[stylist] Thinking of words

[Judith Bron]

Bridget, It's strange how people who think themselves "expert" in one thing 
or another are usually so not it's laughable.  Yes, I've also been told I 
don't act blind.  One of these days I'll get up the courage to ask one of 
these experts how a blind person acts.  I'm curious.  Do they eat with their 
toes?  Do they walk on ceilings?  Do they spit every time they take a step? 
Do they fire a gun without seeing what they're aiming at?  Do they kiss with 
their big toe?  Since I don't display any of these characteristics I guess 
I'm not really blind.  However, I'm not eligible for a driver's license- 
thank G0d!  Judith
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bridgit Pollpeter" <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
To: <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 4:37 PM
Subject: [stylist] Thinking of words


> 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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