[nfb-talk] Public Attitudes About Blindness:

[Ray Foret Jr]

Pardon, but, this seems like a personal message to me.  Did we all really need to see this?  IF so, is there some context I'm missing?


Sent from my mac
Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray
Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user!

On Feb 3, 2013, at 8:00 PM, "Kenneth Chrane" <kenneth.chrane at verizon.net> wrote:

> Hi Kathy, go Ravens!
> We are writing about what occurred on Thursday.
> First, Audrey didn't make the Scene until 1:05 pm.
> She Announced that she was going shopping.
> She never called to tell me that she was going to be late.
> She knows my phone number, there is no excuse, I told her one day when she came in, that it was quarter after 12 PM.
> She wanted to know how I could tell, I told her that I can tell time.
> 
> I had the radio and TV on, that's how I can tell.
> I also have a watch, and I can call the time.
> Ken has talking clocks, and I have a Braille Watch, and I have a Braille clock, but I think it works for cooking.
> 
> It is on the back of the Refrigerator somewhere.
> 
> She didn't come back into the house until a quarter after 5 PM.
> 
> Ken had already gotten back from work.
> 
> He wasn't happy that we didn't have anything ready for us, and I can't blame him.
> 
> She went to shoppers and complained how she couldn't find anything.
> 
> She then complained how tired she was, and fel asleep at the kitchen table.
> 
> She complained about the time sheets not being signed and that she gets paid on Friday.
> 
> Ken and I said something about ordering out.
> 
> She wanted to know how we were going to pay, and Carol said by credit card.
> 
> Then she wanted to know if we were limited about how much we were limited on how much we could spend?
> In the first place, it is none of her business!
> 
> Carol told her that we are adults.
> 
> We don't need to be subject to ingnorance and stupidity!
> We are not retarded, and we are not children!
> We have dignity and identity.
> 
> She is really clueless about to identify with Blind people and may be all handicapped people who have physical problems and may be even mental problems.
> 
> We prefer having somebody with a brain!
> 
> I hope that you will show this to Michelle, who is cool!
> 
> We hope her foot gets better.
> 
> I hope the time sheets haven't been padded., Carol hasn't always kept time when she left.
> 
> She knows when it is after 5 PM, when she waited around for you to return.
> 
> It was a quarter after 6 and 6:30 PM when she left.
> 
> Ken is here to verify this.
> 
> Carol has the food receit in the receit envelope.
> 
> Alice and Liez are cool!
> 
> We don't know if if they had different training in Kenya, or we actually had some fun!
> 
> Carol thinks there is a way that Michelle could tell how possible candidates for possible employment react toward various situations in her given test questions that to be replied to.
> 
> People don't always have to be humiliated or made to feel that they are nothing.
> 
> She complained about everything.
> 
> How the house is organized, the temperature, the radio and TV are loud, etc.
> 
> People need sensitivity training before any of us encounter them.
> Infact, Carol feels that to an eddition to these questions, they should have to write an essay defending how they feel and backing up their opinions.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Carol Siegel,
> and Kenneth Chrane
> 
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