Hi, Julie! I tend to agree, and basically, I do the same thing. I have often wondered how I would refer to myself if I had more usable vision. I know and understand a lot of the arguments for referring to oneself as blind, no matter the degree of visual impairment. Sometimes I use the terms interchangeably, although most of the time, like you, I find it easier to refer to myself as blind. <Smile> However, unlike some, if someone does refer to me as someone who is visually impaired, it certainly doesn't bother me. I figure I can't see any better either way, no matter what label someone pins on me. <LOL> Blessings!
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Hi, Jill. I agree with you. I have a little vision myself, but when it comesto asking for help, it's just a lot easier to tell people that I'm blind, because while I do have some usable vision, it's easier than trying to explain to someone how much I can see and how much help is too much or notenough. I've found that, if I tell people I'm visually impaired, they don'tunderstand what that means, and understandably so, since there are so manyvarying degrees of visual impairment. Some people who are low-vision can seewell enough to follow when a sighted person just points to something. Ican't, so it's much easier to just make them think I can't see anything whenit comes to that. Take care. -- Julie Morales Email & Windows/MSN Messenger: mercy421@xxxxxxxxxxx http://juliemorales.avonrepresentative.com/ Currently in Winchester Regional, Virginia Partly Cloudy, 23F°(-5C°) Wind:WNW (290°) at 13mph (11KT) gusting to 21mph (18KT) The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.----- Original Message ----- From: "Jill O'Connell" <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 12:46 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: How I readI think the problem here is that the general public thinks that blind meanstotally blind; hence visually impaired came into being. I help conduct a group of people who mostly have macular degeneration and are seniors. Ithink if this group was advertised as a group for the blind, the attendancewould drop considerably because these people don't think of themselves as blind, just visually impaired. Although I have a small amount of sight, I, however, refer to myself as blind when asking for assistance. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list ofavailable commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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