[nabs-l] Device Helps Blind See with Tongue

[Sophie Trist]

I=20agree.=20Canes=20are=20wonderful,=20wonderful=20things.=20And=20so=20ar=
e=20
talking=20GPS=20systems.=20Have=20they=20ever=20heard=20of=20those?=20It's=
=20a=20great=20
discovery,=20but=20what=20concerns=20me=20is=20their=20apparent=20lack=20of=
=20
education=20about=20blind=20people=20and=20the=20techniques=20we=20use.

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Justin=20Salisbury=20<PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu
To:=20"nabs-l at nfbnet.org"=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Tue,=2022=20May=202012=2022:13:16=20+0000
Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20Device=20Helps=20Blind=20See=20with=20Tongue

Philosophy=20Discussion=20Time

I=20just=20caught=20this=20story=20on=20the=20local=20news,=20and=20I=20wan=
t=20to=20hear=20
people's=20opinions=20of=20it.=20=20There=20are=20many=20different=20versio=
ns=20of=20
this=20news=20story,=20but=20here's=20a=20link=20to=20a=20page=20with=20a=20=
video=20and=20
text=20article:

http://wearecentralpa.com/fulltext-healthcast?nxd_id=3D369932

Feel=20free=20to=20find=20other=20versions=20of=20this=20story=20using=20a=
=20simple=20
search=20engine.

When=20I=20heard=20that=20Mark=20couldn't=20wait=20for=20the=20day=20that=20=
he=20could=20
navigate=20his=20own=20home=20independently=20with=20a=20device,=20I=20thou=
ght=20to=20
myself=20"hey,=20I=20already=20have=20one=20of=20those=20devices.=20=20It's=
=20called=20a=20
cane!"

In=20my=20reading=20on=20the=20story,=20I=20get=20the=20impression=20that=20=
researchers=20
think=20that=20this=20device=20is=20important=20because=20we=20blind=20peop=
le=20are=20
oblivious=20to=20our=20surroundings=20and=20need=20some=20way=20to=20get=20=

information=20about=20them.=20=20I=20think=20this=20is=20cool=20research=20=
for=20the=20
sake=20of=20research,=20but=20I=20see=20absolutely=20no=20practical=20need=
=20for=20the=20
device.=20=20With=20the=20proper=20skills=20and=20training,=20we=20can=20
independently=20navigate=20our=20own=20surroundings.=20=20I=20further=20won=
der=20if=20
maybe=20these=20uneducated=20or=20incorrectly=20educated=20researchers=20si=
mply=20
don't=20know=20about=20the=20techniques=20we=20blind=20people=20can=20use=20=
to=20
independently=20navigate=20our=20surroundings=20or=20if=20they=20view=20the=
m=20as=20
inferior=20and=20think=20we=20should=20be=20trying=20to=20operate=20as=20cl=
osely=20to=20
sighted=20people=20as=20we=20can.

What=20does=20everyone=20on=20the=20list=20think?

Justin=20Salisbury
President
North=20Carolina=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students


Justin=20M.=20Salisbury
Class=20of=202012
B.A.=20in=20Mathematics
East=20Carolina=20University
president at alumni.ecu.edu

=93Never=20doubt=20that=20a=20small=20group=20of=20thoughtful,=20committed=
=20citizens=20
can=20change=20the=20world;=20indeed,=20it=92s=20the=20only=20thing=20that=
=20ever=20has.=94=20=20=20=20
=97MARGARET=20MEAD

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