My experience is that usually sighted people focus on the wrong aspect. Working blind is one thing, working in the dark is another. Most of the fuss I hear about is not so much what I build but if I do it after dark then I really hear about it. This time of year it is dark around half past six which is not late and would be of no consequence if I was burning arc lights. I think it has to do with the absurd realization that in the dark or not is of no consequence to me. It is maybe the one occasion when they really understand that I am working in a way they cannot. It moves the thing from the abstract to reality. The scream of a circular saw coming out of my back yard after dark prompts curiosity which cannot be satisfied because they can't see what I am doing and therefore it is difficult or impossible to perceive that I don't see either in the light or the dark.
People often refuse to fully understand that I don't see anything. Not just me but I have observed that on many occasions. it is a sort of suspended belief. In more recent years I believe it to be getting better, there seems to me to be an improved sort of inclusion mentality particularly among younger people. These are gross generalizations of course. I am not sure that the objective though will be achieved, a little like the chimpanzee that can sign, a neat trick which brings fame to his trainer but does anyone pay attention to what the chimp is saying? is the value in being a clever chimp or in being a chimp that looks a lot like a human? I'll be a monkey's uncle! Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert J. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 8:47 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Seeing is believing > Tom > Thanks for the great feed back. > > You se even as a blind person myself The thought of soldering eletronic > components does not seem practical but then again I have never tried or > for > that matter know the first thing about soldering > I don't know how a blind person solders but I do not assume it can not be > done. > So I am half as ignorent as the average sighted personb. > > It is kind of a strainge irony but I think the best way for sighted people > to understand what a blind person can do is to let them actually see it > them > selves visually. > > It is pretty easy to dismiss what some one says about what they can do > because people brag all the time about things that they can do when in > fact > they have no clue. This is true amung blind and sighted alike but it is > hard to dismiss when some thing is demonstrated. > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > Various List Members At The Following Address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/476 - Release Date: 14/10/2006 > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
