[stylist] Does anyone want to be blind?

Thu Mar 26 03:34:32 UTC 2009

guys i just don't get it...

I mean I get the difficulties of using the wrong techniques and learning methods...  But to have the ability to actually 'look' at something.  I've got 20/400-600 in my functional eye and wouldnt trade that little bit for the world.   

--- On Wed, 3/25/09, James Canaday M.A. N6YR <n6yr at sunflower.com> wrote:

> From: James Canaday M.A. N6YR <n6yr at sunflower.com>
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Does anyone want to be blind?
> To: "NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 10:29 PM
> 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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> > >> > less.
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