From Marvin Price, Springfield, IL:

It seems that often people refer to those who are blind as being visually impaired. I always thought that visually impaired meant that you once had vision and you lost it or else what vision you have is not as good as when you were younger. I've known of some people who are so ashamed of the fact that they are blind that they will not use the word blind. According to my way of thinking, this is foolish. I don't think anybody likes being blind, but there is no sense in being ashamed of it. Some people are so ashamed that they won't vote--for fear of a person marking their ballot the way they don't want it marked. All sighted people are not that way--any more than all blind people are. Sometimes I wonder if using the words "visually impaired" is just another way of being politically correct. In any event, I don't like those words. Of course, it's possible I don't understand the meaning of the words. If I'm not correct, please respond to this letter.