That's right, and I think one of the healthiest ways to deal with blindness
is to clearly, honestly, and directly come to terms with your limitations,
whatever they might be, given your particular situation, and try to live
your life as best as you can.
In my current job, for example, there are simply some things that a sighted
person can do more efficiently than I can, such as very detailed web site
searches, quickly accessing certain types of documents, filling out very
complicated on line forms, etc., and I simply need to come to terms with
that.
This is why I have a sighted assistant, and am not afraid to ask for
assistance from the secretarial staff as needed.
Fortunately, for me, my University has always respected my judgement in
these sorts of things over the 24 years that I have been employed there,
except for my one year out in Colorado.
73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
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From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: accessible radio
> Yeah, and if you were in Michigan in 1980 through 2000 or so, you weren't
> disabled, you were a handicapper. I remember the day the legislature
> approved that in the Civil Rights Act in Michigan; the guy I worked for at
> the time got so excited. The feeling was handicapper is someone who
> determines the extent if any he/she allows their limitations to affect
> the.
>
> Personally, I'm not in to the politically correct thing. It is more
> uncomfortable to hear a sightie stammer and stumble around trying to find
> the right word.
>
> And, I think there is a lot of over-simplification. I've heard people
> from
> a certain organization claim that blind people can do anything, except for
> driving. There are a lot of us who do amazing things; but, to state that
> we
> can do anything or do it as fast and as well is not generally valid. I
> did
> a lot of things hobby-wise and career-wise, but there were things that I
> couldn't do as well or as fast as sighted co-workers; while there were
> other
> areas where I was certainly competitive.
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