Re: Disability versus ability
It doesn't matter where the word is. You can play with language all you want. People aren't going to think differently because you moved the word blind around. They're going to think differently because you're not able to meet their gaze, for lack of a better way of putting it. Not just that, but all the other little things that just scream to the world "I am blind!" that we all do all the time.
Thing is that most blind people do actually live up to the sighted stereotypes. Want to change what sighted people think? Start there. If you aren't interacting with such blind people, that's because even getting as far as being on the internet is a major accomplishment, to be honest. Go blind later in life and even leaving the house again is a major accomplishment.
It's not like race or something. Yeah sighted people should totally evaluate us based on us, not on the disability, but if you actually want to say that the stereotype isn't more accurate than not, that's an immediately losing battle by miles, because it is sadly highly accurate. A bit self-fulfilling, but that doesn't change the point. If you want to get people to stop applying the stereotype the first step is to make the stereotype inaccurate, not play word games.
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