[blindkid] RFB&D fundraising

[Peter Donahue]

Hello Carol and listers,

    And the good RFB&D supplied him with his textbooks in an audio format. 
Cooper lived happily ever after because he never truly learned to read; 
something he would have done had he continued to receive his textbooks in 
Braille. Dribble like this comes out of guide dog schools and certain other 
agencies for the blind in their fundraising campaigns and other 
publications. They fill their coffers while doing serious harm to the blind.

Peter Donahue

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carol Castellano" <blindchildren at verizon.net>
To: <blindkid at nfbnet.org>; <nopbc-board at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 12:15 AM
Subject: [blindkid] RFB&D fundraising


Hi All,

I recently received the RFB&D "Family News" in the mail.  In their
appeal for "a generous gift," they give a few real life
stories.  Here's a quote from the story on the front page:

"Then came school.  Cooper was aware of the sighted kids, running and
playing and doing their schoolwork independently.  He sometimes felt
isolated.  But he was always able to keep up--until the third
grade.  Cooper tried his hardest to read his books in Braille.  But
it was very difficult, and it took him a long time.  But the end of
the year, he had to miss a special class field trip because he had
not met his reading requirements."

OY!  Stuff like that makes me so aggravated!

Carol



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