[nfbwatlk] Food for Thought

[Rebekah Jakeman]

Sounds like you know the ropes.  I'm sure as a rehab teacher you've been 
exposed to all sorts of myths and silly ideas people can come up with about 
blindness.  But hey, I wouldn't mind being able to read minds.  You'll have 
to tell me how you do it:)  Ha. Ha.

Thanks,
Rebekah
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carl Jarvis" <carjar at olypen.com>
To: "NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Food for Thought


> Hi Rebekah,
> Too bad I didn't return home in time to read your note and respond while
> your friend was with you.  As an old, weathered, long-in-the-tooth Rehab
> Teacher, I can talk for hours, giving one example after another to
> demonstrate that we blind folk have just about as good, and just about as
> bad senses as sighted folks.
> Some people cannot accept us as being ordinary.  They believe the tragic
> loss of sight must be compensated by amazing increases in our remaining
> senses.
> In part, they feel deep sorrow for us, and want this to be true so that 
> they
> can feel better about our tragic loss.  And in part, it is their attempt 
> to
> cover their own butts in case they ever become blind.
> And finally, they  just can't get their heads around the idea that we 
> blind
> people can function competently unless we do have some other amazing 
> senses.
> But there I go, reading their minds again.
>
> Carl Jarvis
>
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