BlindfrombirthIhaveneverhadtheopportunitytoseemyselfandhavebeencompletelydependentontheimageIcreateintheeyesofothers.Therearethosewhobelievethat36Ican’tseeIobviouslyalsocannothear.
BlindfrombirthIhaveneverhadtheopportunitytoseemyselfandhavebeencompletelydependentontheimageIcreateintheeyesofothers.
Therearethosewhobelievethat 36 Ican’tseeIobviouslyalsocannothear.Veryoftenpeoplewilltalkwithmeatthetopoftheir 37 .Conversely(相反地)tothispeoplewillalsooften 38 thinkingthatsincemyeyesdon’tworkmyearsdon’teither.ForexamplewhenIgototheairportandasktheticketagentfor 39 totheplaneheorshewillalwayspickupthephoneandcallagroundhostessinaverylowvoice."HiJanewavegota76here."Ihaveconcludedthattheword" 40 "isnotusedbecausetheyareunwillingtoinformmeofmyconditionofwhichImaynothavebeenpreviously 41 .
OntheotherhandothersknowthatofcourseIcanhearbutbelievethatIcan’ttalk.OnceIbecameillandwashospitalized.ImmediatelyafterIwas 42 IwaswheeleddowntotheX-rayroom.Justatthedoorsatanelderlywoman(judgingfromhervoice)askedtheorderly(护工)whohadbeenwheelingme:"Whatisyourname?"“What’syourname?”theorderly 43 tome."HaroldKrents"Ireplied."HaroldKrents"herepeated."Whenwasheborn?""Whenwereyouborn?"ThiscontinuedforaboutfiveminutesbeforeIfinallyinterrupted"Lookthisisabsolutely 44 .OKIcan’tseebutit’sgoingtobecomepretty 45 tobothofyouthatIdon’tneedaninterpreter."“Hesayshedoesn’tneedaninterpreter"theorderlyreportedtothewoman.
The 46 misconceptionofallistheviewthatbecauseIcan’tseeIcan’t 47 .Iwasturneddownbyoverfortylawfirms 48 myqualificationsincludedacumlaude(优等成绩)degreefromHarvardLawSchool.The 49 tofindjobsthecontinuous 50 ofbeingtoldthatitwasimpossibleforablindpersonto 51 lawtherejectionletternotbasedonmylackof 52 butratheronmydisabilitywillalwaysremainoneofthemostupsettingexperiencesofmylife.
53 theDepartmentofLaborissuedlawsthatdemandequal 54 opportunitiesforthedisabled.Thebusinesscommunity’sresponsehasbeen 55 .Theattitudetowardsthedisabledisbeginningtochange.
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