[Colorado-talk] Folska in Post

[Dishon Spears]

Wow!!!! SHMH too.

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Oh my!  SMH!


Warmly,
Melissa R. Green and Pj
It is 'where we are' that
should make all the
difference, whether we believe
we belong there or not. 


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Folska in Post

I'm pasting below a portion of
an article on a girl scout
outing at
Union Station yesterday, and a
general public activity there
of some
kind.  The article is kind of
out of focus, but this section
is
clearly in focus.  Every time
I read of one of these
activities by the
RTD board member, I feel sick
to my stomach - literally.
The message
of the Post article on this
item anyway is very clear - it
would be
scary to be blind and blind
people have to learn to be
dependent.
Folska's purpose, as quoted by
the Post is to show what blind
people
have to "go through" every
day.  She is doing much damage
to blind
people.


Here's the portion of the
article:

A gaggle of Girl Scouts from
the metro area made a pit stop
at Union
Station during a morning
lesson from Colorado women
transportation
engineers.

"We are teaching young ladies
about transportation
engineering and
introducing them to STEM
concepts so they see that this
can be a
career option for them,"
said Cassie Slade, a
transportation engineer with
Fox Tuttle Hernandez.

Another lesson came when RTD
board director Claudia Folska,
who is
vision-impaired, wanted to
show the children the
struggles that those
who are blind
face every day.

Donning blindfolds and nervous
grins, the girls were led
around the
transit station platform by a
guide buddy.

"It felt kind of weird because
I thought I was going to fall
over,"
said 9-year-old Brynna Hoff of
Aurora. "When we went down
stairs, it
was kind of scary.


Sophia Garcia, 9, said she
felt like she better
understood some of the
obstacles those with visual
impairments face.

"I learned to do teamwork and
that it's fun to help each
other out," she said.




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Dan Burke
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