Hi Darren, Exactly. I don't know how many times I've been with a bunch of other blind class mates and one of them would draw public attention to all of us by rocking, poking his/her eyes, picking their nose, or some other socially unacceptable way of drawing attention. I really really hate that kind of behavior from my own fellow blind peers as they draw precisely the kind of negative attention I try to avoid. I like to fit into the croud and not stand out like a sore thumb as much as is possible. However, I remember there was this one student, where I went to school, who had a mental disability as well as being blind. I believe he was mildly retarded. Whatever the case is he constantly was the one the mainstream students based their opinions of blind people on. He'd walk down the school hallway going, "yah, yah, yah, yah," in a monotone that was sure to bring attention to him. He pickd his nose, picked wax out of his ears, rocked, poked his eyes, and generally was the walking/talking worst example of a blind person you can get. Even though this kid was mildly retarted, as i said before, other sighted students and even some of the teachers acted as though I was mentally disabled as well. I know it wasn't totally this kids fault having had a mental disability, I don't think his parents tried to correct his bad social behavior, but I resented the negative attention all the same. It is that kind of negative example I think of that can really hurt our cause to be seen as just another average Joe or Jane who can't read print or see colors, but is otherwise normal.
On 3/7/10, Darren Harris <darren_g_har...@btinternet.com> wrote: > Yup thomas I totally see what you're saying. It's usually the rockers, the > eye pokers that get all the public attention because it's easier to see > them. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
