[Blindtlk] Letter to the Editor: Dining in theDark events re:[blindtlk] fw: MIRA Foundation
Chris Nusbaum
dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Fri Dec 16 00:13:15 UTC 2011
I really need to read that book! I was going to download it from
NLS WebBraille, but you have to download each Braille volume
separately, and Walking Alone has 11 volumes total! Wow! And I
thought I was going to get a hardcopy and read it! I should
probably just download the MP3 files onto my Stream from the NFB
site, or get it on Bookshare.
Chris
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opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical
nuisance."
-- Kenneth Jernigan (President, National Federation of the Blind,
1968-1986
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com
To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:05:41 -0800
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Letter to the Editor: Dining in theDark
events re:[blindtlk] fw: MIRA Foundation
You're welcome, Ray. As I say, the doctrine has little actual
legal scope
anymore but all-too-often lives on in the public mind.
I'd bet that if you put "Contributory Negligence" into the NFB
site's search
box, you'd get a slew of Monitor articles including one of mine
and perhaps
a reference or two or three in "Walking Alone ...".
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Ray Foret Jr
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 5:19 PM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Letter to the Editor: Dining in the Dark
events
re:[blindtlk] fw: MIRA Foundation
Mike, being a history buff, I appreciate this little note.
thanks.
Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!
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On Dec 14, 2011, at 6:10 PM, Mike Freeman wrote:
Humberto:
At one time, there was a principle of law known as the "Doctrine
of
Contributory Negligence". It held that, simply by virtue of
going out
alone,
a blind person who had an accident was in part responsible for
said
accident. Thankfully, this began to be overruled as early as
the 1860's.
It
still holds sway surprisingly often in the mind of the public.
Mike Freeman
-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Humberto Avila
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 2:36 PM
To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Letter to the Editor: Dining in the Dark
events
re:[blindtlk] fw: MIRA Foundation
Hello, a police officer asking a blind person the question, "why
are you
going out so late at night?" when it is just 8:30 P.M. is very
crazy and
ridiculous, and not just that. It is just DARN stupid! For
once, that is
not the business or job of the law enforcement official, to stop
a blind
person just because he or she is blind and he is going outside
"so late"
when it is not even midnight. That has not happened to me, and
none of my
blind friends that I have had said anything about similar
experiences, in
fact it is the first time I hear this, on a blindness related
listserve.
Police officers should not, and can not, do this, unless I
commit a crime.
Or, is a person being blind and walking out in the street a
crime? Really
crazy! It is simply not! I think this is the most extreme, and I
say this
clearly, extreme and exaggerating way that someone will force
misperceptions
and stereotypes about blindness.
-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Sheila Leigland
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 1:22 PM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Letter to the Editor: Dining in the Dark
events
re:[blindtlk] fw: MIRA Foundation
Hello marion very well stated. As a blind person I just want to
live my
life
and be able to walk down a street without being watched to see
if I'm
going
to need help or something like that. The idea that we are more
courageous
is
rediculous. The stereotypes based on blindness ablone need to
go and the
sooner the better. We aren't childlike or innocent about the
world around
us
or at least I hope we aren't. We were told one time that our
canes were to
noisy and weren't there homes for your kind of people. We have
had police
ask us why we are on the streets so late at night, it was eight
thirty in
the evening.
Sheila Leiglan d
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