[nabs-l] What is independence?

Lillie Pennington lilliepennington at fuse.net
Fri Mar 7 03:52:25 UTC 2014


You are absolutely right. One simple remark could make or break a person. We are trying to increAse confidence in a healthy way, not destroy it.

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> On Mar 3, 2014, at 12:23 PM, Antonio Guimaraes <freethaught at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Scott,
> 
> I wonder how many people, including some in leadership, have actually read this piece.
> 
> I've run into more than one occasion when a person with leadership role in the NFB ostracized another of lesser ranking for using philosophically inferior methods for achieving independence.
> 
> I've heard of a few instances of friends being lectured, even if for just a ten second long reprimand about blindness techniques. These people never forgot these interactions. Heck, they may have spent several minutes discussing the episode with me, which tells me they've done it also with others. The reprimand  had an impact in the so-called low skilled blind person.
> 
> I sure had a few thoughts about someone calling me out on using sighted guide techniques on the premise that quote "we don't do that here." Unquote.
> 
> I can not imagine the person with the perceived power in these cases did not read this article.
> 
> this type of interaction often drives people to think of the NFB as militant and the like.
> 
> I don't know how some of the perceptions can change. I don't know if they will ever change, but at least  the organization has taken some steps to learn about its image.
> 
> Does anyone know what direction we are taking from any lessons learned after conducting the "what do you think of the NFB" image survey a few months ago?
> 
> I'm sure it wasn't cheap to hire the PR consultants who ran that for us. What are we getting in return?
> 
> Antonio
>> On Feb 27, 2014, at 6:02 PM, Scott C. LaBarre <slabarre at labarrelaw.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On this topic, everyone should read Dr. Jernigan's speech, the Nature of
>> Independence.  You can read or listen to the actual audio.  It is under
>> publication and then speeches and reports on the nfb.org website.  In my
>> view, it is one of the most compelling speeches in our history.
>> 
>> Best,
>> Scott
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ryan Silveira
>> Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 3:21 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] What is independence?
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I agree with what has been said thus far; the word "independence" has




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