She's blind! She teaches line dancing!
- 1 Feb 07, 3:12 PM
Welcome to a new (and possibly short-lived) series on Ouch's blog, which for the moment I'm going to call Those Kerrrazy Disabled Folk Doing Things That Disabled Folk Simply Ought Not To Be Doing. Hmm, I think I'm going to have to come up with a shorter title for this series, if it's got any hope of surviving to another entry.
So, first up for a mention in TKDFDTTDFSONTBD (as we're calling it - snappy, eh?) is Billie "Boo" Hood from Leesburg, Florida! Billie is legally blind! But Billie also teaches ! (Oh, you remember line dancing, don't you? Achy Breaky Heart? Billy Ray Cyrus? No? Never mind.) "Hood wasn't entirely sure her class was in step until 30 right heels came down in unison on the final step ... The Leesburg resident keeps track of how her dancers are doing with her ears, and with what is left of her peripheral vision." Ah well, there you go. She listens! And she teaches line dancing! Like, wow!
More from TKDFDTTDFSONTBD soon. Or maybe not.
Comments
GOOD FOR HER!!!! Line dancing isn't my "thing", but I do do something dissys aren't supposed to do, also. I have CP, use a power chair and a communication aid to speak, and am currently teaching creative contemporary dance, including synch swimming!! in a school on the Wirral. I'm a registered dance coach, and actually earn my living from it, and to do so, gave up my benefits. People advised me not to do it!! So I just went for it. Thats not the only thing I do that I'm not supposed to, but won't go into that here!! A. MARTIN.