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From: Maggi.Weslager@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Maggi Weslager)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: response to your mess
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Date: 10 Oct 90 12:53:35 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 JK>                                               ... You are
 JK> right about the reactions you get from people.I tripped over a 
 JK> 4ft. pallet on the floor the other day and everybody looked at 
 JK> me like I was nut's.Most of the employees here know about my 
 JK> impairment,but they still act weird.My family treats my Dad 
 JK> like he has the plague.With me,it's always,"poor John",he can't 
 JK> see...

John,
        Please don't take this as a "Poor John" statement...I do not
envy your "high partial" condition.  I can remember back when I was just
starting to come face to face with my visual loss and it was so
frustrating to have to switch between being able to function as a
sighted person and a blind person.  Now I'm a "low partial" functioning
more blind than sighted and feeling more comfortable with my overall
situation.  Keep yourself open to all the options that you have
available for making your life easier.  Life is too short to be
struggling all the time.  As you recognize your need to adapt your
behavior to suit your vision loss,  do it!  You are the only one who can
make that kind of determination.  All us blinks can give you ideas and
suggestions but until you actually see the need for implementation, you
won't fully comprehend our "experiences".

        Hang in there, buddy and take it one step at a time.  That's
what I do and I feel pretty good about myself, even though I'm a "poor
blind woman!"

                                ...Maggi

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