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Dla - april 2011 new rules
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yes she is
and maybe your friend with no eyes is amazing too!
you are judging blind/partially sighted people by your experiences with your friend
and its not fair.
i think people born with no legs cope better than people who lose the use of their legs later in life.
the same goes with eyesight.
you cant compare someone blind from birth with someone who loses their sight later on.0 -
yes she is
and maybe your friend with no eyes is amazing too!
you are judging blind/partially sighted people by your experiences with your friend
and its not fair.
i think people born with no legs cope better than people who lose the use of their legs later in life.
the same goes with eyesight.
you cant compare someone blind from birth with someone who loses their sight later on.
I have already said that Alan isnt the norm, it wasnt me that was generalising but the person who brought up HRMC awardees who were "fine" at getting about, jonnypb.
I also agree that someone who has never had something can cope better that someone whos lost something in general, we cant pick what we lose but Alan would have chosen to be blind rather than deaf he assures me and my nephew who is a total prefers to be deaf than to lose his sight.
If if and and were pots and pans......................................0 -
he says hed rather be blind than deaf.......but thats becase hearing is the sense he has experienced!
because i can see a little. i instinctively try to use my sight.........it isnt a concious thing.
but i dont understand how you can compare sight loss to hearing loss.......theyre 2 totally different things.
like saying would you prefer to have an arm chopped off or a leg.
they both pose problems but arent comparable.0 -
but Alan would have chosen to be blind rather than deaf he assures me and my nephew who is a total prefers to be deaf than to lose his sight.
How can they say things like that when they have no experience of being blind? You also don't know how you'd manage until / if it happens.Sealed pot challenge #232. Gold stars from Sue-UU - :staradmin :staradmin £75.29 banked
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he says hed rather be blind than deaf.......but thats becase hearing is the sense he has experienced!
because i can see a little. i instinctively try to use my sight.........it isnt a concious thing.
but i dont understand how you can compare sight loss to hearing loss.......theyre 2 totally different things.
like saying would you prefer to have an arm chopped off or a leg.
they both pose problems but arent comparable.
They both have a total sensory loss disability from birth and they know no diffrent but they both have learned knowledge of the sense that they dont have and they wouldnt change it if they could, I was surprised that they both feel this way but they are both comfortable with their disabilities.
Sudden disability is totally diffrent according to them both, they know no diffrent and I believe the same.How can they say things like that when they have no experience of being blind? You also don't know how you'd manage until / if it happens.
How can you talk about any other disability when you have no experiance of it?0 -
sunnyone.....you talk about sight loss though you have no experience of it.
you cant comment on one hand then castigate sh for doing the same.0 -
sunnyone.....you talk about sight loss though you have no experience of it.
you cant comment on one hand then castigate sh for doing the same.
Sunnyone's father in law (?) has one of the eye conditions I do and I think she said he's also blind. Her ex-husband has the same condition too - although he can drive.Sealed pot challenge #232. Gold stars from Sue-UU - :staradmin :staradmin £75.29 banked
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sunnyone.....you talk about sight loss though you have no experience of it.
you cant comment on one hand then castigate sh for doing the same.
I do know about sight loss first hand, as sh has poster my FIL was blind and never went to ordinary school but the blind school, my first husband had the same condition as my then FIL but it affected him much less, my nan was left blind after a botched eye operation so Im not posting about something I have no experiance of.Sunnyone's father in law (?) has one of the eye conditions I do and I think she said he's also blind. Her ex-husband has the same condition too - although he can drive.0 -
my mother in law has arthritis, oesteo porosis and emphasema.......indoors she is considerably more disabled than i am.
but in her mobility scooter outdoors....... even she says im the disabled one!
yes i'd much rather be me than her..... but sight problems arent taken as seriously as they should be.0 -
i know about people in wheelchairs!
doesnt mean i can totally understand the difficulties.
my husband lives with me and knows the difficulties i have......but he doesnt know what its like to be me!
just as i dont know what its like to have normal vision.0
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