[Ct-nfb] Blind Babies and Our Purpose

Tue Jul 16 13:17:34 UTC 2013

This was a e mail a year ago , sent to me. This is how NfB got involved.
Beth 

I am Mark Riccobono's assistant.  We received this message earlier this
week.  The 203 area code indicates that it is a Connecticut phone number so
Mark suggested that I forward it to you.  I haven't investigated whether
this is a legitimate request or not.  Feel free to follow up on it if you
feel that is the appropriate action to take.

Let me know if there is anything I can do from here to assist you.

Thanks, Beth

Beth Braun

Assistant to the Executive Director, Jernigan Institute NATIONAL FEDERATION
OF THE BLIND 200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place Baltimore, Maryland
21230

Phone: (410) 659-9314 ext. 2369

Fax: (410) 659-5129

Email: bbraun at nfb.org

Web: www.nfb.org<http://www.nfb.org/>

From: Ct-nfb [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sandee Kush
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 8:57 PM
To: 'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [Ct-nfb] Blind Babies and Our Purpose

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

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

Justin 

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