[nabs-l] Out of curiosity

[Chris Nusbaum]

Thank you, Patrick! Can you tell that to some of the leadership 
in all these organizations, even ours? * Smile!

Chris Nusbaum

"A loss of sight, never a loss of vision!" (Camp Abilities motto)

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 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Johnson" <pajohns1 at vt.edu
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Date sent: Sun, 8 May 2011 14:08:36 -0400
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Out of curiosity

Group,

    It's a little absurd to compare the NFB with the Foundation 
Fighting
Blindness.  The two have distinct missions and attract different
memberships.  The FFB focuses on the medical and scientific 
aspects of
blindness.  Take a look at their web site and the web site of 
their upcoming
conference.

http://www.blindness.org/
http://www.blindness.org/visions/

    As for "Dining in the Dark", yes it is a fund raiser, but it 
is more
than that.  The wait staff is completely blind and the food is 
served in the
dark.  It is also an opportunity to educate the public.  The wait 
staff
instructs the diners on how to orient themselves to their place 
setting,
locate, and identify their food and drink.

    To me this is educational and promotes the the vision that 
the blind are
capable of living independent and productive lives.

    It is wrong to make blanket comments about other blindness 
organizations
such as the FFB.  The NFB, FFB, ACB, and dozens of other 
organizations whoo
advocate for the blind are all striving to improve our lives.  
Whether you
or I disagree with a specific policy or goal of a blindness 
organization is
completely understandable.  But by making a blanket statement 
about an
entire organization makes the speaker  sound uninformed and could 
alienate
the listener.

$0.02 worth from someone who is afiliated with both the NFB and 
FFB.

Patrick



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