[Blindtlk] Blind Programmers

[Julie J]

I think you would find better answers to your computer questions on a 
computer list.

Also if you could put your reply at the top of your email instead of the 
very bottom, it would make reading your replies much easier.

Julie



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Wolfe" <sunspot005 at gmail.com>
To: <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 12:34 AM
Subject: [Blindtlk] Blind Programmers


> -- 
> Peter
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>    It's me Peter here to eliminate all confusion, doubt or whatever
> misconceptions have about my posts. I don't know if you got all of my
> numerous replies too many to even to count rebuking you guys. I merely
> was stating personal, blindness and infrastructural government
> involvement in aiding an individual in the largely rural south. I
> posted another independent thread completely neglected by most members
> with malice or neglect on this matter as well. Each time i replied it
> was sent back with a me as a sender, so I've not been on a list that
> this has ever happened to a reply e-mail before.
>    I want someone to brainstorm with or to explain in a narrative
> about common challenges and how they hurtled them being blind. In
> particular, blind programmers for computer science, computer
> informational systems or software engineering. A current degree holder
> of five to ten years is prefered cause older degree holders don't
> understand in my opinion about participation and the rise ot internet
> technology locked with the courses. The rise of our technology
> supplements just doesn't augment this reality. A realistic approach by
> someone from University of Texas at Denton thus far means more than
> all of your finger point at some details from like my original psot. I
> moved from that point.
>    The piledriving of the issue about public transportation was a
> prime example. A one size fits all approach to a deeply personal
> independent and emplowering prospective from another angle is
> different in each place. Each person is an individual not a blind
> person necessarily. So, each public transportation system differs like
> the landscape, fiscal allocation, infrastructure, etc. The people that
> don't use their cars tend to be urban inner city environmentalist or
> car poolers from New York, San Francisco, Washington, D.C Atlanta,
> Georgia, Seattle, Washington, etc not little rural poor Alabama. Then,
> this idea like I'm lazy is wrong as well cause if I was lazy why am I
> posting on this list?
>    Fourthly I want to clear up confusion about this matter. I am a
> person with unique challenges like no family, low budget, no
> resources, low public transportation, etc that normal blind people
> rarily face. Then, I want to switch my major and blind schools are
> mentioned like in Louisania or somewhere. Well, surely they are good
> VR probably wouldn't support me going there cause they have spent far
> too much already on me. I put that into consideration when I get any
> government assistance. The person that claiemd that I was seating on
> my ass is wrong by the way. In 2008, I was denied work study cause
> they couldn't make it accessible on campus. A 8-5 job with 12 hours o
> work with no internet courses isn't possible from my prospective of a
> screen reader. The amount of time to have braille to read, electronic
> text to be read, tutoring when needed and mobility with accommedations
> meetings is absurd. I'm merely asking for assistance on specific
> advice on programmers who are recently in the field that use screen
> readers. What is hard about this?
>    Finally, I am not making excuses nor am I not taking personal
> responsability either. The fcost of living on a 670$s in Atlanta or
> Birmingham isn't really even possible with a fiance and a brother that
> is dependent on me either. Would you have it where I live in a dumster
> and do that? YOu guys do these one size fits all and wonder why our
> country is going down the tubes like No Child Left Behind and the rest
> of our education because of the arrogants of a few holding the system
> down.
>
>
> sincerely, Peter
>
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