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

[Laurie Porter]

I  certainily don't have a clue. Living in abject poverty doesn't become me.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 3:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Fw: [blind-family] More research new


> hi,
>
> i haven't followed this topic closely but f*** yea i would want to work!
> what's with this poor me pitty sh** attitude that many blind people have
> that they just want to sit back and get a check every month and be careful
> about not making too much income?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dexter Terry" <dterry at orednet.org>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 12:05 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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