[stylist] Thinking of words

[Donna Hill]

Hi Bridgit,
We all get that "you don't look blind." I hear other blind people 
mention it so often, that I am beginning to think that as long as you're 
upright, you are defying public expectations of blindness so thoroughly 
that they can't believe you're blind. Rather than examine their own 
misconceptions, they have to assume that anyone they meet is a huge 
exception. Unfortunately, this separates us from one another, especially 
when we aren't involved with other blind people.
Donna

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On 1/18/2011 4:37 PM, Bridgit Pollpeter wrote:
> Judith,
>
> For all intensive purposes, I am totally blind and people still say I
> don't "look" blind.  I also get that I don't "act" blind, whatever that
> means.
>
> My husband, Ross, is like you.  He has RP and still has some useable
> vision.  He relies on alternative techniques more than sight, but he
> does still use his sight at times.  He has been accused so many times of
> "faking it."  Peoples definition of blindness does not have a lot of
> room for movement.  Perceptions, and that is all it is, exist in peoples
> minds of what blind is.
>
> I love how people who have never been blind, or are not exposed to those
> who are, think they know what it is to be blind.  Even when we, the
> blind, explain, they still cling to their notions.
>
> Bridgit
>
>
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