Re: Disability versus ability
To understand the limitation of blindness I think this analogy that Camlorn mentioned is appropriate, though he said it in a slightly different way than I will. Imagine there is a copy machine, and it makes a total and complete copy of you in every way
Re: Disability versus ability
Well I did hear at least one thing that sparked my interest and which got me to somewhat reevaluate my point in post 8, which is that more often than not those of us who succeed are viewed as very motivated and capable, or to simplify with a word, strong
Re: Disability versus ability
Well I did hear at least one thing that sparked my interest and which got me to somewhat reevaluate my point in post 8, which is that more often than not those of us who succeed are viewed as very motivated and capable, or to simplify with a word, strong
Re: Disability versus ability
Personally, I don't think the blind have a better memory than other people.Specifically, 80% of the information is obtained by sight.
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Re: Disability versus ability
Blindness is legally and socially speaking a disability, whatever you make of it. If we want to analyse disability in a different way, then disability is classified as something else, regardless of whether one is blind or not. That I can use my iPhone
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@8, thumbs up. I view things the same way. Whilee I see my blindness for what it is, its not stopping me from living my life. And yes, I might not be able to drive or do a lot of stuff completely on my own, but i've learned to live with it. That is not to say
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Just because you can do many things a sighted person doesn't mean you don't have a disability, or blindness isn't a disability. Look at it this way, the tasks you perform aren't iquivalant to the sighted. We usually have to put in at least twice the efort
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I think whether or not blindness is a disability really depends on how you look at it. I mean, sure there are some things you simply cannot do if you are blind, but there are a great, many more that you still can. If one is willing to try at it, then yes
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8, the comparasons you make are wrong and flawed in many ways. Firstly, not being able to fly etc cannot be considered on the same grounds as having a disability. Flying, never has been, and probably never will be, a normal human ability possessed by anyone
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No matter how independently you live, you're still disabled in someway. End of text. No point Now, I'm not saying those of you that have families, jobs, etc aren't normal, the fact of the matter is your eyeballs do not function properly, or at all, so
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No matter how independently you live, you're still disabled in someway. End of text
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Re: Disability versus ability
It doesn't matter where the word is. You can play with language all you want. People aren't going to think differently because you moved the word blind around. They're going to think differently because you're not able to meet their gaze, for lack
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Yeah, I don't think this works if it's something that's enforced, and I'm very much not advocating for that. What I'm advocating for is...I guess...teaching people the categories-being-modifiers rather than categories-being-definitions distinction, which
Re: Disability versus ability
Thing about "person who is blind" is that you've just shifted it from being defined as the blind person to now you're the person where everyone who has been taught this has to remember that you're not the blind person but the person who is blind.
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I don't necessarily disagree with "person who's x" as compared to "the x person" distinction, and I think I'm even mildly in favor with the first formulation.For me, it's about facets vs. identities. Thinking of someone as &qu
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The hypocrisy is that they would probably do that thinking it helps, while at the same time demeaning you and talking to others about you when you're present in the room.If you care, show it with your actions. The order of the words may be symbolic, but we're
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This reminds me of something that I both learned in class and that I have to keep in mind while taking my boards. Apparently now abled health professionals think that they should put the disability second. For example according to this I'm a man that is blind
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My inability to see does not define who I am; it just spells out what I cannot do. That is why I do not personally refer to it as a disability. That I cannot see is no different to the idea that I cannot fly. That is an inability. While I see the fact
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It's denial. End of discussion. From the blind people it's denial that they're limited. From the sighted people it's denial that the world isn't so great for us and they need to do more. If you're "differently able" or whatever, no need to feel
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@cross that's exactly what i mean though. I'm not completely disregarding the truth, but yet interpretting the whole thing in a different way that i am blind, and yes "blind" not "differently abled or whatever else people say these days cause
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I think it's toxic positivity drivel to say it's not a disability, or even worse, it's just a different type of ability. If an individual doesn't possess a functional ability that is normal for humans, that individual has a disability. This is where I feel
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No this isn't a direct answer but it is related to your question, I'm going to key off fo something Blair/Illuminati said in one of her youtube videos and it got me thinking.I feel like media/society is to blame for this. HOw so? Let's see...The way disabled
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@lucasI'm afraid you might be generalising there a little bit. Yes I agree that for many (and probably a mejurity) of the people on here that may be the reason but its by far not 'all'-certainly not all blind people, for those stretch far beyond the extents
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People just don't like to admit that their disability is actually a disability. Saying that blindness is just a different way of looking at things is basically saying "I don't feel good about myself so I have to lie about something I actually have no co
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