Although I enjoyed reading this article it was tough for me to follow in the beginning. The guy does have strong stereotypes of blind people. I do agree that people look at them and treat them differently. It is hard for many people to believe they can live a normal life just like we do. It is cool to see how the blind man and the women were able to keep in touch through videos. This art form allowed them to maintain a relationship for many years without seeing each other. Although the man is blind the audio was enough to keep their friendship strong.
It was also amazing to see how the guys views slowly changed as he spent more and more time with the blind man. He even got to somewhat see what it was like to be in his shoes. The man went from not wanting to spend time with the blind guy to allowing him to hold his hand while he drew a picture of a Cathedral in order to help teach the blind man what they looked like. The guy said
"it was like nothing else." I think its amazing how a little bit of time with somebody different than you can change the way you think.
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