[nabs-l] a question about blind teachers

[David Andrews]

The place to ask this question is the nobe-l list national 
organization of blind educators.  While there are people who have 
problems, I suspect the number of blind teachers is higher than you may think.

Dave

At 06:42 PM 4/24/2011, you wrote:
>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