[Ct-nfb] Blind Babies and Our Purpose

Tue Jul 16 01:09:17 UTC 2013

Justin,

Oh man you are so on it it's insane. I think this story did open the door  
on that which was good that there is different levels of blindness,problesm 
etc.  I get people asking my sister is she mental or have mental issues 
because she  can see somethings,has a cane,eyes move funny,moves too adn she 
always responds  she's blind and then they'll be oh om. So there needs to be so 
much more  information and education this si why my friend at News12 will 
do teh stories  adn if you have any do pass them on so he can do them.
Thank you so much for beign on it Justin Elizabeth

In a message dated 7/15/2013 8:59:16 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu writes:

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

Sent from my  iPhone

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.   

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Sent:  Monday, July 15, 2013 7:57 PM
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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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