[Blindtlk] Other "wrong" assumptions;Learning body language

[Jim]

You know...all of this stuff happens to all of us, and I've gotten snappy
with people too.
However, while these comments are somewhat funny and show that we're also
jerks, I'd really love to read more about how people deal with Gerardo's
main question dealing with body language and social behavior.
People are ignorant, and many times, we feed right into their ignorance with
our smart comments.  But, seriously, I think Gerardo has a great topic and
I'd like to see this thread deal more with it.

Jim Portillo

-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Constance Canode
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 2:26 PM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Other "wrong" assumptions;Learning body language

The stupidity of people never ceases to amaze me.  I was riding the 
bus to work one morning and someone asked me how I applied my 
makeup.  I was in a rotten mood and I responded that my husband's dog 
did it with her long tail.  She believed it.  Again as you already 
said, here's your sign.

Connie Canode
At 09:30 PM 6/1/2009, you wrote:
>I had someone ask me once, If you are blind, how do you eat, you 
>know, find your mouth with your fork...?
>I replied with, You can't see it, but I have a very fine fishing 
>line around my plate and the other end is around my front tooth. I 
>just follow th line up to my mouth.
>
>He said, Wow, I can't even see the line...
>Here's your sign!!
>I had a friend who had a black Lab assistance dog. She was going 
>through a Wal-Mart checkout and the lady asked her if that was a 
>blind dog? She told her that yeah she was, but that she wore the 
>glasses and led her around so the dog would not lose confidence in
itself...
>Here's your sign!!
>
>Marty
>marty at theblindbean.com
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerardo Corripio" 
><gera1027 at prodigy.net.mx>
>To: "Blind-Talk" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 2:05 PM
>Subject: [Blindtlk] Other "wrong" assumptions;Learning body language
>
>
>>Robert's message about false assumptions in the workplace reminded 
>>me of the following incident:
>>The other day while attending a dinner with some coleagues one of 
>>them asked "Are you able to eat on your own"? comment which angered 
>>me, though I know the sighted person asked me with good intention 
>>it still made me a bit angry to the point that I know still lots of 
>>work needs to be done (especially in countries where the NFB isn't 
>>well-known or even heard of); this is why I really enjoy the list; 
>>ai always learn a lot from you guys.
>>This brings me to another question especially for those of you 
>>blind from birth: How did you guys learn to use body language? I 
>>sometimes get to thinking that aside from integrating more with the 
>>sighted world, it saves our mouths from talking, especially while 
>>eating or doing other things that at that moment doesn't permit us to
speak.
>>also, when saying no (shake of the head) is it from side to side by 
>>moving the head from shoulder to shoulder or moving the head 
>>clockwise or counterclockwise?
>>also what does srugging the shoulder signify? As you see we blind 
>>from birth lose a lot of things by not being able to see. And when 
>>I first introduced myself the RP I took it to mean Retinopathy of 
>>Prematurity like in spanish, thus didn't think to clarify the concept.
>>Gerardo
>>
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