[Blindtlk] FW: Army's First Blind Active-Duty Officer

[Robert J Smith]

Hi all.  I feel that the negative elements of Captain Smiley's 
psychological adjustment should be brought to light, because that's what 
he went through.  I have always been blind so I didn't have any of that. I 
know that there are those who will key off on all the negative elements 
(or a more appropriate word would be difficult) but they need to be told 
because they are part of his story and he strengthened and re-developed 
his character because of them.

Bob Smith

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From:
"Jewel S." <herekittykat2 at gmail.com>
To:
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Date:
09/23/2010 12:04 PM
Subject:
Re: [Blindtlk] FW: Army's First Blind Active-Duty Officer



A small step forward for the military, but a big step back for the
image of blind people in my opinion. They talk about how devastating
losing his sight was, how he wanted to die, that his life was black
literally and figuratively, and how he broke down crying because his
life was so horribly changed.

Captain Smiley tries to push that his life is normal. He makes light
of his wanting to have fun (surfing, mountain climbing, parachuting),
but the Fox announcer seems so shocked and awed that a blind person
could do such things.

Good for Captain Smiley. I'm sure he'll go far and represent people
with visual impairment well, but this video certaionly doesn't.

My two cents,

On 9/23/10, Hyde, David W. (ESC) <david.hyde at wcbvi.k12.wi.us> wrote:
>  I think this represents a small step forward by the military. They at 
least
> didn't give him a discharge and a thank you..
>
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> http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/21915181
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~Jewel
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