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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hamit:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I don’t think it’s true that we miss out on having perspective on things. Certainly, we face accessibility barriers every now and then, but it’s really not
fundamentally different from being left-handed. As a kid, I remember how hard it was to find a good baseball glove and how limited my selection was. My brother, on the other hand, was eligible to shop all of the other gloves. Sometimes, accessibility barriers
come from people not expecting that we might participate in a certain facet of society, but this is correctable with the right education and advocacy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">With regard to actually being able to see something for one’s self to gain perspective, I want you to consider the following story from my Thanksgiving break.
I was at the beach with my family in Florida, and we found a bunch of giant clams. Most of the shells had been opened and emptied, but we found one that was still closed and full. We wanted to find the clam inside, so I told my Uncle Mike to smash it on
a rock just like the seagulls do, and he did. Once we had the shell open, my Uncle Mike held the whole part of the shell face up so that everyone could see the clam inside. Everyone else in our family gathered around him to catch a glimpse of the little
alien creature inside, but they did it carefully, as if it might jump out and smack them, or, more realistically, as if it might squirt some foul liquid onto them. I wanted to experience this creature, too, so, after asking myself what the risk really was,
I reached into the shell and felt the clam with my bare fingers. I experienced the clam in different ways, but I was able to provide information to everyone else, a different perspective that they didn’t have. My encounter with that clam was as real-if not
more so-as everyone else’s encounter with it. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">We all have curiosity about what life is like from other people’s perspectives, and we cannot ever truly duplicate it, regardless of who the person is, because
we all have different physical, mental, and emotional experiences. My experience with the claim was not inferior or superior, but it was different. This is how we experience the world as blind people.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Yours,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Justin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> Ct-nfb [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Hamit Campos<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 29, 2014 8:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ct-nfb] bionic eye<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I guess you’re write. It maybe just the curious part of me that wants mi sight back. Just to finally be able to see and get the feeling of what it is like to
see. Also, it would be good to see things for yourself. This way you now have your own spin on things brought to you by your own eyes. Sure it’s nice to have beople describe things, or tell you what things look like, but how about finally seeing it with your
own eyes. Going back to the description thing for a second. I think about this when I watch movies that haven’t been described. I also think about it when some one says looks pretty. I think hmmmmmmmm, now would this girl be so to my eyes? Lol. No, but seriously.
Like I said, I kind of agree with Justin that blindness isn’t the end of all things as it were, but it sure can be inconvenient like in the case of DVD menus, or smart TVs or anything that isn’t accessible, and it sure can make it so you don’t have your own
perspective on things. Whagt looks pretty to one person, may not to you. Some times in describing things people see it differently each time a different person sees it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Ct-nfb [<a href="mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org">mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Susan Harper<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 29, 2014 7:23 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> NFB of Connecticut Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ct-nfb] bionic eye<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Do we wish for what we cannot have or may never have? My son has never seen my face. He doesn't see my wrinkles, nor my gray hair. Yet he loves his Mom, older than most other's mothers. He responds to me as an equal, as I him. We are
different this Mom and son. Our whole family is different made up of many different nationalities, abilities, and ages. The one thing that bonds us is love. That can never be taken away. Nothing is more precious than the love of family. Now the question
is some sight better than no sight? I don't know. I have always heard it is. I am interested in the answer on behalf of my son.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 6:40 PM, bob morrissey <<a href="mailto:rjmorrissey26@gmail.com" target="_blank">rjmorrissey26@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Ct-nfb [mailto:<a href="mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Richard McGaffin<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 29, 2014 11:33 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> NFB of Connecticut Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ct-nfb] bionic eye</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">I haven't read this article about the bionic eye thing yet. However judging by the different replies I've read, and conversations I've heard, I am thinking it's time for me to weigh in. So here goes. Make no mistake about one
thing I am extremely prould to be part of the NFB, and I'm proud of the work that I've witnessed and have been part of. However if some one were to walk up to me and said "Rich we now have the technology to replace your optic nerves and give you a slight more
sight than you have now. Are you interested. Even if there was a chance of it not working I would shoot for the moon. We must all remember that the bionic eye is a tool that may help to improve the lives of the Blind. I myself do not dwell on such things,
but hey the heck. In my opinion it's no different the our KNFB reader's, our white canes or any other technology we may use to improve our lives.
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">We all need to remember this we as a group of individuals make up the greatest organization of blind individuals in the United States no the world.
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">I'd also like to add, if some one comes up with technology to help us preform our daily tasks, whether it be work, play or any other activity. It would be foolish for us not too explore the possibility. Some of us may adjust to
our blindness and lifestyle different than others, as for me. I was born legally blind, and lost the sight in my right eye at the age of 25 playing football while I was drunk. And it took the fact of being bumped by a tractor trailer for me to finally realize
that although I had limited vision I am blind. At the risk of sounding like a preacher I'll add just one more thing. some times in life we're dealt lemmons it's up to us to either wine about it or make lemon aide.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">In closing I also have just one more thing to add, I'm very fortunate I have a sighted wife, who has a hearing issue. Which in my believe is a hell of a lot worse than not being aboe to see, but having said. I still have although
it is very limited and decreasing slowly. I also am blessed with a large network of family and friends who help me when I need it, and of course in return I am able to help them.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">I believe I have now rambled enough so I'll bid you all a fond farewell.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sincerely </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rich </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">Be Cool folks. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Justin Salisbury <<a href="mailto:PRESIDENT@alumni.ecu.edu" target="_blank">PRESIDENT@alumni.ecu.edu</a>><br>
<b>To:</b> NFB of Connecticut Mailing List <<a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, April 27, 2014 3:21 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ct-nfb] bionic eye</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span lang="EN">'Bionic eye' offers hope to those with vision loss</span><o:p></o:p></h1>
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<b><span style="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…</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span lang="EN">A "bionic eye" may now help blind patients <a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20140423/FEATURES08/304230072/Bionic-eye-University-of-Michigan" target="_blank" title="http://www.freep.com/article/20140423/FEATURES08/304230072/Bionic-eye-University-of-Michigan">
regain at least a sense of vision</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<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."</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span 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…</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span 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…</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span 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…</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span 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…</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span lang="EN">"But if it doesn't, I'm happy with what I've got so far," he said.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">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.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Sincerely yours,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Justin Salisbury</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Ct-nfb [<a href="mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:Blindhands@aol.com" target="_blank">Blindhands@aol.com</a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, April 26, 2014 1:16 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ct-nfb] bionic eye</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Joyce Kane<br>
<a href="http://www.krafterskorner.org/" target="_blank">http://www.krafterskorner.org/</a><br>
<a href="mailto:Blindhands@AOL.com" target="_blank">Blindhands@AOL.com</a> </span>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt">In a message dated 4/25/2014 10:54:17 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
<a href="mailto:tattenberg@gmail.com" target="_blank">tattenberg@gmail.com</a> writes:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">What if they really hurt and were expensive?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">T</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> Ct-nfb [<a href="mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">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</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">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?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> Ct-nfb [<a href="mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org" target="_blank" title="mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org">mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:Blindhands@aol.com" target="_blank" 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 href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org" target="_blank" title="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org">
ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ct-nfb] bionic eye</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt"> 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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Joyce Kane<br>
<a href="http://www.krafterskorner.org/" target="_blank" title="http://www.krafterskorner.org/">http://www.krafterskorner.org/</a><br>
<a href="mailto:Blindhands@AOL.com" target="_blank" title="mailto:Blindhands@AOL.com">Blindhands@AOL.com</a>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt">In a message dated 4/25/2014 6:52:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
<a href="mailto:hamitcampos@gmail.com" target="_blank" title="mailto:hamitcampos@gmail.com">
hamitcampos@gmail.com</a> writes:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> Ct-nfb [<a href="mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org" target="_blank" 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 href="mailto:info@crisradio.org" target="_blank" title="mailto:info@crisradio.org">
mailto:info@crisradio.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Ct-nfb] bionic eye</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Subject: 'Bionic eye' offers hope to those with vision loss</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Check out this article from USA TODAY:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt">'Bionic eye' offers hope to those with vision loss</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="http://usat.ly/1igAgoi" target="_blank" title="http://usat.ly/1igAgoi">http://usat.ly/1igAgoi</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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