Friends, Is blindness a sickness, a disability or a different way of experiencing life?
What do you think? Here's my take on the issue in my new blogpost. Please read and share your views and comments. Is blindness a sickness, a disability or a different way of experiencing life? It’s strangely amusing how some people react to your challenge. There’re those who blame you for finding yourself in a difficult situation. And there’re those who chide you, with all good intentions of course, for having failed to care enough to avoid trouble. The funny thing is, people just project their own ideas and imaginations in another man’s life without ever bothering to understand his challenges. I never doubt the good intention behind every frantic attempt to rescue us from the bind. But, as people often say, the pathway to hell is paved with good intentions. As for me, people often react to my challenge with alarm, disbelief, and, more often than not, pity. I once remember a woman in my neighbourhood holding my single hand in two of hers and squeezing it with all her might, all along crying that I should petition to god; demand what I truly deserve. That experience, as you can see, had left me with a bruised hand and nothing else. And there’re those others who would thrust a sheet of paper in my palm, begging me to consult the doctor and assuring me that my particular affliction would be cured “with god’s will.” And I would stand in the middle of the street or in the railway platform clenching that piece of paper and wondering whether those kindly folks have actually scratched out the address to heaven. Read the rest of the post at : http://grapplingwithrp.wordpress.com thanks and regards, Subramani -- L. Subramani, Snr. Subeditor, Deccan Herald, Bangalore, M: 91-7204322451 Facebook: Subramani Lakshminarayanan Twitter: lsubramani60873 Linkedin: L. Subramani website: http://www.lsubramani.com If you are someone who need personal help to cope with blindness, a little friendly chat about things that bother you or just an ear to listen to your fears and frustrations, please don't hesitate to get in touch. I've been through that and I can help. Just leave your questions and if you don't want to give your name, that's fine. Are you an HR exec, a volunteer, a friend/relative of someone going through blindness or do you want to understand disability because it's part of something that you are working on?... Pl get in touch for volunteer help. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
