[stylist] fearing blindness.

[Alan Wheeler]

I tend to agree.  I've heard more people say they would rather go deaf than blind.  

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
To: "NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 04:38
Subject: Re: [stylist] question


> 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
>>
>>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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