[nagdu] Fwd: you don't look blind and Born and raised in Connecticut

[Julie J.]

Mardi,

This message did come through earlier.  I remember reading it.  I'm not sure 
why you're not getting all the messages.  Have you checked with your ISP to 
see if they have any ideas?

Sorry I'm not much help.
Julie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mardi Hadfield" <wolfsinger.lakota at gmail.com>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 11:32 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Fwd: you don't look blind and Born and raised in 
Connecticut


> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Mardi Hadfield <wolfsinger.lakota at gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 5:35 PM
> Subject: Re: you don't look blind and Born and raised in Connecticut
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> This post was sent on Nov. 28, but I guess it was not received so I am
> sending it again
>
> Hi every one, Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving.Linda ,now that I 
> think
> about it,you are right. I never met a blind person until I was 19. I 
> worked
> as an x ray tech, and the man who ran the films through the developing
> machine was blind.He was a cane user and his name was Ray. We became
> friends. When I worked in another Hospital as an x ray tech. There was a
> blind lady,her name was Helen, she also worked in the dark room.Also a 
> cane
> user,I would help her out to the bus stop. Not one of the other employes
> wanted to help her because she wanted to hold on to their arm. I thought
> this was very odd as I did not mind her holding on to my arm. It was just 
> a
> way to help her. I guess some people are just weird!I don't know,but maybe
> they thought they could " catch " her blindness?   Both of these people 
> were
> pretty normal looking to me. Be fore I ever met a blind person, I don't
> think I thought about blind people at all. I have some residual vision, 
> but
> it is not very helpful. I can see things if they are magnified and very
> close,but every thing I see is doubled and blured and hazy. I have no
> periferal vision. I am diagnosed with Cortical Vision Impairment, Macular
> Degeneration,and Early Cateracts.I am light sensitive so when I am out 
> side
> I use dark glasses,and keep my eyes closed.At night,I see lights and not
> much more than that.      Ted, I was born and raised in Stamford Ct.Left
> there in 1983,to come to Tucson Az. I like the weather better here but
> ......................................... Have a great day, Mardi and
> Nala,retired, Wanagi,gdit,and Tokala,gd at home, and part time pet.
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