Something interesting I read from my Soci Text.
They have taken this from a Sci-Fi writer H.G. Wells's short story - "The Country of the Blind."
It reversed the old saying that "in the country of the blind, the one eye man is king."
A man who survived an avalanche found himself landed on the outskirts of a village whose members are all blind due to a disease that struck them 14 generations ago. To the survivor, he felt that because he could see he is their "Heaven-sent King and Master." Contrary to this, his sight has in actual fact caused him inconvenience. The natives' sense of hearing and touch are much more developed than his and they have designed their community for the benefits of their own people who cannot see. Where the hosts move gracefully, the "Master" stumbles and fall. Where the "Master" rants about seeing, the hosts thinks he is mad and out of touch with the reality.
Doesnt this make blind perfectly normal and being blessed with the ability to see a disability?
Think about it.
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