[stylist] Does anyone want to be blind?

[helene ryles]

I agree, I think parents and proffesionals do too much to hang on to a
little bit of sight (or hearing). It would be better if they let go a
lot sooner. Their are times when it is better to be totally blind then
legally so and be without any blind skills. Unfortunately that does
happen too much I think. My dad keeps going on about 'if only you
could get a little bit of sight back' and it really sets my teeth on
edge. It seems he's having a harder time dealing with my blindness
then I am. When I had more vision. I don't think he really saw me as
blind so much.

Helene

On 26/03/2009, James Canaday M.A.  N6YR <n6yr at sunflower.com> wrote:
> yes,
> reading with my one squinty eye gave me headaches too.
> personally I think far far too often the educrats resort to "sight
> saving" techniques when they should push braille and other blindness
> methods and skills.
> jc
>
> Jim Canaday M.A.
> Lawrence, KS
>
> At 07:06 PM 3/25/2009, you wrote:
>>Jim: I can identify with that since I was glad to lose the rest of my
>>hearing for similar reasons. Being presurized into verbal
>>communication methods that I struggled with with powerful migrane
>>inducing hearing aids. Phew! I was glad when that was over.
>>
>>Helene
>>
>>On 26/03/2009, James Canaday M.A.  N6YR <n6yr at sunflower.com> wrote:
>> > once I became blind I was then taught braille and the audio reading
>> > methods.  that made reading much much more pleasurable and
>> > easier!  "sight saving" meant I was reading with my one squinty eye
>> > peering through jewelers' loop magnification lenses that came down in
>> > front of my glasses lense.  I would not have gone to college if I had
>> > not lost my sight at age thirteen.
>> > jc
>> >
>> > Jim Canaday M.A.
>> > Lawrence, KS
>> >
>> > At 06:38 PM 3/25/2009, you wrote:
>> >>I wasn't really thinking of people already blind although I've heard
>> >>of blind people saying that blindness was the best thing that happened
>> >>to them. Wasn't that a line at the end of one of Robert's thought
>> >>provokers?
>> >>
>> >>I was thinking more of sighted people with a disorder called BIID
>> >>where people want to be disabled: Usually amputee's but I've heard
>> >>some of them wanting to be deaf or blind.
>> >>
>> >>Also I know of someone who was born blind, regained his sight and is
>> >>now losing it again due to Glycoma and he says he is glad to be blind
>> >>as he says he was meant to be blind.
>> >>
>> >>As for me, I make deafblindness part of my lifestyle. It's been a
>> >>concious choice for me to fully embrace being a deafblind person and
>> >>move on. It's not easy to begin with, but once one fully adapts it's
>> >>no big deal. I believe that humans are a very adaptible species that
>> >>can manage perfectly well minus one or two senses. It's not the
>> >>tragedy that people make of it. It's no worse or better then being
>> >>sighted. Just differance and it's the differances that are hard at
>> >>first, not the blindness
>> >>
>> >>Helene
>> >>
>> >>On 25/03/2009, LoriStay at aol.com <LoriStay at aol.com> wrote:
>> >> > Not if they aren't there already.   What does wanting have to do with
>> >> > it?
>> >> > Lori
>> >> > In a message dated 3/24/09 8:15:48 PM, timber_wolf899 at yahoo.com
>> >> > writes:
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> does anyone want to be blind?
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
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