I was just trying to help.

I am surely not the first person to write a blog post like this, and I will not be the last. Ultimately, I am just one blind person (I didn't say a "person who is blind," but more on that later) Anyway, there are things that I really would like for people without disabilities to know, so here is my post. If you don't read this entire post or don't take anything else form it, I would say to ask us what we need before jumping into help, and trust that we understand our own needs. Otherwise, your well-intentioned "help" might cause problems. I will give a few examples below.

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