[nabs-l] a question about blind teachers

[Julie McGinnity]

Hi everyone.

I'm hoping you can help me answer a question I've been thinking about
for a while.  How many blind classroom teachers are out there?  I'm
talking about blind classroom teachers who work in public schools or
private schools.  I know there are plenty of TVIs who work teaching
braille and mobility to blind kids, but what about blind teachers who
work mostly or only with sighted kids?

I am not an education major, and I honestly never plan on teaching in
a classroom.  I'm just curious.  I have heard a scary number of
stories about blind people being denied their education degree or
being told they could not become teachers for various reasons.  I know
it would be hard to manage a classroom with little or no sight, but
I'm sure accomidations could be made, alternative techniques put into
consideration, so a blind person could be a teacher of sighted
students.  If anyone knows anything about this, please share your
story.

Thanks guys.  And, happy Easter!

-- 
Julie McG
 Lindbergh High School class of 2009, participating member in Opera
Theater's Artist in Training Program, and proud graduate of Guiding
Eyes for the Blind

"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that
everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal
life."
John 3:16