Being Bullied at A Training Center for The Blind: “Because I Am Deaf-Blind” (2015)

December 15, 2020

Many people are under the impression that a training center for the blind is the safest place for a loved one experiencing blindness and nothing could go wrong. I’m also exposing the NFB for what was done to me because of my additional disabilities outside of blindness. I hope this story encourages you to never place your trust in anything that seems too good to be true.

Perhaps investigating and asking questions to current students before attending any center would save you from trauma and endless anger.

I am now a 31yr old deaf-blind woman from Boston MA sharing my experiences. I was born with Anophthalmia of the right eye and severe vision loss of the left eye. I have severe hearing loss in my left ear and totally deaf in my right due to Microtia Atresia. In addition to these visual and otolaryngology complications, I now have additional anxiety because of the NFB.

I’ve sat on these feelings of fluctuating anger for five whole years since graduating from Blind Inc in Minneapolis MN. The more I find out about the horrors of what happens behind the walls of the NFB centers and traditional centers, my anger becomes re-ignited towards NFB. Today, I am finally sharing my anger about these centers to everyone. This week has been incredibly intense as anger from the past is re-ignited all over again, finding out that I am certainly not the only person living with these unhealthy…