Writing about blindness

Have you ever considered all of the disadvantages we as blind individuals have in the world?
Well, I have and I think the world needs to finally come out and appologize for all of the unjust treatment they have forced us to endure over the years.
We are expected to be contributing members of society, even though society doesn't care OR understand the hardships we have to endure day after day. We can't use our disability as an explanation for our mood because, that would be self-pitty. And, when we try to make changes that could be beneficial to the blind community, we are shot down by ignorant sighted people who are looking for an easy fix.
In short, being blind in today's world is simply not fair. I mean, when a person in a wheel chair needs a way to get upstairs,, everybody does everyything possible to build an elevator or ramp. But, when a blind person needs a Braille sign to direct them to the stairs, everybody just says that it is too expensive to make signs that only blind people can read. I call this Handicap discrimination. Don't you agree?

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that would be like saying

that would be like saying sorry because the sky is blue, although the world does take a huge one on ANYONE it sees as potentialy weaker or for lack of better discription a sittin duck, I personaly am sorry it is like that but can only control what I do, I know alot of vi or blind folks and I say inspite of their lack of eye sight in variuos degrees, most vi or blind people can see better than most sighted people because there "vision" is not clouded by visual effects, people of normal vision are plagued by what we see, "bye this cuz it looks good", "date her cuz she's hot", "check him he looks good", and my favorite "lets get this one it looks beter than the rest" the list is endless

Yes we hve been treated

Yes we hve been treated unfairly by sighted with 20/20 vision field and they think they are better than any body with little and no sight at all!! We have been classified as prostitutes to beggars and from performers to people who were blind yesterday!! Individuals like me are being disregarded by sighted and the visually impaired community!! The ones who do not like being classified as blind individuals... Have you noticed on a question form they all ways asking when you loss your sight not how long you were blind and was it from birth? They think they can cure every blind person in America!!!

people are afraid of what

people are afraid of what they do not ubderstand.
We that are Blind need to understand and maybe forgive.
I have been nearly nlind my whole life and see your poibt !
But it is up to us mostly to find our way thro life and get a slice of the pie

Unfortunately we have to do

Unfortunately we have to do our best to screen negative individuals out of our lives!! The world turns with or with out them.

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