Hi Tom.
well I must confess I don't associate particularly with younger blind people
in this country other than some I've met through this list or online
precisely because they can become extremely cleaquey, have lacking or none
existant social skills, fail to do things for themselves and regard anyone
outside their group with suspicion.
For instance I know somebody who flat out was amazed at the idea of me
making coffee "without!" a liquid level indicator, sinse the indicator won't
fit on the cafetieir I don't particularly have a choice, and when I
mentioned how fond I was of my George forman they nearly went into fits at
the idea of a blind person using something so dangerous!
I'll admit that I have something of a prejudice against this sort of blind!
people myself, which actually comes from the two years I spent betwene 8 and
10 at a specialist school which was positively victorian (my teacher was a
dead ringer for prof umbridge in the harry potter series).
the problem is this sort of thing can really cause problems with other
people's atitudes. I was at the Aims music school a week ago which is a very
high standard teaching course for professional and semi professional
singers.
i went last august so I now know people relatively well.
The odd thing is I did notice a bit of distance in some people's atitudes
and this time I found out why. Apparently they had two blind girls attend
previously who one of the ladies in charge described as "dire!"
they for instance complained bitterly at nont having an en sweet bathroom
when in fact none of the rooms do, and when in fact the organizer had given
them a room slap bang next to the bathroom.
She described them as tremendously rude, complaining if stuff wasn't done
for them, yet getting very unpleasant if people offered to help with
anything.
Then though she did note that sinse I was at university and had (she worked
out), been to a "normal" school she assumed I was different.
I will confess this is the reason that outside this list and people I meet
related to games, I actually don't have much to do with other blind people
in the uk, sinse I always find myself feeling irritated at some of the
atitudes involved.
Interestingly enough, my mum went through the specialist system and out the
other side. she was told for instance in the 70's, when she finished school
and was looking at university "typing, telephony or physio therapy"
that's why even though i attended a specialist school for two years I wasn't
a full time boarder there, and also why I've probably grown up with a rather
different atitude to some other people who have hereditory site conditions.
Also why I've ended up working on disability as my main research interest.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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