[Ct-nfb] Blind Babies and Our Purpose

[Justin Salisbury]

The real problem of blindness is not the lack of eyesight. It is the lack of information and misunderstanding which exist.

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On Jul 15, 2013, at 8:57 PM, "Sandee Kush" <slkush93 at att.net<mailto:slkush93 at att.net>> wrote:

Justin, who are you speaking for with the "we".  Did you speak with Dr. Mauer personally about this issue?
If asking for  humane and  supportive treatment for a baby, a baby from another country, has the power to set us back so far that we need to start over again, the NFB must not be very strong.
Also,  well I really won't take the time to debate many of your generalized statements.  I will say, that I  do not want it  to represent  my voice nor do other members I have spoken to.
Thank you Joyce for sharing those important facts and an international perspective.

From: Ct-nfb [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Blindhands at aol.com<mailto:Blindhands at aol.com>
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 7:57 PM
To: ct-nfb at nfbnet.org<mailto:ct-nfb at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Ct-nfb] Blind Babies and Our Purpose

Justin ,

I agree  with the Federation regarding what you said in your email, but this child lives in India and is a native of India.

I don't know if you have had the opportunity to ever had gone to India and experienced first hand the blind people in India, but I have.

There is 14.5 million blind people in India and the opportunity for the blind in India is far from what yu can imagine.  They are not taught to travel independently nor do they have the opportunity to even have a cane.    There isn't much opportunity for training of jobs.

While I was there I had the chance of visiting some of the much better schools for the blind.  Some examples I can give is a school in Mumbai  that had over 500 students living at the school and I visited their computer lab.  They had 8 computers in there to train these 500 students on.

While I was there I had to get special peermission which was made ahead of time to my arrival to travel with my guide dog.  I could not go in public tourist areas with her, but I was invited to the Capital in New Deli to have an appointment with the Department of rehabilitation for the government in India.

Mind you I was only allowed to visit the blind schools that the India government allowed me to visit along with members of the U.S. Embassy.

I totally understand the desperation of this Mother of this little boy seeking medical attention in the USA to save her child's sight.

I never had the chance to visit blind people that live in the villages that are cared for by their family for all of their life.

Joyce Kane
www.KraftersKorner.org<http://www.krafterskorner.org/>
Blindhands at AOL.com<mailto:Blindhands at AOL.com>

In a message dated 7/15/2013 1:24:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu<mailto:PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu> writes:
Justin
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