[blindkid] on the subject of perspective

[Deborah Kent Stein]

The vision-centric tone of this video made me really angry.  Esref's ability 
tells us new things about vision?  WHAT?  It seems to me it tells them 
things about the flexibility of the brain and how fully touch can convey 
spatial concepts.  Will studies on Esref filter down to art classes and 
museum curators, and open up new opportunities for blind kids to experience 
the fine arts, maps, diagrams, architectural models, and all those other 
things considered to be strictly visual?

Debbie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carol Castellano" <blindchildren at verizon.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)" 
<blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 8:09 PM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] on the subject of perspective


>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
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>
> 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
>>
>>
>>Heidi
>>
>>
>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3AgO6H0H98
>>
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