you should be committed. it's your fault for assuming. learn to communicate and all of your listed issues will be resolved.
Good luck, Go nfb :( On Dec 1, 2009, at 9:44 AM, Chris Hofstader wrote: > I am so sick of teaching random citizens about guide dogs, blindness, that I > don't need a wheelchair or assistance walking up a jet way, how I can dial a > telephone, how I can pee into a urinal without missing - you name it, that I > can almost explode. > > An anecdote: In Harvard Square, the rapid transit terminal has both bus and > subway connections. I was working in Watertown (one town to the northwest of > Cambridge, and I rode a bus to work. After getting down the stairs, I > started walking to the indoor bus stop. Some random do-gooder came upon me > and said, "You're going the wrong way." > > I made the assumption that he was someone who took the same bus as me and > that somehow I had become disoriented. No such luck - this bugger led me to > the subway where I proceeded to start hitting him with my cane as I had > missed my bus and would need to wait another half hour for the next one > because of his moronic assumption. > > Sometimes violence can feel real good. > > cdh > > > On Nov 30, 2009, at 4:17 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: > >> I love conversations like that! It's a rare treat for me when >> someone comes up and says, basically, "You're different from me and >> that fascinates me, and I want to learn." Usually what I get is >> "You're different from me and that makes me afraid, so I'm going to >> control what I fear so that it can't hurt me." >> >> Growing up, I was taught that "It's your task to educate the sighted >> about the blind." In adult life, I realized that not only was this a >> pointless and thankless task, but it was a very heavy cross to bear, >> one that I had not asked for. Now, when someone is courageous enough >> to confront me as different and therefore stimulating, I feel >> privileged to talk to them; the rest of the people I don't bother >> trying to educate, because all the words in the world will not >> convince a scared or superstitious or xenophobic person to change >> their thinking patterns. Spent a half an hour with such an individual >> explaining how blind people use a computer or a dog, and they'll still >> shriek in panic and grab at you when stairs are present, or start >> talking to people around you about what you need, etc. Being cute and >> female never hurts, either. :) >> >> >> Mark BurningHawk Baxter >> >> Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 >> MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com >> My home page: >> http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
