
Blindness & Visual Impairment Support Group
Blindness is the condition of lacking visual perception due to physiological or psychological factors. This is the group to discuss living with blindness, sharing experiences, and for those that may be facing the prospect of a life without sight. Find support and answers among people who know what you're going through.

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Most: but, not all based visual perception on intellegence. They think its pasted from skin to skin contact. If they would just take the time to get to know us a little bit better: then they will not have so much fear toward us. yes there are others that do not react to blind and visually impaired individuals that way. They treat us like human beings.
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I agree with your post.
I mean, like the other day for example at school, one of the ladies in my Student Leadership Academy, made it a point to mention (not directly to me but to another lady while I was in the same room) when we went to Dunkin Donuts, and I couldn't see what donuts were back in the shelf. I mean, she knew I was blind, but she mentioned, half the fun of going to dunkin donuts was looking at the donuts in the back. That was all she said, and the other lady who she was talking to said "well welcome to his world" I laughed, and I said "yeah, and I've never been able to either. I've never been able to see menu boards at mcdonalds or anything like that" she just couldn't immagine what that was like, so it made her even more distant towards me, because she couldn't relate to that.
but yes this is true Cathrynn, that it is our responsibility, that WE have to take it as OUR responsibility to make people feel comfortable. It isn't always easy, because generally people feel uneasy, and uncomfortable, around people they can't relate to. They don't realize we just want to be treated like anyone else. I think people in general don't feel comfortable around anyone they can't relate to in some way, I think thats what it boils down to.