Comments | baxaphobia: <strong class="lj-user"><a href="/read/user/therealljidol">therealljidol</a></strong> Season 9 Week 5-Build a Better Mousetrap

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therealljidol Season 9 Week 5-Build a Better Mousetrap

Apr 13, 2014 19:30

Thanks to some marvelous advances in technology, worlds previously unheard of have opened up to me as well as others with disabilities. Without the use of my screen reader I’d not be in this writing competition. What once was a limited library of recorded books has now expanded to include more mainstream avenues for accessing books, magazines, and ( Read more... )

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baxaphobia April 14 2014, 00:13:52 UTC

If you are comfortable in your own skin then it is fine to stay as you are. Thanks so much for reading!

solstice_singer April 14 2014, 00:10:02 UTC

Very insightful, as always.

I completely agree with what you've written here. I can't miss what I've never had, and the idea of adjusting to vision isn't one I find the least bit compelling. We're not broken. There's no need to fix us.

baxaphobia April 14 2014, 00:16:53 UTC

Exactly. I've been to the eye "gods" in Boston and when they have recommended procedures and when I ask them what the pros and cons are there are definitely more cons. But they are "curious" and "want to see what's going on back there." Not on my watch you aren't. I'm lucky that my regular ophthalmologist gets it.

kiwiria April 14 2014, 07:50:52 UTC

Thanks for this post! It was really interesting.

I must be unusual, I'd rather lose my sight than my hearing. I once heard it explained that being blind isolates you from things, but being deaf isolates you from people. A generalization of course (curtesy of The Baby-Sitter's Club, I believe), but it's always made sense to me.

baxaphobia April 14 2014, 09:39:42 UTC

Everyone is different I suppose. People seem to fear blindness so much. I don't see the fear in hearing loss as much. Thanks so much for reading and your comment!

adoptedwriter April 14 2014, 15:18:10 UTC

Interesting to think about. I wouldn't want to be somebody's experiment. AW

baxaphobia April 14 2014, 16:21:19 UTC

When the specialist gave me the information I asked for there was no way I was going to allow them to do anything. I'm content to leave things as they are! Thanks for reading!

kajel April 15 2014, 00:06:09 UTC

I wouldn't want to be anyone's experiment either. Nicely done.

baxaphobia April 15 2014, 09:45:55 UTC

Thanks so much for reading!