Hi guys

Also having been blind well born with 6% sight and having to go to a normal school and struggle. I would not change what I had for a split second. 
I feel I have a lot better life than most sighted and able people. 
I am a leader here in the community I am in, a mentor, a teacher, a radio broadcaster, a television broadcaster and most of all seen as more able than thaw able bodied I work with. 
It is only a pain in the ass if you let it be. I live with no supports apart from a blind pension. 
I also do accessible formats for community and others. 

Jim Dunn
Currently unlicensed as I did not renew it

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On 31/05/2013, at 7:00 AM, Buddy Brannan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi Gary,
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> You say that you don't know of anyone who would pick blindness over =
> sight.=20
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> I guess it depends on how you define your terms.=20
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> If I could pick to go back and be sighted my whole life, maybe I'd pick =
> that. However, I would definitely not pick "going sighted", had I the =
> opportunity to do so starting from now forward. It would be too much of =
> a pain in the ass. You think blindness is a pain in the ass? Heh=85I =
> think sudden, untrained sightedness, or even latter-day trained =
> sightedness, would be a bigger pain  in the ass.=20
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