[nabs-l] The blind educating the blind

[Aziza C]

Antonio,
I agree with all your points. I do think blind people have an amazing
way of teaching other blidn people, because we can all relate, where
as the sighted person saying I know how it feels feels pretty hollow.
However, I must agree, I was taught how to read Braille by two of the
best VI teachers imaginable, ok so I'm biased, but these two were
amazing, and sighted. Caring and hard working, they make me almost
wish I never graduated middle school, because once I hit high school
my world turned upsidedown in regards to vission services.
Aziza

On 5/17/09, Antonio M. Guimaraes <iamantonio at cox.net> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I will take an umpopular view in agreeing with Jim here. I understand and
> see the logic about blind people being the best to teach other blind people,
> and having been through the challenges, and overcoming the obsticles of
> blindness, but here are my thoughts.
>
> 1. Blind people should not limit themselves to work with the blind.
>
> If a blind person decides she wants to study engineering, or that he wants
> to me a music therapist, or that she wants to be a massage therapist or
> psychologist, these people should be encouraged to do what it is they would
> like to do in their hearts, not just what some counselor, or a group thinks
> they'd be good at.
>
> 2. If a blind person has in in her to teach the blind, there should be an
> equal amount of enthusiasm to encourage and support her career choice.
>
> 3. Neither group, the blind blindness professional, or the mainstream
> professional should tolerate discrimination. This will happen to most blind
> people, and they need to be prepared to fight it back effectively, mostly by
> showing how other blind people have been successful, or demonstrating they
> have what it takes to be so.
>
> 4. We need not assume that the sighted are so stupid and misguided as to be
> innefective o & m instructors, braille teachers, and so on. They are mostly
> our allies, or potential allies. Let's not hold so much hostility towards
> the sighted people in our lives.
>
> Antonio Guimaraes
>
> If an infinite number of rednecks riding in an infinite number of pickup
> trucks fire an infinite number of shotgun rounds at an infinite number of
> highway signs, they will eventually produce all the world's great literary
> works in Braille.
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Reed" <jim275_2 at yahoo.com>
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> Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 6:55 PM
> Subject: [nabs-l] The blind educating the blind
>
>
>> Hello all,
>> Let me preface this post by saying I am in support of blind proffessionals
>>
>> serving the blind community, but:
>>
>> Hypothetically, let's assume that 95% of the professionals in the fields
>> of blind education, rehabilitation, and OM were blind. Would this be a
>> good thing? I propose that this would not be a good thing. It seems to me
>> that such an arrangement would further serve to isolate and segregate the
>> blind community from society as a whole.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> Homer Simpson's brain: "Use reverse psychology."
>> Homer: "Oh, that sounds too complicated."
>> Homer's brain: "Okay, don't use reverse psychology."
>> Homer: "Okay, I will!"
>>
>>
>>
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