[nabs-l] Vision, Vs. Sight

[Joshua Lester]

Same here!
Good post!
Blessings, Joshua

On 6/13/12, Humberto Avila <avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Stevie Wonder said, "just because you are blind, does not mean you lack
> vision." I agree with Stevie Wonder. I am blind, legally blind indeed since
> I can see only with a corner of my right eye and almost nothing with my
> left
> eye. But yet I have so much vision, the vision that is expressed
> metaphorically, not physically. Sight is what I lack, or almost. So yes, it
> is different by saying blind over visually impaired. Even worse, when
> people
> call us, "vision impaired". That means, people who have a barrier or an
> impairment that prevents someone from having a dream or illusion and there
> are bars stuck in their way always. Blind is what I am and it is my
> physical
> nuisance. It is part of what I am and no one can modify it. I am blind but
> I
> can do almost anything and everything! No, not only in the world of music,
> which I am talented in. I am actually going after a college degree and
> getting a full time job and fighting against the discrimination of
> employers
> by doing so.  Just my 2 cents.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf
> Of Joshua Lester
> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 12:49 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: [nabs-l] Vision, Vs Sight
>
> We've been talking about this for the past 2 days, so this warrants
> its own thread.
> I have noticed, that companies are now accepting the term, "Sight
> Impaired," instead of "Visually impaired."
> I can say this, because there are things, that Mr Andrews has sent to
> the list, from different companies, and they said "sight impaired,
> instead of visually impaired.
> I hope, in the next 4/5 years, that "Sight Impaired," would be the
> normal term, that is used.
> Blessings, Joshua
>
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