[nabs-l] An Article about another Student at Myy College

[Jedi]

Kirt,

I'm going to sound like a total a-hole when I say this, so just be 
prepared. I'm sorry you don't feel equal to the sighted by default, but 
I don't think that's how the rest of us feel, nor should it be. If we 
decide that we're not equal by default, we might as well pack it in and 
forget why we're even federated in the first place. Jacobus tenbroek 
and his supporters got together in 1940 because he thought we are 
fundamentally equal to the sighted community despite the fact that we 
do have the challenge of blindness. But he also points out, and that is 
the point of Jernigan's Handicap or Characteristic, that there are 
other challenges in life out there. Some of these challenges are more 
significant than others, but they are challenges nonetheless. Think 
about a poor person for example. They have to do a lot of 
problem-solving to get their needs met. They also don't have access to 
a lot of advantages that more well-off people have and probably won't 
for some time. But does that mean they're not equal?

Just a thought.

Respectfully,
Jedi

Original message:
> Josh,
>   Can be equal, not equal by default.

> On 5/5/11, Kirt Manwaring <kirt.crazydude at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Not perfect, but over-all I really enjoyed it...althoug that's more a
>> credit to Matt than the reporters-it seems like they tried to make
>> this a typical "oh my gosh the blind kid's amazing!" article, but he
>> was able to toan it down a lot...just my thoughts.  :)

>> On 5/5/11, Nicole B. Torcolini at Home <ntorcolini at wavecable.com> wrote:
>>> What do you guys think of this?
>>> http://www.stanforddaily.com/2011/05/04/seeing-it-through/
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