[nagdu] Dr. Bolotin book

wcmerritt at gmail.com wcmerritt at gmail.com
Wed Jan 28 03:39:05 UTC 2009 

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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