Reading Too Young to Die was a stark contrast to the written work by Kleege. McBryde Johnson utilizes a much darker approach to writing in this chapter that is ingrained with her inner thoughts and sentiments. Unlike Kleege, who used her prose to well describe every aspect within her chapter, McBryde Johnson used her prose to bring out a very pessimistic sentiment. She awknowledges death with open arms and describes how that has affected her daily life. Something that impacted me a lot was when she said, "I don't see myself as morbid or obsessed but I think about death a lot. I know it isn't normal, but my relationship with death becomes part of me." This sentence was very impactful to me because of how casual it approaches death.

The author brings up the idea that most blind stories adhere to a linear storyline where blindness is seen as the conflict that needs to be conquered. If these narratives are the norm, then this most likely facilitates the creation of supercrips. It sets up a standard of success in which blind people feel pressured to fulfill out of fear of being seen as inadequate in society. What's particularly interesting in this novel is Kleege's own relationship with supercripping, and how it extends to her relationship with her father and her personal aspirations. During her childhood, Kleege explicitly avoided asking for help and mentioning her developing blindness because of her father's disdain for his mother's blindness.

As I was reading the Introduction section of Kleege's book Sight Unseen, one thing that stood out to me was the way she described the memoirs she read and the assumptions that sighted people would make about her. One of the two categories she grouped many blind memoirs into was the "blind whiners, who asserted that blindness was the worst disaster that could befall a human being," rather than it being an every day part of life for her as she describes at the end of the introduction. (Kleege).

I found this reading really interesting. Chapter 10 highlights the dynamic between artist and subject. As in traditional portraiture the subject is vulnerable to the perspective of the artist. In this case the photographers literally places her body in the positions they want. While perhaps this will capture the best portrait in the eyes of the photographer is it really representative of the subject? It's clear there is a clash betweeen the photographers view of her and her view of herself. What I found really interesting is how secure she was in that view. I think often when in vulnerable positions, like being photographed, people are forced to confront themselves, or at least how they want to present themselves.

In "A Portrait of the Artist by His Blind Daughter," her father spotted flaws she had never spotted herself. She said that there has never been a pimple her father didn't mention to her. I would HATE that. I feel like this would make me so self-conscious and make me feel like I needed to be perfect at all times. He obviously has extreme attention to detail, but I wonder why he mentions this instead of taking notes and keeping it to himself.

Reading the first chapter of Too Late to Die Young was very transformative. It is incredible that someone so young could have tackled concerns over mortality at such a young age. I have had a similar experience, albeit for a different reason, but it is very interesting to hear someone else's take. It is especially fascinating the idea of death as a motivator, with the limited time we have being the reason for us to want to accomplish great things, both for ourselves and those around us.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1OBbX-WZs0

Ryan Niemiller Talks About Dating With A Disability - America's Got Talent 2019

He is very funny if you want to watch...

This link talks about a terrible trend currently happening on tiktok

https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/08/30/lizzie-velasquez-tiktok-newteacherchallenge-viral-trend-bullying-orig-kj.cnn

Sorry about the delay I just realized were supposed to post our images here! here's mine 

This particular video is part of a public information campaign aimed to encourage treating a disabled person according to their character instead of their disability. The video depicts a woman with Down's Syndrome being interviewed for a job. At first, things seem to be going downhill as she feels judged by her disability, but the ending has a surprising twist.