The Right kind of Blind
I know I really shouldn’t write this, but at this point it doesn’t matter. I’ve ran away from those who will most likely look upon this with disdain, as if I don’t look upon myself with even more than those on the outside can. I was reading a post from someone who mentioned “the right kind of disabled.” That struck something in me that I’d been looking for for a long time. I thought I was the only one. Maybe I am. But it needs telling anyway, so why not.
You know those blind people who can get around an area they’ve barely been to, or cook on a stove, or even communicate well with body language and such? I’m sure many in the blind community know of, or are one of these. These blind people don’t need much. They don’t ask for help, they know their way around, and workplaces are proud to have the acceptable kind of person with disabilities, because they barely notice that the person is blind.
And that’s the key, isn’t it? The person that can hide their disability so well that no one really stops to think about it.
