The transition
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Planet of the Blind (blog)
Monday, November 12, 2007
The transition
By Stephen Kuusisto
Planet of the Blind
It's not as dark as you think!
Nowadays its customary to hear people talking all the time about
"transitioning" much in the way they used to talk about "flossing" or
"dating"-you can hear people say, "I'm transitioning right now," as if they're
actually undergoing a metamorphosis. The reformation of transition into a verb
carries with it the implicit assumption that transitioning is a good thing. One
doesn't say, "I'm transitioning from the Titanic to a lifeboat," or, "I'm
transitioning from heroin to methadone." Transitioning implies
forethoughtfulness and purpose.
I think that people with disabilities are so busy making a "go" of their
situation that they seldom have time to say they're transitioning. As a blind
person I don't say that I'm transitioning down the street, though I probably
could. The trouble is, I'm too busy trying to get somewhere and get there in
one piece and avoid walking into street lamps or dumpsters to feel that I'm
transitioning my way down the sidewalk.
But I want to be one of those transitioning people. So here's my plan:
I'm transitioning from being a young blind person to being an older blind
person. I don't care so much anymore what other people think about my physical
difference. I'm just me.
S.K.
November 12, 2007 at 11:59 AM in Disability Perspectives
http://kuusisto.typepad.com/planet_of_the_blind/2007/11/the-transition.html
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