[blindkid] on the subject of perspective

[Carol Castellano]

I very much enjoyed watching this video, and especially seeing 
Esref's smile as he completes his task.  What amazes me, though, 
after 26 years in "the blindness biz" from the consumer point of 
view, is not that Esref can paint and handle perspective, but that 
the sighted public, including lots of people with doctoral degrees, 
can be so dense!!!  Because THEY didn't know that blind people could 
do this (or at least that gifted blind artists could), it is called 
incredible, ground-breaking, and historic.  Because THEY named a 
certain part of the brain "the VISUAL cortex," it astounds them that 
it could be used by any other sense.  Seems to me they really need to 
get out more!  :-)

Carol

Carol Castellano
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
973-377-0976
carol_castellano at verizon.net
www.nopbc.org


At 07:28 PM 1/14/2011, you wrote:
>Some of you may know about this man, as we already know there is no 
>limits to what anyone can do. Extraordinary!!
>Enjoy
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>Heidi
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>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3AgO6H0H98
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