[Blind-rollers] lock for locker

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Thank you for making that clarity about the word "blindness".   I have a hard 
time accepting my "loss of vision" from a lesion on my optic nerve  as 
results of MS and have many people saying..but you can tell I am here, you  have 
some vision....etc.  I have started to say "visually impaired" because  I am 
tired of saying those statements and being challenged.  In fact, a  public servant 
said "You don't sound sick" on the phone when I called to change  a date for 
something because I wanted more time to study the documents. I said  "how is a 
blind person with MS suppose to sound?  Should my voice sound  raspy and I 
sound like I am dying?  I am living with MS and vision  loss..not dying from 
it."  She was then mortified she had said such and  apologized.  My college 
professor had a hard time adjusting to having to  make accomodations for my testing 
because she herself is losing her vision.  People do not want to think about 
vision loss when first diagnosed...it's scary  and some are in denial at 
times.  I think using the word impaired is just a  part of the process of 
acceptance of the blindness.  I know my eye vision  loss is progressive.
Working with a mobility specialist for Lighthouse for Blind has  helped me 
through she steps of acceptance easier then others, I expect.   Thank you for 
that book recommendation.  I am going to order it today. Deb  Wells
 
 
 
 



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Thank you for making that clarity about the word "blindness".  I have a hard time accepting my "loss of vision" from a lesion on my optic nerve as results of MS and have many people saying..but you can tell I am here, you have some vision....etc.  I have started to say "visually impaired" because I am tired of saying those statements and being challenged.  In fact, a public servant said "You don't sound sick" on the phone when I called to change a date for something because I wanted more time to study the documents. I said "how is a blind person with MS suppose to sound?  Should my voice sound raspy and I sound like I am dying?  I am living with MS and vision loss..not dying from it."  She was then mortified she had said such and apologized.  My college professor had a hard time adjusting to having to make accomodations for my testing because she herself is losing her vision. People do not want to think about vision loss when first diagnosed...it's scary and some are in denial at times.  I think using the word impaired is just a part of the process of acceptance of the blindness.  I know my eye vision loss is progressive.
Working with a mobility specialist for Lighthouse for Blind has helped me through she steps of acceptance easier then others, I expect.  Thank you for that book recommendation.  I am going to order it today. Deb Wells
 
 
 
 
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