[NAGDU] Gala with one course under blindfold

Thu Sep 20 23:27:35 UTC 2018

For me anyway, I never learned how to use my tactile sense as much as I probably should have. I did not have a teacher of the visually impaired for the majority of my school career. I also lived in a house full of sighted people and would occasionally be accused of “pretending to be blind quote. My mom thought I was pretending but really what I was trying to do was practice the skills that I was being shown. So, this was an environment for me to really try out those things personally with some guidance from others to learn how to explain these things to someone who is learning how to do them. I find that I still tend to use my vision and look before I feel for something but that is what I have always done so I would not of sincerely Collett breaking a habit, rather I would say it is incorporating a new skill. So for me I found the exercise to be helpful because I was learning those skills that I never got the chance to learn before because I always had my vision to fall back on.

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Nancy Irwin
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On Sep 20, 2018, at 7:05 PM, Star Gazer via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:

How was it helpful? I really would like to know? 

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> On Sep 20, 2018, at 6:57 PM, Nancy VanderBrink via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I am studying to become a teacher a blind students and a couple of years ago and one of my classes we had a couple of days where we learned how to do various things on your blindfold. One of them was making a sandwich, the other was cutting things with a knife. Most of them had to do with food but also pouring liquids from one container to another things of that sort. That was actually really helpful. I have some vision but I have found that I am losing some vision so learning to do techniques under blindfold even for me was helpful. I do not Think that will be the purpose of the dinner however.
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> Nancy Irwin
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> On Sep 20, 2018, at 6:55 PM, Nancy VanderBrink via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> So, I kind of feel like if they provided some instruction by means of things like how to locate your glass without knocking it over or how to cut up your food without using your vision, I don’t think it would be so bad. That being said, I am afraid that it is going to turn into a messy affair that people are going to laugh about later. So I hope that it is not just a way of saying oh those poor blind people this is why they need our money kind of things.
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> Please forgive the typos as this message was most likely generated using voice dictation
> Nancy Irwin
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> On Sep 20, 2018, at 6:50 PM, Michael Hingson via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Tracy,
> 
> You are not being overly sensitive. I just saw the same thing this morning.
> I think it is time for all GDB grads to voice our concern about this.
> So-called "dining in the dark" is paternalistic at best and such a move is
> grossly insensitive. 
> 
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> 
> Michael Hingson
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU <nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione via NAGDU
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> Subject: [NAGDU] Gala with one course under blindfold
> 
> As an occasional donor to GDB, I just received an invitation to their annual
> auction/gala.  Auctions, puppies, fine wine, and fine food, with "one course
> under blindfold".  I was fine with the whole thing, until I got to the
> blindfold bit.  What can it possibly teach patrons?  That, for blind people,
> eating is a clumsy, messy business?  Oh, those poor blind people.
> 
> I'm of a mind to write to the fundraising department and make my feelings
> known on the subject.
> 
> Or am I just being over-sensitive?  I rather think not, but would be
> interested in other opinions.
> 
> Tracy
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