tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630919370641402575.post5868673941216959619..comments2019-11-22T03:26:31.199-07:00Comments on Beautifully Blind: Guest Blogger: Accepting My Blindness By Jeff Thompson, Blind AbilitiesBeautifully Blindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12173890787587858289noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630919370641402575.post-33650360023239880382012-07-24T15:12:09.614-06:002012-07-24T15:12:09.614-06:00That's wonderful Jeff! You never cease to amaz...That's wonderful Jeff! You never cease to amaze me with your insight.Autumn Chmielewskinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630919370641402575.post-36770721265813441432012-07-23T09:47:55.643-06:002012-07-23T09:47:55.643-06:00Thank you all for your wonderful comments. I have ...Thank you all for your wonderful comments. I have heard from someone that they were wondering if I was complaining and I said absollutely not. Accepting my blindness is something I had to do to move forward and the public accepting my blindness is a work in progress. Every day I get an opportunity to educate someone about blindness and sometimes I can do it in 7 blocks on the bus. I do wish it could really be that easy. The true effort is just as the Beautifully Blind mission statement states... to bridge the gap between the sighted and visually impaired. Through education about blindness, grants for adaptive equipment, research, and support for blind persons and their families, we hope to help in leveling the playing field in social and professional arenas of life, as well as diminish the misconceptions of the blind and visually impaired.<br /><br /><br /> bridge the gap between the sighted and visually impaired. Through education about blindness, grants for adaptive equipment, research, and support for blind persons and their families, we hope to help in leveling the playing field in social and professional arenas of life, as well as diminish the misconceptions of the blind and visually impaired.Jeff Thompson on twitter @BlindAbilitiesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630919370641402575.post-12859497344508625752012-07-23T09:32:19.977-06:002012-07-23T09:32:19.977-06:00you have been amazing forever blindness is just a ...you have been amazing forever blindness is just a challenge that you rose to and like everything else you have done...if I can say this you rocked this partof your life and i love how you do it like the moon walk smooth as silkFay Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630919370641402575.post-32014773199538714232012-07-23T09:30:40.786-06:002012-07-23T09:30:40.786-06:00You are beautifully eloquent!You are beautifully eloquent!Karin Andersonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630919370641402575.post-24612313188562367002012-07-23T09:28:35.216-06:002012-07-23T09:28:35.216-06:00Jeff, you have a very clear and concise way of ver...Jeff, you have a very clear and concise way of verbalizing how you feel. You have amazed me!Joy Olszanski-Lewisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630919370641402575.post-27832704596609134252012-07-23T09:27:01.926-06:002012-07-23T09:27:01.926-06:00This was wonderful, it could be said of many disab...This was wonderful, it could be said of many disabilities, but for sure the blind, great job!Michelle Pestellonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630919370641402575.post-21324277156503850252012-07-15T17:14:28.916-06:002012-07-15T17:14:28.916-06:00You are amazing, You have excepted this so well, I...You are amazing, You have excepted this so well, I think about you, and how you can do anything you make up your mind to do, even though you can not see, like building all kinds of furniture, cabinets, what ever you build it turns out perfect. I am so proud of youMothernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630919370641402575.post-80078844381268156012012-07-15T16:54:36.276-06:002012-07-15T16:54:36.276-06:00That was beautiful. It almost made me cry. You hav...That was beautiful. It almost made me cry. You have a great way with words and I hope that you write more great work like that.Biancahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11623857861323160951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630919370641402575.post-70024772800211089822012-07-14T19:30:33.303-06:002012-07-14T19:30:33.303-06:00Beautifully written!!Beautifully written!!Tracynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630919370641402575.post-14062699315109068312012-07-14T14:31:07.746-06:002012-07-14T14:31:07.746-06:00If the world could accept blind people like the bl...If the world could accept blind people like the blind accept themselves it would be amazing...not blind people just doing normal things being the amazement. This post says a lot about what blind people feel. Good job. I appreciate Beautifully Blind and the many posts I've enjoyed. Love the inspiration and honesty about blindness. Good Job.Lori Brownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630919370641402575.post-5234665785380436992012-07-12T23:59:57.172-06:002012-07-12T23:59:57.172-06:00Nicely said and wrote. Like it alot.Nicely said and wrote. Like it alot.Ur son-in-lawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630919370641402575.post-83918359969769001912012-07-12T23:27:48.698-06:002012-07-12T23:27:48.698-06:00Great stuff pops.Great stuff pops.Noahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18004598490196781018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630919370641402575.post-2478928464004040852012-07-12T19:06:51.258-06:002012-07-12T19:06:51.258-06:00Love your writing and message - Thanks for sharing...Love your writing and message - Thanks for sharing.Becky Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10053287942631827068noreply@blogger.com