[nabs-l] The blind educating the blind

[Rania]

I agree with you. What you said makes sense.
Rania,
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From: "Antonio M. Guimaraes" <iamantonio at cox.net>
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Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] The blind educating the blind


> 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
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Reed" <jim275_2 at yahoo.com>
> To: "NABS mail list" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> 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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