[nfb-talk] new list for blind members with other disabilities--was: Re: NFB Pride Text

[T. Joseph Carter]

Chris, there are a few people I've known over the years who insist that
blindness isn't really a disability and tend to suggest that we deserve
more/different/better treatment than people with disabilities.  I think
they're kidding themselves personally, but it just goes to show that these
things will happen no matter what you do.

This really isn't a Federationist problem so much as it is a problem with
people whose experience is limited--willfully or otherwise.  The best
thing we can do when we encounter it is educate to the best of our
abilities.


On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 12:15:09PM -0500, Chris Westbrook wrote:
> My only concern with a list like this is it further separates us from those 
> who do not have any disabilities, and as was mentioned below many people 
> with multiple disabilities have vastly different experiences even having the 
> same disabilities.  I think there will always be Federationists who do not 
> understand the nature of multiple disabilities and how they affect us, after 
> all the Federation is simply a cross section of society, but I think many 
> Federationists realize that our philosophy is simply an ideal and not always 
> attainable all the time by everyone or even most people.