From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from speech.braille.uwo.ca (speech.braille.uwo.ca [129.100.249.132]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1062D1EF0E5 for ; Tue, 9 Apr 2013 14:52:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) id 78496C1A093; Tue, 9 Apr 2013 14:51:45 -0400 (EDT) X-Greylist: delayed 1998 seconds by postgrey-1.34 at speech; Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:51:45 EDT Received: from mrsbun.icsmail.net (mrsbun.icsmail.net [69.5.139.23]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FEF0C1A076 for ; Tue, 9 Apr 2013 14:51:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mrsbun.icsmail.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0260ED01EB for ; Tue, 9 Apr 2013 13:18:16 -0500 (CDT) Received: from mrsbun.icsmail.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mrsbun.icsmail.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 17025-03-2 for ; Tue, 9 Apr 2013 13:18:15 -0500 (CDT) Received: from giant.collinsnet.net (ics145-56.icsincorporated.com [69.5.145.56]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mrsbun.icsmail.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E79C9ED01F0 for ; Tue, 9 Apr 2013 13:18:14 -0500 (CDT) Received: from collins (helo=giant.collinsnet.net) by giant.collinsnet.net with local-esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UPd7W-0003K5-AP for speakup@speech.braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:18:14 -0500 Message-Id: From: acollins@icsmail.net To: speakup@speech.braille.uwo.ca Subject: Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:18:14 -0500 Sender: collins@icsmail.net X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.2 X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:52:22 -0000 Hi Tony. To a certain extent, you are right. But while being able to read and write properly, and have good gramar is important, I would argue that the misperceptions, and misunderstandings about blindness are the larger problem. Most sighted folks just don't have a clue about what is possible for a blind person, and because they can't conceive of how a blind person functions through out his daily life, they aren't willing to give a blind person a chance. Saddly, I've experienced enough of this kind of behavior to know that what I say is true. A successful blind person always has to try a bit harder, and make a better impression than his sighted counterparts. I'm not crying in my beer, just expressing the facts. Blind folks who allow themselves to feel sorry for themselves, just won't cut it, and there are a lot of them out there. Saddly, like thesong says, "That's just the way it is." Gene