[stylist] looking blind

[Atty Rose]

I don't look blind. My eyes look normal and I appear sighted, I look at 
people, and all that stuff, so when I have a picture up people can't tell 
and when you are on a dating site it saves a lot of time when everyone 
starts pouring pictures on you.

So I say I'm visually impaired. On some I flat out say don't send pics 
unless I ask for one.

It is just easier!

And truly it cut out some of the junk. The ones who think being blind is 
some sort of disease won't bother. Sort of weeding to find the worthy.

Laughing,
Atty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bridgit Pollpeter" <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 11:00 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] bios and cover letters


> Why does disability automatically peg you for scammers? And true, if
> meeting in person, you may be able to notice a disability, but if a
> person wants to get mad or stop seeing you because you don't mention it
> right away, you are probably better off. Since when did people divulge
> every little thing about themselves up front? And disability shouldn't
> matter at the end of the day. It may be a part of who we are but not our
> entire being. It really has no bearing on our ability to date and
> maintain relationships.
>
> Bridgit
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Miss Thea
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 10:18 PM
> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] bios and cover letters
>
>
> Donna, if you joined a dating site, would you mention your disability in
>
> your profile?
> I always have, but it makes you vulnerable to would-be scammers. I have
> because I didn't want to get people's hope up, then have them express
> disappointment or even anger that I didn't tell them.
> I suppose I could tell them after we start getting to know each other?
> Just a thought. Thea
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Applebutter Hill
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 11:07 PM
> To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [stylist] bios and cover letters
>
> Atty,
> Some of the blindness and disability publications want you to include
> something about it, but other than that, I am trying to say as little as
> possible about it. I decided to leave something in on my LinkedIn
> profile, because I am trying to connect with people in the blindness
> professions and activists. But, that said, I still push it down into the
> text as far as possible. Blindness is part of who I am, but I want
> people to know about some of the other parts of me before they find out.
>
> I wouldn't personally say that I am a blind writer. I'm a writer and
> write about this that and the other thing. I was the first legally blind
> kid mainstreamed in my school district. That way they don't pigeonhole
> your writing yet they find out you're blind in a way that keeps it in
> perspective. Just my two cents. Donna
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Atty Rose
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 5:28 PM
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> Subject: [stylist] bios and cover letters
>
> Hi gang,
>
> When you send a bio to a magazine, they want cover letter, brief bio,
> that sort of thing, do you write that you are a blind writer working
> blah blah, living blah blah....
>
> In other words, do you mention your blindness? I did for Breath and
> Shadow but none of the other ones.
>
> What are your thoughts on the matter?
>
> Atty
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