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

[Nicole B. Torcolini at Home]

Lol, yes. Why is it that everything comes to you when you are in bed?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jedi" <loneblindjedi at samobile.net>
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Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2011 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] An Article about another Student at Myy College


> Yeah, I'd say so. But I was thinking a while ago and realized that there 
> are loads of cases where training is required in order to function, not 
> just blindness. I can't remember what specific examples I thought of at 
> the time, but I'm sure they'll hit me at some God-forsaken hour of the 
> night.
>
> Respectfully,
> JEdi
>
> Original message:
>> Jedi,
>>   Maybe it'll makemore sense if I say it this way.  I wasn't refering
>> to a person's intrinsic value.  I should've said we can't compete on
>> an equal level by default.  I'm going to invert a statement you've
>> heard a billion times.  Without propper training and opportunity,
>> blindness is a great deal more than a mere nuisence, and is, in fact,
>> a very significant limitation.  Would you agree?
>>   Best regards,
>> Kirt
>
>> On 5/7/11, Ignasi Cambra <ignasicambra at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I think I know him too. We got our guide dogs at the same time back in 
>>> 2004.
>>> I remember Matt really loved baseball at the time, and he was always 
>>> playing
>>> outside with his dad. I couldn't really speak English at the time and we
>>> were very young, so I don't think we got to talk much. Actually, when 
>>> they
>>> were matching dogs with owners he got assigned my current guide dog, but
>>> Matt walked too slow for the dog, or maybe it was the dog walking too 
>>> fast
>>> :). But the fact is that I ended up with that dog, which is still 
>>> working
>>> wonderfully! I was always walking a little faster than the dog they 
>>> assigned
>>> me at first, so it worked out very well. I guess that's the advantage of
>>> instructors having a huge pool of trained dogs to choose from for each
>>> person.
>
>>> IC
>>> On May 6, 2011, at 1:20 PM, Jedi wrote:
>
>>>> I believe Matt Cooper participated in Youth Slam 2007. I met him and 
>>>> was
>>>> quite impressed with him just because he was a down-to-earth kind of 
>>>> guy
>>>> who didn't toot his own horn to much. He was an all-around good kid.
>
>>>> I really liked the title the school gives to its DSS office. It makes 
>>>> so
>>>> much sense and isn't euphemistic at all. "Office for Accessible
>>>> Education." I think I might suggest that to my school.
>
>>>> Respectfully,
>>>> Jedi
>
>>>> Original message:
>>>>> What do you guys think of this?
>>>>> http://www.stanforddaily.com/2011/05/04/seeing-it-through/
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