The myth of eye contacts Eyes, they say, are windows to a person's soul. Poets, novelists and storytellers describe it as the one that communicates the truth. "They speak their own language," goes a suggestion.
But if a person loses his eyesight or is born without it, does it mean he or she cannot communicate non-verbally? Or does it make them incapable of observing the body language of people around them? Yes, blindness does prevent us from having eye contacts or observe the "language" eyes speak. But if you really believe that god opens many doors by merely shutting two windows, you won't be wrong most of the times. Having lost my sight aged 18, it was hard for me to adjust to the fact that I could no longer have eye contact with people. Read the rest of the blog at: http://grapplingwithrp.wordpress.com Please press "like" on the blog page if you like it or share it on Facebook or Twitter. Also, please check out the previous postings. Please do forward it to friends/patients/doctors or anyone who you think will benefit from the posts. With warm regards, Subramani -- L. Subramani, Snr. Subeditor, Deccan Herald, Bangalore, M: 91-7204322451 Facebook: Subramani Lakshminarayanan Twitter: lsubramani60873 Linkedin: L. Subramani website: http://www.lsubramani.com If you are someone who need personal help to cope with blindness, a little friendly chat about things that bother you or just an ear to listen to your fears and frustrations, please don't hesitate to get in touch. I've been through that and I can help. Just leave your questions and if you don't want to give your name, that's fine. Are you an HR exec, a volunteer, a friend/relative of someone going through blindness or do you want to understand disability because it's part of something that you are working on?... Pl get in touch for volunteer help. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.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 Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
