Friday, June 4, 2010

Albinism

I'm thankful for randomly coming across this article on albinism. After reading the accompanying comments under the images I realized my knowledge on the subject was so limited: back in school we did have an hour or so on albinism within the biology course, but all I ever really knew was that people and animals with the condition had very little or no pigment cells and thus looked very pale. I never even thought of it that much - I don't discriminate so why would I even think of someone who looks whiter than others? Yesterday I had a chance to read more on it and gosh, did I feel terribly uneducated! Among some other things, I had no idea people with albinism had a very different eye sight from people without the condition. So I am also thankful to Bianca and her blog for having put such an effort into explaining so many things.

7 comments:

  1. This is interesting and I was also not very informed. Thank you for sharing.

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  2. what a darling blog! wow so cute and how neat to be thankful. ;) good idea.
    xo.
    www.twitter.com/laceymaybelle

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  3. That is interesting... I have a few friends with that condition and I didn't know a thing about it except that they are a whole lot whiter than me. Have a great weekend! xoxo

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  4. I admit I don't know much about it either. I'm sure theirs is a difficult path. : ( But then again we all have our issues...I but there are plenty of people afflicted with that who don't see it as a negative thing!

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  5. We take good health for granted till something afflicts us. Didn't know the eyesight was affected too in albinism.We learn something new everyday!

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  6. ..oooh , I didn't really know about Albinism a few years ago and nothing in the school , But here in UK we have a lot of informative programms and articles ..We are all just a people with hearts and souls : )

    Ellinelle xxx

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  7. I love getting enveloped in something like that, it is amazing how little we all know of these topics.

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I appreciate you taking the time to connect and share your thoughts, so thank you for your comment! And while you're at it... Why not tell me what you're thankful for today? ;-)