When talking to a blind man, you watch what you say. Why is that? He's not watching you.
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I'm an artist leading a challenging life with bi polar disorder.
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I could write a volume on this. My mother had polio in 1952 and is paralyzed from the waist down. I was born 8 years later and I grew up with a mom in a wheelchair. Apparently, people think of your legs don't work, neither does your mind! The rude comments were constant...who would let that crippled woman adopt? (I am not adopted)...people like that should just stay home...I wonder what is wrong with her and who let HER have children...on and on all my life.
Then, about 12 years ago, someone thought my bitter, lonely divorced mom needed a paraservice dog. She was not wild about the dog, not at first, but the dog was wild about her from day one. Things changed and she learned to love because of the gentle giant Chassi. They became emotionally inseparable and were quite a team. Chassi kept mom company. More importantly, Chassi changed the dynamics of everything.
After the dog, going somewhere with my mother was very different. We got...MOMMY!!! that lady has a BIG dog!...what kind of dog is she? Where did you get her?...what things does she do for you?...Does she make your life easier?
As for not wanting to offend someone by what you say...it is my experience that most handicapped people don't think to hard about the words, but go for the meaning. I can't count how many times I have said to my mom, you stood right there and took that? Or don't stand there and say that to me!! Of course, she can't stand, but she knows exactly what I mean.
I think it is far more important that we treat others like they are part of us, because they are. Normal is a dryer setting, after all, and doesn't apply to people. Let the blind man tell you if he is "watching" what you say. Ignore the wheelchair and see the person. Learn enough sign language to say "hello" and "thank you." Smile, it is the language that everyone understands, and the blind can hear.
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