typists, journalists or teachers at different education levels... I had the pleasure to converse with blind members of parliament and diplomats, and I had the opportunity to meet cabinet ministers of the UK, Sweden, Niger, Zambia, Lesotho... That means that blindness is definitely not an insuperable barrier and that individual successes depend on our educational opportunities and having access to an active social life. It is essential that we are able to exploit our dynamic abilities, to cultivate our most cherished interests and to implement our greatest personal efforts. Nowadays, we can also benefit from the help of low and high technologies that may contribute to our personal and professional development. HUMAN BEINGS ENTIRELY EQUAL. There is a natural tendency to group people according to the presence of a salient common individual feature but we must bear in mind that all generalizations must be understood with great caution. When we proclaim them, we always leave aside important items which mark our individuality. In the case we are dealing with here, it is true that visual impairment is a non-trivial common feature but each one of us, besides being blind or having severe low vision, we are endowed with a large range of characteristics that make us unique. Even if people often talk of the blind as an abstract idea, we must firmly champion our right to be recognized as human beings with our own unique qualities. There are many reasons to march together towards the ideal attainment of a world where each will have his/her unique place.
typists, journalists or teachers at different education levels... I had the pleasure to converse with blind members of parliament and diplomats, and I had the opportunity to meet cabinet ministers of the UK, Sweden, Niger, Zambia, Lesotho... That means that blindness is definitely not an insuperable barrier and that individual successes depend on our educational opportunities and having access to an active social life. It is essential that we are able to exploit our dynamic abilities, to cultivate our most cherished interests and to implement our greatest personal efforts. Nowadays, we can also benefit from the help of low and high technologies that may contribute to our personal and professional development. HUMAN BEINGS ENTIRELY EQUAL. There is a natural tendency to group people according to the presence of a salient common individual feature but we must bear in mind that all generalizations must be understood with great caution. When we proclaim them, we always leave aside important items which mark our individuality. In the case we are dealing with here, it is true that visual impairment is a non-trivial common feature but each one of us, besides being blind or having severe low vision, we are endowed with a large range of characteristics that make us unique. Even if people often talk of the blind as an abstract idea, we must firmly champion our right to be recognized as human beings with our own unique qualities. There are many reasons to march together towards the ideal attainment of a world where each will have his/her unique place.
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