[blparent] This is Cool

[JA]

I completely agree. Sometimes, I don't whether to laugh or cry when I
see ignorant people. Many times, I have met people who are scared to
touch me (when guiding me) as if they think blindness can spread by
touch.

On 1/24/13, Jo Elizabeth Pinto <jopinto at msn.com> wrote:
> Me too.  I actually did have a family leave a restaurant once, twenty-some
> years ago, because they didn't want to sit next to a blind person.  I felt
> bad, but the waitress and the manager told me it was their loss.  They left
>
> their entire meal--salads, drinks, everything--which they paid for on their
>
> way out.  Such small minds.  The thing that impressed me was the waiter
> having the nerve to stand up for the kid, caring more about doing the right
>
> thing than keeping his job, and the restaurant owners backing him up.  Of
> course, now I saw on the news that the place is packed and everybody wants
> to meet this great guy.  I wish guts and kindness weren't so rare as to be a
>
> news story.
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may
> kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at
> evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeri Milton
> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 8:27 AM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] This is Cool
>
> This story makes me so sad. That was great for the waiter to stand up for
> the child. What makes me so flipping sad is the way some people are around
> those who have a disability or a quote unquote special need. What the hell
> is wrong with people? It really just makes me sick.
>
> Jeri
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jo
> Elizabeth Pinto
> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 2:19 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: [blparent] This is Cool
>
> HOUSTON, Texas -- A Texas waiter who went out of his way for a special
> young
> customer has people talking.
>
> Kim Castillo says she and her family were having a typical dinner out when
> a
> family at an adjacent table got up and moved, according to ABC-affiliate
> KTRK. When waiter Michael Garcia realized it was because of Castillo's
> 5-year-old son Milo, who has Down Syndrome, he told the guests he wouldn't
> serve them.
>
> "He said special needs children need to be special somewhere else. That's
> like saying, 'You don't need to be here, you're a different skin color,"
> says Garcia.
>
> The family that owns the restaurant is supporting Garcia's decision, and
> Castillo's family is grateful he stood up for Milo.
>
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may
> kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at
> evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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Thank you
JA
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