[nabs-l] disclosing blindness

Carly Mihalakis carlymih at comcast.net
Sun Oct 11 20:20:35 UTC 2015


Afternoon, Darian,

         Your thoughts on the subject of 
disclosing, or not disclosing, I find extremely spot on and lucid. Thank you!
CarAt 12:44 PM 10/10/2015, Darian Smith via nabs-l wrote:
>What I find to be  really interesting about this 
>conversation is the various point  of views that 
>have been voiced.   The truth is that there 
>isn’t any one way that we as blind people go 
>about  doing any one thing. Some blind people 
>read Braille, some read  large  print, some 
>listen to the things they want to gain 
>information from  via audio output or human 
>reader, and for them it works.   some people 
>disclose their blindness all the time, some only 
>do it in  certain situations and others  do not 
>ever for any reason and that’s something that 
>works for them.   Some people mention their 
>blindness related work on resumes only 
>when  applying to  blindness related 
>positions  while others will include it with 
>their other accomplishments and 
>experiences  because an experience  is an 
>experience and a skill  is a skill. 
>Still  isn’t disclosure in a body of an 
>article different from a bio before an article? 
>is it different when arranging for a flight? Is 
>it different when creating a profile for a 
>dating site?is Disclosure  different in 
>a  academic setting? And how different is the 
>disclosure of blindness from disclosure 
>of  being a man, a woman, gay, straight, 
>latino/Latina,  asian, etc?   Darian  .    .   > 
>On Oct 10, 2015, at 12:23 PM, Robin via nabs-l 
><nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote: > > You ask me, why 
>would I Wave TheBanner of MyBlindness? Well, I 
>would because I'm ProudOfIt & not AshamedOfIt. 
>I'm not Ashamed of any of MyAttributes 
>(Portuguese-Black-Filipino Heritage) nor am I of 
>MyBlindness. I want to Celebrate it all. If an 
>Employer isn't GoingToHire me simply because of 
>MyBlindness, then they are Discriminating 
>AgainstMe & as far as I know, that's against 
>TheLaw. > > You have TheOption of NotDisclosing 
>yours, I should have TheOption of disclosing 
>mine without being negatively affected if I 
>choose to disclose it. I thought Federationists 
>are Proud of TheirBlindness, but as far as 
>those, who are ChimingIn on ThisThread, I 
>guess/presume, I'm wrong. > > I'm Blind & I'm 
>ProudOfIt Among OtherThings > At 12:11 PM 
>10/10/2015, you wrote: >> Robin, why would you 
>hold blindness up as a banner to wave in the 
>wind?  I'd rather hold up my skills which I have 
>worked so hard to learn and master.  Deciding 
>not to disclose has know baring on whether 
>blindness is or is not a nuisance; I'm either 
>good enough as a writer or not. Justin. Justin 
>-----Original Message----- From: nabs-l 
>[mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
>Robin via nabs-l Sent: Saturday, October 10, 
>2015 2:58 PM To: National Association of Blind 
>Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> Cc: 
>Robin <robin-melvin at comcast.net> Subject: Re: 
>[nabs-l] disclosing blindness If you don't 
>disclose your Blindness, isn't that simply 
>reinforcing the Stereotype of Blindness as 
>something more than a nusance? I suggest 
>BeingProud of it, and disclosing it. How are 
>"we" supposed ToChange Public'sPerception if 
>"we" don't start. (Note: this is just my 
>(humble) opinion - Take It OR Leave It) 
>Everyone's view(s) are equally important on this 
>topic. I just felt it necessary to indicate mine 
>especially if others on ThisList feel the same 
>as I do, but are discouraged from sharing due to 
>the enormous responses indicating otherwise. At 
>11:37 AM 10/10/2015, you wrote: >I would have to 
>agree! If you are submitting a paper to a 
>journal, you >want to be known as an amazing 
>writer. Period. You do not want to be >known as 
>someone who is an amazing writer despite your 
>blindness. This >type of qualification serves to 
>minimize your accomplishments, and you >worked 
>hard to get where you are, blindness or not! On 
>Sat, Oct 10, >2015 at 1:13 PM, Aleeha Dudley via 
>nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org > wrote: > >In all 
>honesty, I do not disclose my blindness directly 
>unless it is > >absolutely necessary. I find 
>that it gives the opportunity for a 
>person >who > does not know me to make judgments 
>about me before meeting me, >especially > given 
>the stereotypes of blindness that are so 
>prevalent. >I will not > disclose on a resume, 
>or in other important documents >related to 
>employment > or academic work. I prefer to do 
>that >disclosure in person, so that I may > try 
>to influence someone’s >attitude about me 
>through my own behavior. >. > > On Oct 10, 2015, 
>at 2:07 >PM, kcj21 via nabs-l 
><nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote: > > > > 
>Good >afternoon all,              I am 
>currently >submitting one of my > literature 
>papers to my university's >undergraduate 
>research journal and > they require that I 
>submit a bio. >This led me to ponder whether I 
>should > include my blindness in this >bio and 
>when we, in general, choose to > disclose our 
>blindness. In >most instances, I only bring it 
>up when > necessary. >Additionally, although I 
>am , in no way, uncomfortable with > sharing >my 
>disability, I do not want it to become the 
>central part of my > bio >or in anyway 
>overshadow my work.  I would just like to open 
>up a > >discussion regarding when we mention our 
>blindness and whether that > >disclosure may, in 
>some capacity, overshadow or modify 
>our >accomplishments. > > 
>Best,Kaley > > >_________________________________ 
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