@“aunt bea”
Do not call me out. Not only is it very unprofessional, but it is downright unecessary. Do you think I have chosen to be the way? I most certainly have not. There is a difference between an excuse and something which cannot be. I have already said I never purchased and horse. You think I blame my difficulties on other people, but there is nowhere else such problems to arise. I once thought the issues were from within myself, but a few sessions with the counseling center revealed there was nothing mentally wrong with me. I was dismissed from counseling. My goal here is not to cause controversy, but to say pursuing an equine degree is impossible with a visual impairment is, to place it in the most honest words, uncalled for. I have dealt with people who doubt all my life, and to say I use vision as an excuse is outright false. I do not use it to complain or to make other people feel sorry for me. I simply state the facts. It is an absolute shame in 2019 people with disabilities are accused of making people feel sorry for them, when in reality, we would be able to do the same as everyone else had we been given equal opportunity. Please explain to me how someone with a visual impairment cannot obtain a career in the horse industry. I have been around horses since I was eight, and I can see myself doing nothing else. I am not passionate for anything else. Also, I am not fueled by negativity and envy. The only reason I have labeled my department with injustice is in no way due to me feeling envious. It is however related to the fact they violated their own rules. The rules the rest of the department is subjected to were broken. I want to see you someday in the future, and I hope I will be able to prove you and every other person who said someone with a visual imapirment could not work in the horse industry wrong.