[nabs-l] ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF SPANISH ARTICLE

Fri Nov 9 15:43:39 UTC 2012

  Me too; that's why I re-sent the article; I'd have a feeling it'd 
bring up good discussion. I also believe that either you're 
blind/visually impaired or normal.

El 08/11/2012 09:14 p.m., Sophie Trist escribió:
> Deb, thanks forsending us the English translation of this. Though it 
> was a bit choppy, I was able to read it. I disagree with the symbolism 
> of the green cane. It seems to imply that people with low vision are 
> suffering, that they cannot accept their blindness and move on. I have 
> many friends who are low-vision and perfectly content with it. The 
> electronic rehabilitation is good for those who would like to take 
> advantage of it. However, I cannot agree with separating low-vision 
> and blind people.
>
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> November
>
> 7
>
> First official release of these distinctive
>
> ? Many people fall prey to a blindness that is not one?
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> By: Celina Abud
>
> Twenty years ago, a Braille teacher and guidance techniques discovered
> white cane? Was not all black? for some people who had a? certificate of
> legal blindness?. It was when one of his students noted that although the
> view was obstructed in the central area of the eye, could see sideways.
>
> Since then, Pearl's life changed in May, and was dedicated to fighting 
> for
> individuals with low vision, a problem that, although it reaches 135
> million people worldwide, is still unknown to society. He pledged,
> traveled, presented a thesis in New York, and through his efforts, 
> there is
> a discipline of rehabilitation for sufferers to read, handled and, to 
> even
> study in public schools.
>
> Mayo, who chairs the American Association of Low Vision • the right to
> see?, Was the creator of green cane, which serves as a badge of suffering
> the problem. After the first official release of hundred of these 
> elements,
> Mayo DocSalud.com spoke with the fruits of their struggle and what 
> remains
> to be done.
>
> Reporter: How did the idea of the white cane?
>
> Prof. Perla May: 20 years ago, in one of the schools where I taught
> orientation and mobility techniques with white cane and Braille, one 
> of my
> students, Frederick, looked at me and said,? Miss, today you have not put
> the earring? . Then I asked? Fede, do you you can see? And he 
> answered? If
> I look at the ceiling, I can see by bit under eye?. He had been diagnosed
> with ROP but your certificate say? Legal blindness?, Which meant that the
> child should go to a school for the blind, use a white cane and learn to
> read and write Braille. Between 1996 and 1997, many people who were in 
> the
> same situation Federico told me,? Ma'am, I do not want to use white cane
> because I'm blind, I see something on the street and discriminate me
> because if I read the white cane in the collectively, they tell me 
> that I'm
> not down blind?. So I noticed that people with low vision did not have a
> membership group with which to identify. I then painted a white cane 
> with a
> green spray, green color of hope, green see-otherwise, see-again and from
> there we started this race until today, with the sanction of the law, 
> with
> 10 000 using canes and the first official release of this element
> nationally.
>
> Q. What did you learn during the time that has been fighting for the
> dissemination of low vision?
>
> PM: In the 22 years that I am dedicated to researching the topic, I 
> can say
> that thanks to God, to advances in technology and the constant struggle,
> there is the discipline of low vision and visual rehabilitation. What's
> this? Determine how you see and how you see the person. Federico, I saw
> underneath the eye, today could have been stimulated with a special
> electronic system to amplify the visual field and thus, a common school
> studying, reading, watching the face of his mother ... Federico
> Unfortunately today is blind, because if the eye does not work, you lose.
> He was denied the right to see. Therefore, the foundation which I 
> chair, is
> called • the right to see? and its mission is to cover all schools in the
> country and Latin America, looking for people with a certificate? legal
> blindness? this remainder of vision.
>
> Q: What other achievements obtained in these 22 years?
>
> PM: First, the penalty in 2002 of Law 25,682, which determines the use of
> green cane for people with low vision. Today 10,000 Argentines lead. Also
> be making the first official release helps spread this, to share what it
> means, why it was created and what green cane diseases lead people to 
> have
> low vision without being totally blind. In particular I am very 
> excited and
> grateful for the support of John Carr, Solidarity Network. With the 
> spread
> we say that it is time to stop looking the other way.
>
> Q: What is the impact of low vision in the world?
>
> PM: There are 135 million people who suffer from it, but people are not
> aware of this problem. You know you see and not see, but there are no low
> vision. The figures are alarming and the number will grow further because
> macular degeneration, disease of the elderly, causing this problem, and
> life expectancy is increasing.
>
> Q: In addition to macular degeneration, what other diseases can cause low
> vision?
>
> PM: Glaucoma, cataracts inoperable and retinitis pigmentosa. In 
> children, a
> major cause is retinopathy of prematurity, very small at birth.
>
> Q. What is the importance of early diagnosis of these diseases?
>
> PM: It is essential because there are many avoidable blindness. Glaucoma
> can be prevented. Macular degeneration, taken in time, too. Finally,
> children born before term and remain in an incubator, they must handle 
> well
> the retina to prevent its occurrence. Early diagnosis and treatment can
> make those people with low vision never become blind.
>
> Q: What do you look with today's event?
>
> PM: That this problem is more widespread and more not to confuse those 
> who
> suffer with the blind, because there are many people who fall prey to a
> blindness that is not. I always say that the right to see is a right for
> all. But we see, many times we see nothing; many who see little, for lack
> of resources, end up not see, and those who see nothing, if society 
> were a
> little less selfish, you might see a little more of the blue they see.
>
> Tags: green canes American Association Low Vision Pearl May For the right
> to see
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