Jackson Hunsicker

Filed under: Themes, Blind Visionaries

Our discussion on the implications of Halifax, Nova Scotia’s recent decision to stop providing free bus passes to blind people has lead to international conversation. Below are some of the responses we’ve received from the Halifax community and the global community. Respected and gifted people, with and without visual impairment, with and without disability, with and without agenda, have come together to express themselves on this highly complex issue. Scroll down to read opinions from Lee Stringer, Sara Miles, Jeff Moyer, Jackson Hunsicker, an editor from the BBC, and more…

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In Jackson Hunsicker’s own words:

I don’t know how we got here or who is to blame. And, I don’t know how to get out of it, but women today are never satisfied with the way they look.

Either we think we’re too tall, too thin, too flabby or fat. If our hair is curly, we want it straight. If it is straight, we want it curly. We’re constantly searching for ways to improve. No one looks in the mirror and says, Wow, you couldn’t be any better looking.

If that’s how we feel about ourselves when we’re well, what happens when we’re sick? What happens when we get cancer and lose our hair while undergoing aggressive treatment?

It can be devastating. Click to continue »