[nfbwatlk] Food for Thought

[Mike Freeman]

Great answer, Carl!

I sent Rebekah an answer from work but will have to forward it home if 
anyone wishes to read it. It was in great measure a more long-winded 
(and, therefore, undoubtedly not as elegant) answer along the lines of 
yours.

Logic question: if one's hearing becomes more acute if one is or goes 
blind, than how come there are deaf-blind folks? <g>

Mike

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Carl Jarvis
  To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
  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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Great answer, Carl!
 
I sent Rebekah an answer from work but will have to forward it home if anyone wishes to read it. It was in great measure a more long-winded (and, therefore, undoubtedly not as elegant) answer along the lines of yours.
 
Logic question: if one's hearing becomes more acute if one is or goes blind, than how come there are deaf-blind folks? <g>
 
Mike
 
----- Original Message -----
From:
mailto:carjar at olypen.com Carl Jarvis
To:
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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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