Rahul, You've already received some excellent tips from others on this list. The main thing I can surmise from these and my own experience with other sighted people is that you need to be comfortable in your own skin to ensure others see you exactly the same way, confident and ready to take the world on.
At 17, all your friends have plenty on their own to prove to the world and thus will have little time to spare you if you don't make your presence felt. As Ajay has rightly mentioned, your sighted guide is perhaps a deterent. They need to feel like you want to be one of them and let them do all your guide perhaps does for you. You are not invisible, they need to see that. I still have trouble with people wanting to speak to my companion rather than me, simply because they know no better and I'm forced to remind them I'm only blind and can use all other faculties just fine and don't bite either. Give yourself the time and space to know that you indeed are a part of who all of them are and slowly, but surely things will get better. There are bigger things in life that will take precedence over this huge worry in some time. All the best. Payal -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rahul Bajaj Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2011 11:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [AI] Socialising Hi all, I hope you all are well. Like I've mentioned in my earlier posts, I'm 17 and am currently in 12th grade. I have quite a few sighted friends, but I've noticed that they hardly ever call me when they go for movies, have birthday parties or have get-togethers. I feel that my visual impairment is a major reason for this. We have appointed a sighted guide who goes with me everywhere. So, I often get depressed and frustrated when my friends don't call me. In fact, for me, this is the biggest challenge that I currently have to face due to my visual impairment. I can't even ask my friends if they don't call me because of my visual problem, because none of them will ever admit it. So, has anyone here faced this problem? Please share your views and suggestions. Cheers, Rahul 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 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
