[Access] a question to ponder...

[jeannemarie moore]

Hi all,

This is a direct accessibility question and I'd like feedback from the
group... please reply to all so Dick Loescher can be included because, as of
yet, I think he's not a member of the group...Dick if you'd like to join so
you can be part of such discussions, please feel free...

I'm gathering thoughts...

if I am willing to be a host for UUs, is it part of advance "full
disclosure" that they learn in advance that I am blind?  I have not done
this in my therapy practice or in my membership with Servas...

I find myself feeling uncomfortable with this suggestion... and also want to
be respectful that it might catch someone by surprise...and "going with it"
is supposed to be part of it all, isn't it?

I guess if someone finds out in advance and opts out, that's up to them...
and I find myself asking:
so do people need to disclose they are gay? Afro-American, use a walker...
in advance of hosting strangers?

I can understand someone who is deaf because of a potential barrier... I'd
want to know that because I'm blind, but... if there are no generic
communication difficulties except for someone else's potentially incorrect
assumptions, ... what do y'all think?

Thanks so much.

Jeanne-Marie