[Blindtlk] Fw: [blind-family] More research new

[jaber37837 at cox.net]

Yes, I would go for that any day. It beats having to stay at home trying to 
find something to occupy your time, and ending up being totally bored and 
depressed.

Jen
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dexter Terry" <dterry at orednet.org>
To: "NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Fw: [blind-family] More research new


> Hi all,
> I have been blind for several years now.  Do you really want to see check 
> in
> people?
> W What they equipment fail when you are out how do you get back?
> If you remember from Star Trek, next generation one of crew was blind
> remember he wore a a cover over his eye and one show they show us how he
> saw.  Do you wantto see that wa.
>
> I lost my sight over a period of year where I could adjust to the lost.
>
> You would have to learn to see again all over.  It may mean losing your
> diable status and you have towrk again.
>
> Do you want that?
>
> Dexter
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Laurie Porter" <freespirit1 at tds.net>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 7:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Fw: [blind-family] More research new
>
>
>> I'm sure you'll agree that there will be lots of medical advances using
>> implants and other technologies. I find it an arrogant assumption on 
>> Ray's
>> part to assume that the only reason people would take advantage of  the
>> opportunity to restore vision is because they aren't comfortable with
> their
>> blindness. There is nothing wrong with desiring to see again. I lost my
>> remaining sight somewhat recently, and I do imagine what it is like to 
>> see
>> agaiNI was blindd before and my attitude toward blindness has been and is
>> positive. In fact, it made me more prepared. I realized that I had proved
> to
>> myself that my complete loss of sight is not a tragedy, but merely
>> inconvenient at times. I had quite a bit of usable vision, but I've 
>> always
>> considered myself blind. I used alternative techniques even when I could
>> see. I read braille and always used my skills together with my vision.
> I've
>> never been ashamed of blindness, and I have never been ashamed of my
> sight.
>>
>> Now, for me, a rhetnal implant sounds pretty grizzly indeed and I 
>> wouldn't
>> consider it until it's been around for at least a decade or so. I 
>> wouldn't
>> subject myself to invasive procedures that can be too risky. As for the
>> sighted public being uncomfortable being blind, I still assert that you
> can
>> learn to be comfortable with your blindness and still  have the desire to
>> see again.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bonnie M Ainsworth" <cedarwoman1965 at neb.rr.com>
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 2:03 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Fw: [blind-family] More research new
>>
>>
>> > Actually, I can understand why Ray said what he did.  What about the
>> people
>> > who have never seen in their lives?  I don't know how I would deal with
>> the
>> > idea of being thrown into a world in which I'd have to adjust to a 
>> > whole
>> new
>> > lifestyle.  I do have partial vision, but the thought of seeing fully
>> scares
>> > me.  In all honesty, I feel more comfortable with the possibility of
>> losing
>> > my sight totally than seeing fully.  I hope this makes sense.  *SMILE*
>> >
>> > Bonnie Ainsworth
>> > Lincoln, NE USA
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Paul" <n7pzr at icehouse.net>
>> > To: "NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> > Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 8:48 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Fw: [blind-family] More research new
>> >
>> >
>> > Pardon me while I retch. What a stupid idea.
>> > Paul Whipple n7pzr
>> > Vice President Inland Empire Chapter
>> > of the National Federation of the Blind
>> > of Wa.
>> > phone 509/362/3148
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Ray Foret Jr." <rforetjr at bellsouth.net>
>> > To: "NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> > Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 9:01 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Fw: [blind-family] More research new
>> >
>> >
>> > No way!!!  I don't want nor will have anything to do with such as
>> electronic
>> > eyes and things of that sort.  To my way of thinking, these
>> >
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