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more about #blindness SWGM: I work with disabled people, so I see LOTS of service dogs. They are always the most mellow, well-behaved dogs you'd ever want to meet! And it's easy ... more » Penny: So, apparently there's a seeing-eye (sorry, is that what they are called these days?) doggie camp around here. Actually, it might even be in Richmond... more » Eleanor Ramilly: I think that is my favorite Snap Judgment line ever. #spanishblindpeoplesorganizatio... more » moramoo: Sigh...my dream is to train a guide dog. (Actually, my dream is to work for one of those programs that teaches prisoners to train guide dogs.) Some ... more » KittyKittyCat: "What's up bitch, we work here!" #spanishblindpeoplesorganizatio... more » damarsh715: OMG! My poor beloved dog Bella died last week from toad posioning and she looked just like this dog. She was only 6 and I've been in shambles evere si... more » Kivrin: I have so much respect for people who train service dogs. To invest so much time and energy in a gorgeous little pup…and then give it up? I'm not s... more » andBegorrah: Ceci n'est pas une pup. more » Lindsay: Next up: blind men and testicle lumps. more » Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: What an incredible idea. The real question is – what did the lumps say? *rimshot* more » morninggloria: This is excellent news for a certain trio of tailless mice. They were told that they were completely unemployable after the carving knife incident. more » Maulleigh: I watched "Ray" and according to that Ray charles would ask his bandmates if a woman was "fine." He'd also stroke a woman's forearm to see if she was ... more » rideon: However, is there something inherently problematic about treating this group of people as an "other" who need to be observed and understood? Or will s... more » Triphena: Ha, for a second I was like, Laura Dern is BLIND?! Holy crap, you'd never know, what an amazing actress. I've never seen Mask, obviously. more » homoviper: Personally, I prefer Jim Jarmusch's treatment of blindness in Night on Earth. more » willwriteforfood: This just confirms that there is no rhyme or reason to why people are attracted to some people and not others. If it were a logical process, eharmony ... more » NefariousNewt: Oh no! Blind people are just like everyone else! Will the stereotypes never stop failing!?!?!?! [/sarcasm] more » Liz11685: I think it is funny that people as this question at all, but indeed they do. My dad is visually impaired and this is one of the first questions that t... more » Rare Affinity: I have worked with blind and visually impaired people for a number of years in the past. Not every blind person was born with no vision whatsover. So ... more » poires et poireaux: Lately, I've been listening to a lot of Amadou and Mariam (who are awesome, by the way), and I read that they met at Mali's Institute for the Young Bl... more » -
#helpinghands
The Blind Leading The Blind
Two years ago, a German gynecologist began training blind women to use their heightened sense of touch to detect lumps in patients' breasts. So far, the 10 trainees have found more and smaller tumors than doctors in 450 cases. [CNN] -
#atfirstsight
Breaking: "Blind People Find Romance" Same Way Other People Do
Apparently, blind folks are always being asked, "How do you fancy someone if you can't see them?" More »
