Purpose, what is it good for!

Stereotypes, are they not fun? Sometimes it irks me to think of myself as living up to one of those, sometimes amusing but more often hurtful predisposed views. There are a lot of blind lawyers out there which on one had can be welcome. Seeing more people with disabilities in the workforce increases the level of awareness of accessibility and abilities. In the image to the right Matt Murdock (aka Deardevil) is a lawyer in his mundane life and is here seen in court with a white cane and dark glasses. Hollywood gives us a fine example of what a blind person should be able to do, Be a superhero with great legal skills.

I came across a law school that had an application designed to be more accessible to people with visual impairments. There it was "click here for Visual Impaired Applications" I was flabbergasted. In instances such as this one it makes some of the process easier. However, on the other hand, doing what is expected of me has never been the most concerning to me. I was always the one who did the things no one else would do or at least equally as well as the others. But here it is, the role that could have been assigned to me. You could be a piano tuner or peddel on the street corner, be a shrink or go into law. How do stereotypes come about? For the first two in the above list they were very common in the earlier twentieth century and the last to are very prevalent recently. Why, what changed in society to shift the focus of ability form one to another? Are people who are blind just more lawful? That statement should be met by derisive laughter. Maybe we are so organized and the field of law demands a high level of organization we are drawn to it. Again laughter of the absurd kind inserted here. In Germany PWAB are encouraged to go into massage which is very tactile so you really do not need to see. But, this philosophy of a set path based on one of the five senses is not an answer that I will except. Now I am not belittling being blind and a masseuse, not at all, but I am not interested for myself. I have been told , by a complete stranger nun the less, that I should be a masseuse and argued quite a lot with me when I politely replied that it was not for me. So, where does that leave me? I have and have always had a deep felt duty to work for some over arching stereotype rending, society changing purpose. And here I am ranting.