Dear List members:
I was in a chat room on a site for blind folks and their friends, and the
subject turned to the events of the day. My first wife and I engaged in some
spring cleaning in November, and we can not figure out whether we are behind
several months, or ahead several months. In any event, I was commenting about
my collection of screw-drivers, which has gotten out of control, and I am
telling all of my friends and family that this Christmas need not involve
screw-drivers.
One of the participants on the site asked me, "what would a blind person
do with a screw-driver". I explained that I had disassembled a chair today and
reassembled the good parts from two chairs to make one good one. This
gentleman apparently has not been exposed to handyman activities at all.
While I don't perform as many tasks as I did as a younger man, I am
astounded at the lack of opportunity some blind folks have. Their parents,
teachers, and friends have protected them too much, in my country boy's
opinion.
Yours Truly,
Clifford Wilson
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