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From: David.Andrews@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (David Andrews)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: hot topic
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Date: 28 Jun 91 14:40:24 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

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 DD>>  other adjectives I won't mention.  I personally don't care for
 DD>>  "sighty" either but have you noticed people who think "Blink"
 DD>>  is wrong think "Sighty" is all right?

For what it is worth, I hate both.  I have blind friends who use the word
sightie, and I don't like it, and never plan on using it again, if I ever have.
I have generally heard it used in light-hearted ways, but it has the effect of
separating us and pointing up differences.  We are all people, sighted and blind
alike, and there are more similarities than differences.

... David andrews

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