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From: Paul.Guido@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Paul Guido)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Basic Math
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Date: 21 Jun 91 19:18:19 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 MD>>  traveling as a sighted person is superior
 WW>  "superior" and "better"
 WW>  have said on occasion how in certain situations sight can be a
 WW>  benefit, and we have even insinuated at times I suppose that
 WW>  not having sight can put us at a disadvantage, but

just to add my 2 cents worth.  since part of the issue deals with sight
 vs non-sight and traveling.  when i was getting my guide dog there were
 two sisters.  one was totally blind and the other was sighted to where
 she did not require a cane.  the trainer told me that the totally blind
 sister traveled better with her dog than did the sister with a lot of
 sight. the bottom line is sight vs non-sight is not an issue but what
 and how you use your ability with what you have. i can only speak from
 a person not blind from birth and i think it has helped me a lot.  i
 won't even talk about blind from birth because i have no idea how it
 is.

.... Paul

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