[stylist] question

Thu Mar 26 03:06:16 UTC 2009

I have a friend who is functionally blind by her acuity--she barely sees 
better than 20/200.  I did much talking about there being different levels 
of blindness.  She doesn't cry any more if I happen to mention her 
blindness.
Barbara

If wisdom's ways you wisely seek, five things observe with care:  of whom 
you speak, to whom you speak, and how and when and where.

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From: "Aziza C" <daydreamingncolor at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12:24 AM
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Subject: Re: [stylist] question

> Blind is a delicate word. I remember dealing with a friend of mine who
> was convinced she was only "low vission." I did not argue with her,
> but we began to spend a lot of time together, and I began introducing
> her to NFB events, the fun stuff you know, chapter parties, student
> meetings, one day when I was interviewing her for a story I was doing
> in my school paper, she gave the quote, "I am more than blind." I will
> admit I broke my interviewer pose and was thrilled. It takes time for
> people to adjust that's all. It scares them to be "different," they
> don'tunderstand that they really aren't all that "different," what
> they don't understand scares them, but if your gentle, and their
> willing, and you make it fun, in time they'll figure it out on their
> own.
>
> On 3/24/09, John Lee Clark <johnlee at clarktouch.com> 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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