Mary.Otten@p0.f1089.n261.z1.fidonet.org (Mary Otten) (06/28/91)
Index Number: 16528
[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]
I suspect we agree on the issue of getting around. But I have to
disagree with you about your point of blind people not being able to
realize the inconvenience of their methods of travel as compared to the
sighted methods, if you can call them that. I've never seen and, when
I'm standing at a bus stop in the dead of winter and cars are flying by,
I realize the inconvenience all too well. Seriously, Isee your point,
and you are right that, having never seen, I can't know from personal
experience the advantage of being able to see in some situations.
However, I can know by observing, seeing how people do things, how some
people with pretty limited intelligence are able to do some theings
better than Ican, just because they can see etc. Take using computers
for example. I know plenty of sighted folks who have computers and never
crack a manual and do just fine. Isn't that what the g.u.i is all about?
We can't do that. Something similar occurs in travel situation s, only
the disadvantages aren't as great, depending upon the situation. I don't
have to have seen to know that, because I can obseerve what is going on
around me and draw conclusions.
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