<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Excellent commentary, Justin. Your observations were more informative and comforting--assuming that intent--than the article. <br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Al Sylvestre<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 6:46 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Blindhands@aol.com" target="_blank">Blindhands@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Well Justin,</div>
<div> </div>
<div>I saw perfectly well for 47 years and poof woke up from surgery in
total darkness alive almost 17 years ago. I have been determined that
blindness would not get the best of me and I believe I have lived my life in
that way to the fullest and have done things and gone places no blind person
might never think of. </div>
<div> </div>
<div>I am not looking for any pitty or any help from people or you, but until we
can walk in another one's shoes I don't think any one has the right to make
comments about how someone's opinion.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>My husband died 3 weeks ago and we were married for 42 years longer then
you have lived. I lost my sight twice, once 16 years ago and
again 3 weeks ago. Don't feel sorry for me as I will get beyond
this.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>I feel sorry for you that you don't take the time to consider what others
feel about their blindness and the folks here are not all in a mess of feelings
over their blindness and for those of you who have recently lost their sight or
in the process of loosing their sight I understand their is all levels of
feelings both good and bad and if you have a "Blind moment" or "blind day",
where you get frustrated or hate that you can't see or hate that you have to ask
for help, I understand and you are welcome to give me a call. 203 378
8928. I will not cry with you or sympathize , but I am a good
listener and will encourage you. Don't call Justin as he just doesn't
understand that.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><font face="Arial" lang="0">Joyce
Kane<br><a>www.KraftersKorner.org</a><br>Blindhands@AOL.com
<div> </div>
<div>
<div>In a message dated 4/27/2014 3:22:01 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
<a>PRESIDENT@alumni.ecu.edu</a> writes:</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt">Friends
and Colleagues:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt">I
have read the responses on this thread, and I see two distinct categories of
responses, as well as two distinct categories of responders. I will
first define the categories of responders as follows. Group 1 is those
who have attended and graduated from structured discovery training
centers. Group 2 is those who have not. I understand the messages
from the center graduates to address the incorrect, dramatic depiction of
blindness as hopelessness, and I understand the messages from the others to
yearningly describe the merits of eyesight.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt">To
explain my discontent with the depiction of blindness as hopelessness, I will
walk us through the article and point out where the authors are in
error.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<h1><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt">Title:
</span><span lang="EN">'Bionic eye' offers hope to those with vision
loss<u></u><u></u></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d">I interrupt
immediately to ask what kind of hope I need and what miserable situation I am
enduring in order to need such hope. Back to the
article…<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN">A "bionic eye" may now help blind patients <a title="http://www.freep.com/article/20140423/FEATURES08/304230072/Bionic-eye-University-of-Michigan">regain
at least a sense of vision</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN">Linda Schulte, the first patient with the implanted
technology since it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration last
year, couldn't be more thrilled.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN">Not long ago, her new "eye" homed in on the stripe on her
grandson's T-shirt while he was outside on the driveway at her Ottawa, Ohio,
home.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN">There were flashes of light and movement and — combined with
the bounce of a basketball on pavement — the 66-year-old Schulte said she
could "see" her grandson for the first time.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN">"To me, it was seeing him," she said. "I know I'll never see
his face, but I could judge how tall he is and everything. I knew where he was
moving."<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif'" lang="EN">Analysis: The
author has chosen a deeply emotional reaction of someone regaining some sight.
This reaction can only occur in someone who fixates on the lack of
eyesight as a problem. The person who fixates on the vision loss itself
as a problem in life is in a really rough place, and I’m truly grateful that
the National Federation of the Blind has helped me escape from that
place. If I were still there, I would be fighting the wrong enemy and
make no progress toward the fulfillment I now pursue. I understand that
reporters want to strike up emotions and usually harness common misperceptions
in society in order to do it, but it inherently reinforces those
misperceptions. Back to the article…<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p><span lang="EN">The Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System, offered at the
University of Michigan's Kellogg Eye Center, was surgically implanted in
Schulte's left eye in January.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN">It uses a pair of glasses with a small video camera that
wirelessly transmits signals to Schulte's implant, converting them into a
series of small electrical pulses that stimulate her retina's remaining
cells.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN">The result: Flashes of light that signal great contrast – the
outline of a window or the edges of a white plate against a black tablecloth,
for example.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN">It takes some practice, but "by using those flashing lights
as a cue, (patients) can trace the plate," said Dr. Thiran Jayasundera, a
retina surgeon at Kellogg.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif'" lang="EN">I interrupt to
ask how on earth this is useful beyond the tools we now have. Can I not
find my plate with my hands? Back to the
article…<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p><span lang="EN">He is scheduled to talk about the procedure during a meeting
of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Friday in
Boston.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN">The device is used for those who have retinitis pigmentosa, a
degenerative disease in which patients experience a gradual loss of side
vision and night vision, and later of central vision, which can result in near
blindness.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN">Not all of the 100,000 or so people in the U.S. with
retinitis pigmentosa can benefit from the bionic eye. An estimated 10,000 have
vision low enough, said Dr. Brian Mech, an executive with Second Sight Medical
Products Inc., the Sylmar, Calif.-based company that makes the device. Of
those, about 7,500 are eligible for the surgery.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN">Schulte was 22 when sunlight began to hurt, she said. Over
the next two decades, her visual world shrank. She began to lose peripheral
vision. And at some point, her tunnel vision was so tight that, when she
looked across the dinner table at her husband, she could see only one of his
eyes at a time.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif'" lang="EN">I interrupt to
point out that this is exactly what I see when I look across the dinner table
at my girlfriend. While the author is hoping that this will pull at
heartstrings again, I can assure you that I do not have any feelings of
self-pity or frustration at the fact that I cannot see more of her at one
time. If I were to hold these thoughts, I would be stuck in quicksand
and never be free to move on with my life. Back to the
article…<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p><span lang="EN">In earlier stages of the clinical trial with the prosthetic
retina, many participants were able to locate lights and windows, follow lines
in a crosswalk, and avoid running into things as they walked. About half were
able to read letters that were about 9-inches high. Some could sort laundry or
determine where other people were located in a room.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN">Roger Pontz, 55, received his new eye in January as well. He
now moves around his Reed City, Mich., home without having to use his hands to
avoid running into walls. He sees figures move in front of him. His wife asked
whether he could see her empty oatmeal bowl the other day at a restaurant. He
answered by immediately putting his fingers on it.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif'" lang="EN">I interrupt a
final time to ask how these tasks cannot be performed by a blind person, with
the only exception being the reading of 9-inch letters, a skill of nominal
practical use. Is it really that widely believed that blind people
inherently run into things as we walk? Are there no other ways to find
crosswalks? Do totally blind people need someone else to sort laundry
for them? Are we really at risk of running into walls in our own home,
and is using our hands or a cane inferior techniques? It is obvious that
this author believes that nonvisual techniques are indeed inferior to visual
ones. Let us finish the article…<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p><span lang="EN">Pontz, a dishwasher at a bowling alley, said he is convinced
that his training exercises will continue to grow his visual
abilities.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN">"But if it doesn't, I'm happy with what I've got so far," he
said.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt">Excellent.
We conclude with a happy blind person who can smile despite all of the horrors
to which blindness inherently subjects him. He clearly has seen his life
improve by acquiring just a little bit of sight. Let us all feel like
there is a glimmer of hope for the otherwise hopeless
blind.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt">Does
anyone really benefit from what little sight this product currently
offers? It encourages people to use visual techniques for tasks that are
still completely possible nonvisually. It encourages people to focus on
regaining vision instead of acquiring the proper training for confidence and
independence as a blind person. This training will really free
them. Someone who functions visually with this small amount of vision is
not going to have the fulfilling life of a center graduate. This article
goes back to the status quo where blind people are patients instead of
people. Patients have something wrong with them and must be cured.
We know that the real problem of blindness is not the lack of eyesight; it is
the lack of understanding and misperceptions which exist in society.
This lies at the core of our movement, and it is vital that the leaders at the
core of our movement understand this and not endorse these
depictions.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt">Finally,
I want to address the argument about seeing children’s faces. We need to
understand each other in order to work together. I do not have children,
but I do have basic human ability to reason. If we cannot see our loved
ones’ faces and no medical cure for our medical conditions causing blindness
currently exist, it is not productive to wish that we will. My Granddad
died in 2003, and I would love to see him again, but I do not fixate on
missing him. I cherish the memories of him teaching me about old farm
equipment and starting blueberry-throwing fights with all of my cousins, and
my grandmother gave me his wallet when I graduated from college, still
including his Blockbuster card and all. I do not long to see him again,
at least on this side, because doing so will not improve my quality of
life. There is a matter of closure in how some of us deal with
blindness. It is most unfortunate, but some of the low-end
rehabilitation programs, such as the Carroll Center for the Blind, actually
preach a loss model, where losing vision is a dying. Before the
Federation found me, I attended the Carroll Center, and I was taught to mourn
my blindness. Those of us who have fallen victim to these misperceptions
suffer because they mourn blindness; they do not suffer from the blindness
itself. I remember the days when I mourned blindness and hope that we
can all work toward the day when nobody does.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt">Sincerely
yours,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt">Justin
Salisbury<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:11pt">From:</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:11pt"> Ct-nfb
[mailto:<a>ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of
</b><a>Blindhands@aol.com</a><br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, April 26, 2014 1:16
PM</span></p><div><div class="h5"><br><b>To:</b> <a>ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ct-nfb] bionic
eye<u></u><u></u></div></div><p></p></div></div><div><div class="h5">
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">You
want me to put a price on seing my Grand children that I have never
seen? or my children that I haven't seen in almost 17 years? You
can not put a price on that, but it would be worth it for
me.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">I can
live without sight and manage well enough. I have traveled near and
far[all the way to India], but to see my family once again, well maybe you
don't have children or Grandchildren and can't
understand.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Joyce
Kane<br><a title="http://www.krafterskorner.org/">www.KraftersKorner.org</a><br><a title="mailto:Blindhands@AOL.com">Blindhands@AOL.com</a> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">In a
message dated 4/25/2014 10:54:17 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, <a title="mailto:tattenberg@gmail.com">tattenberg@gmail.com</a>
writes:<u></u><u></u></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt">What
if they really hurt and were expensive?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt">T<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Tahoma','sans-serif'">
Ct-nfb [<a title="mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org">mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Hamit Campos<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 25, 2014 7:51
PM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re:
[Ct-nfb] bionic eye<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt">Yeah.
Sure being blind isn’t the end of rthe world, but hell if I had a future
chance at new retnas you best believe I’d take it Why
not?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Tahoma','sans-serif'">
Ct-nfb [<a title="mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org">mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b><a title="mailto:Blindhands@aol.com">Blindhands@aol.com</a><br><b>Sent:</b>
Friday, April 25, 2014 10:45 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a title="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re:
[Ct-nfb] bionic eye<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"> WowI
have nothing wrong with my eyes and I have nothing wrong with my
brain. It is the optic nerve, so I need a new cable wire to connect to
the eye and brain. I would do anything almost to see my Grand
children, kids and Mom. It is too late to see John, but when I pass
over that bridge I will see him and all my doxies and Seeing Eye dog,
Corey.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Joyce
Kane<br><a title="http://www.krafterskorner.org/">www.KraftersKorner.org</a><br><a title="mailto:Blindhands@AOL.com">Blindhands@AOL.com</a>
<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">In
a message dated 4/25/2014 6:52:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, <a title="mailto:hamitcampos@gmail.com">hamitcampos@gmail.com</a>
writes:<u></u><u></u></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR:#1f497d">I’d say epic man, but it’s
out lines again. Sigh. Oh well, at least they are trying. Man I need need
new retnas man. Lol. No but seriously, if they could do that for some one
like me who’s retnas are essentially walls, but for the parts that do work
cause I can see lights, that would be just so epic
man.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Tahoma','sans-serif'">
Ct-nfb [<a title="mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org">mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Elizabeth Rival<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 25, 2014
10:28 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List'; <a title="mailto:info@crisradio.org">info@crisradio.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b>
[Ct-nfb] bionic eye<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Subject:
'Bionic eye' offers hope to those with vision loss<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Check
out this article from USA TODAY:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">'Bionic
eye' offers hope to those with vision loss<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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