NOAH AOC

 Hi Everyone,

Are there any times that you wished that you were totally blind and not visually Impaired?

Do you think that you would have been treated differently if they were blind?

Do you feel that because you are visually impaired that sometimes you are not taken seriously?

What types of problems does your visual impairment cause for you?

Have you ever been discriminated againist due to your visual impairment?

Do you have friends their own age who are blind or visually impaired?

Do you get tired of having to always educate people where you go about your visual impairmnent?

 Are there any times that you wished that you were totally blind and not visually Impaired?

 heck NO!

 Do you think that you would have been treated differently if they were blind?

Absolutly but i wouldn't want it.

Do you feel that because you are visually impaired that sometimes you are not taken seriously?

Respect is more an aspect of personal presintation rather then physical abilities i think. If your presence is possitive andyou back it up yourself then you are basically demanding respect from others. i've never had a problem with others not taking me seriouse because of my albinism, i think its becauyse i have one of those personalities that others just listen to, kinda a born leader thing. If someone wasn't taking me seriously for any reason i would come straigh out and call them on it. In short order you would have your answer and all the respect and attention you desire.

What types of problems does your visual impairment cause for you?

 As always reading small print and seeing things a distance as most, i have adapted and found ways to make things work. Most people don't recognise the visual problem at first. i had a teacher this semester that had no clue until i said something during finals and my buddy of over a year just realized about a month ago when he asked me to read a map whale on a trip. Other then that its not a big deal.

 Have you ever been discriminated againist due to your visual impairment?

Probably,but never to my face. Im not the kind of person that would let that just slide if i saw it... 

Do you have friends their own age who are blind or visually impaired?

Nope, not that i know of and if they are they hide it better then me.

Do you get tired of having to always educate people where you go about your visual impairmnent?

If there willing to ask an inteligent question I am more then happy to answer anything they might need. If they just make obseen coments I make it my personal goal for the day to make them feel about 2 inches tall... Im good at it too :-)

Have you been introduced to the white cane and how old were you?

Nope and me with a white can would equal truble thats all i know... mohahahah... 

 I stared writing this yesterday ....then realised I ws still at work....or well this is may ....too late

Are there any times that you wished that you were totally blind and not visually Impaired?

“… I was angry I had no shoes…then I met a man with no feet…” In life there is always someone worse off than we are. So the question becomes why would I want to be the guy who is worse off than the guy who can see a little? I don’t see a reason for that ….do you? 

Do you think that you would have been treated differently if they were blind?

Don’t really know about that. Though I have come to realize that it is not visual acuity that determines how people treat you but rather it is the way you present yourself. Though I have also come to realize that some people start treating you differently soon as they discover that your vision is not as good as theirs. I have had to remind a couple of people that I am visually impaired….not stupid.

 Do you feel that because you are visually impaired that sometimes you are not taken seriously?

I am always taken seriously. I don’t play ….I call it like I see it (blurry and all). If you don’t stand up for you …nobody else will

 What types of problems does your visual impairment cause for you?

 Don’t get me started….what kind…?? Every easy thing you can think of ….but thank God for Magic….I can use a computer with no hassles…

Have you ever been discriminated againist due to your visual impairment?

Not that I know off …though I am tempted to think that I have been let off the hook for some things due to being visually impaired.

 Do you have friends their own age who are blind or visually impaired?

No….it is hard being friends with people who are visually impaired or blind. I know I would not be my friend if I had to give me a ride to work every day. I am sure that most of my friends are fast becoming sick of picking me up and dropping me off. So I took care of that problem. I live in a place where there is easy access to the bus. And besides I don’t have a problem walking every where.

 Do you get tired of having to always educate people where you go about your visual impairmnent?

Educate….? Everybody needs to mind their own business….I don’t bother to explain nothing because the moment you open your mouth they will ask you every question you have ever heard and even the ones you have never heard.

Have you been introduced to the white cane and how old were you?

No I have not been introduced to the cane. As a matter of fact I only started wearing glasses when I was 24….I had adapted to going close to look and besides glasses don’t really improve my vision.