[nagdu] Dr. Bolotin book

Wayne Merritt wcmerritt at gmail.com
Wed Feb 18 04:30:50 UTC 2009 

Linda:

When digging through the various posts and things I've put on my blog
in the last year, I came across this story about the blind medical
student in Wisconsin who's now a doctor. The direct link to the post I
did back in May is:

http://wayneism.blogspot.com/2008/05/blind-doctor-graduates.html

Enjoy,
Wayne

On 1/28/09, lindagwizdak at peoplepc.com <lindagwizdak at peoplepc.com> wrote:
> Thanks, Wayne.  I'll have to see what I get if I Google "blind doctor in
> Wisconsin"!
>
> Today, on the bus, the driver was trying to tell me something about a local
> guide dog user.  She said it was a yellow Lab but didn't know the dog's name
> or any discription of the blind person.  So that conversation got nowhere!
> (grin!)  The driver is a nice person.
>
> Linda and Landon
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <wcmerritt at gmail.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 7:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dr. Bolotin book
>
>
>>I remember reading a story last spring of a young man who graduated
>> from a Wisconsin medical school with his MD. I remember he had a guide
>> dog named Electra, but I don't remember his name. Typical response
>> from someone in the public, right? Grin. You can probably find
>> something on him from a Net search. He's had several stories appear
>> about him in the last few years.
>>
>> Wayne
>>
>> On 1/27/09, lindagwizdak at peoplepc.com <lindagwizdak at peoplepc.com> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> Well, warm fuzzies aside, if NFB existed and the ADA existed in Doctor
>>> Bolotin's time, and also the technology we enjoy today, it would have
>>> made
>>> the doctor's life easier! (smile!) And, maybe he'd have a much longer
>>> life
>>> than he had.
>>>
>>> What a guy!!! You'll enjoy the book.  Does anyone know about any modern
>>> day
>>> blind people becoming doctors?  The book made me curious about blind
>>> people
>>> becoming doctors.  I know about blind people becoming psychologists, but
>>> have they been able to become MDs?  What kinds of challenges are they
>>> facing
>>> in our modern times with the NFB, technology, and attitudes of the
>>> non-blind?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Linda and Landon
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (IT)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at ngc.com>
>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 6:42 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dr. Bolotin book
>>>
>>>
>>>> Thank you Linda.
>>>> I do plan to read this book.
>>>> Not sure I agree with you about NFB providing the warm fuzzies which
>>>> would have allowed him to live longer, but if you like, we can talk more
>>>> after I get a shot at the book.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>> Behalf Of lindagwizdak at peoplepc.com
>>>> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 7:08 PM
>>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>>> Subject: [nagdu] Dr. Bolotin book
>>>>
>>>> Hi Rebecca,
>>>>
>>>> I think the NFB would have given Doctor Bolotin the feeling of not being
>>>> alone.
>>>>
>>>> I think he wore himself to death - literally - with having to work much
>>>> harder than the sighted doctor had to in those days. I really enjoyed
>>>> the book and so did my Mom, a retired RN.  You will see what I mean
>>>> about his wearing himself out once you read the book.
>>>>
>>>> I read the print copy with my magnifying glases - hopefully it is
>>>> availible on tape or through something like BOOKSHARE. I read the review
>>>> of the book in a Braille Monitor last year, forget which issue.
>>>>
>>>> Linda and Landon
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (IT)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at ngc.com>
>>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 7:06 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] National Federation of the Blind to Award $50,000
>>>> in
>>>> 2009
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> So how would the NFB have helped him?
>>>>> This does sound like a neat book.
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>>> Behalf Of lindagwizdak at peoplepc.com
>>>>> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 6:00 PM
>>>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] National Federation of the Blind to Award $50,000
>>>>
>>>>> in 2009
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Rebecca,
>>>>> Dr. Boletin worked himself to death for basically two reasons:
>>>>> Fighting the neverending uphill battle to be a doctor because he was
>>>>> blind, and he also was a Type 1 personality and was too much of a
>>>>> perfectionist - he didn't want anyone's help.  Poor guy, but he did
>>>>> it! (smile!)
>>>>>
>>>>> Linda and Landon
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M. (TASCSD)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at ngc.com>
>>>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>>>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 10:07 AM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] National Federation of the Blind to Award $50,000
>>>>
>>>>> in
>>>>> 2009
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Linda,
>>>>>> Thank you for posting this, you reminded me that I do want to read
>>>>>> this book.
>>>>>> Why do you say that he had to work himself to death and wouldn't have
>>>>
>>>>>> had to had their been an NFB? He did his thing before anybody had
>>>>>> anything in terms of pentions or state help.
>>>>>> Other than his blindness, how is this a unique story?
>>>>>> If you want, we can talk off list.
>>>>>> I'm reading this mostly because I like biographies, and I think
>>>>>> medicine is interesting along with history.
>>>>>> Would like to know your thoughts though this is probably a topic best
>>>>
>>>>>> done off list.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>>>> Behalf Of lindagwizdak at peoplepc.com
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 3:05 PM
>>>>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] National Federation of the Blind to Award
>>>>>> $50,000
>>>>>
>>>>>> in 2009
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>> I read the story of Doctor Bolotin.  He was a great man and he
>>>>>> literally worked himself to death - something he wouldn't have had to
>>>>
>>>>>> do if there was an NFB back then to help him!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Linda and Landon
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
>>>>>> To: <david.andrews at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 8:59 PM
>>>>>> Subject: [nagdu] National Federation of the Blind to Award $50,000 in
>>>>>> 2009
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> CONTACT:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Chris Danielsen
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Director of Public Relations
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> National Federation of the Blind
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (410) 659-9314, extension 2330
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (410) 262-1281 (Cell)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> cdanielsen at nfb.org
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> National Federation of the Blind Announces Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> National Federation of the Blind to Award $50,000 in 2009
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Baltimore, Maryland (January 7, 2009): The National Federation of
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Blind today announced that applications are now being accepted for
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2009 Dr. Jacob
>>>>>>> Bolotin Award Program.  Each year the National Federation of the
>>>>>>> Blind
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> presents cash awards to individuals and organizations that have made
>>>>
>>>>>>> outstanding contributions toward achieving the full integration of
>>>>>>> the blind into society on a basis of equality.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dr. Jacob Bolotin was a blind physician who lived and practiced in
>>>>>> Chicago
>>>>>>> in the early twentieth century.  He was widely known and respected
>>>>>>> in
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Chicago and throughout the Midwest during his career, which spanned
>>>>>>> the period
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> from 1912 until his untimely death at the age of thirty-six in 1924.
>>>>>> He
>>>>>>> was particularly
>>>>>>> recognized for his expertise on diseases of the heart and lungs.
>>>>>> Bolotin
>>>>>>> used his many public speaking engagements to advocate for the
>>>>>> employment
>>>>>>> of the
>>>>>>> blind and their full integration into society.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind,
>>>>>> said:
>>>>>>> "Dr. Jacob Bolotin was a pioneer who overcame low expectations and
>>>>>>> discrimination to become a renowned member of the medical profession
>>>>
>>>>>>> without the
>>>>>> benefit
>>>>>>> of the support services and civil rights protections available to
>>>>>> blind
>>>>>>> people
>>>>>>> today.  He was also a fierce advocate for greater opportunity for
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>
>>>>>>> blind in his time, and doubtless would have been a leader in the
>>>>>> organized
>>>>>>> blind
>>>>>>> movement had he lived to see it come into being.  The Jacob Bolotin
>>>>>> Award
>>>>>>> Program celebrates his pioneering spirit by recognizing and
>>>>>>> supporting
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> outstanding
>>>>>>> programs, technologies, and individual efforts that promote
>>>>>> independence
>>>>>>> and opportunity for blind Americans."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Recipients of the 2009 Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards will be determined
>>>>>>> by
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> Dr. Jacob Bolotin Award Committee of the National Federation of the
>>>>>> Blind.
>>>>>>> Online
>>>>>>> applications are due by April 15, 2009.  Individuals or
>>>>>>> organizations
>>>>>> are
>>>>>>> encouraged to apply on behalf of themselves or others.  The award
>>>>>>> recipients will be announced at the 2009 National Federation of the
>>>>>>> Blind
>>>>>> Convention
>>>>>>> in Detroit.  A total of $50,000 will be distributed to the award
>>>>>>> recipients.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Jacob Bolotin Award Program is funded through the generosity of
>>>>>> Dr.
>>>>>>> Bolotin's nephew and niece, Alfred and Rosalind Pearlman.   In
>>>>>> addition to
>>>>>>> establishing
>>>>>>> the Alfred and Rosalind Pearlman Trust to endow the awards, the late
>>>>>> Mrs.
>>>>>>> Pearlman also wrote The Blind Doctor: The Jacob Bolotin Story.   The
>>>>>> book
>>>>>>> has
>>>>>>> been published by Blue Point Books and can be ordered directly from
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> publisher at
>>>>>>> www.bluepointbooks.com
>>>>>>> .  Proceeds from book sales will also benefit the award program.
>>>>>>> For
>>>>>> more
>>>>>>> information or to fill out the online application, please visit
>>>>>>> www.nfb.org.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ###
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> About the National Federation of the Blind
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind
>>>>>>> is
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> largest and most influential membership organization of blind people
>>>>>> in
>>>>>>> the United
>>>>>>> States.  The NFB improves blind people's lives through advocacy,
>>>>>>> education, research, technology, and programs encouraging
>>>>>>> independence
>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> self-confidence.
>>>>>>> It is the leading force in the blindness field today and the voice
>>>>>>> of
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> nation's blind.  In January 2004 the NFB opened the National
>>>>>> Federation of
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> Blind Jernigan Institute, the first research and training center in
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> United States for the blind led by the blind.  Please visit our Web
>>>>>> site:
>>>>>>> www.nfb.org.
>>>>>>>
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