the word Deaf.  It's a
>desirable label for many.
>
>But it's probably easier to indoctirinate the mainstreamed deaf students
>because their lives at school were horrible.  Lonely, interpreters their
>only friends, parents can't communicate, all of that.  So they'[re only too
>glad to move on.
>
>But blind students, they get more deeply snared, I suppose,  So it may be a
>far more delicate matter to get the stupid hooks out of their minds, huh?
>
>John
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of Angela fowler
>Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 8:24 PM
>To: 'NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List'
>Subject: Re: [stylist] question
>
>I prefer the word blind, but in California I'm kind of in the
>recruitment/chapter building business. Its not wise to beet new comers over
>the head with the B word. For me, that's a hard lesson I'm still learning.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of LoriStay at aol.com
>Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 4:26 PM
>To: stylist at nfbnet.org
>Subject: Re: [stylist] question
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>Good question.   But there may be as many answers as there are NFB members.
>Lori
>In a message dated 3/24/09 3:21:28 PM, johnlee at clarktouch.com writes:
>
>
> >
> > Does NFB merely "prefer" the word blind?  It shouldn't.  it should
> > embrace it absolutely.
> >
> >
>
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