[nfbcs] The Future of Technology: A Journey

[Jack Heim]

Kevin, I'd like to know what your experience has been in the blind 
community. Because the more work I do, the less I think focusing on the 
man in the mirror is a meaningful message. In my experience, most blind 
people are already highly motivated. In fact, I'd say mostpeople who are 
not disabled have no idea how motivated the average disabled person is. 
I've seen examples of strength that would make a lot of guys in special 
forces blanche. For example, the last time I was at the guide dog school 
there was a woman there getting a dog. She was about 30 and she had 
multiple Sclerosis. Every morning, we would be at breakfast and she 
would be bubbling on about how excited she was about that day's 
training. We were going to do crowds, escalators, whatever. And every 
day, she would get off the bus, tears running down her cheeks because 
she hadn't done half of what she had planned and was totally eshausted. 
MS is a fi'in mean disease. But then the next morning, she would be 
right back at it. She would be sitting there all excited about that 
day's training.

I've seen people get knocked down dozens of times and get right back up 
and just try harder. You get  a rejection letter after a job interview 
-- their loss. From what I see, I just don't know where the strength 
comes from.


It's all good to tell people to look at the man in the mirror but I 
gotta say, for most blind people, I think they could do that with pride.





On 08/12/2018 11:54 AM, Kevin via nfbcs wrote:
 > It is not so broken that we get nowhere.  It seems that you take a dim
 > view indeed.  The system needs work but why not rise abuv it?  Do you
 > feel it's hopeless to do so?
 >
 >
 >
 > On 8/12/2018 12:50 PM, Andy Borka via nfbcs wrote:
 >> The point is people will not get anywhere if the legal system is
 >> broken and discrimination is allowed to continue. Motivate all the
 >> blind people in the world to work and it will mostly fail if the
 >> broken system of rules and regulations + the wall of discrimination
 >> continues.
 >>
 >>
 >> -----Original Message-----
 >> From: nfbcs <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Kevin via nfbcs
 >> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2018 12:43 PM
 >> To: nfbcs at nfbnet.org
 >> Cc: Kevin <kevinsisco61784 at gmail.com>
 >> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] The Future of Technology: A Journey
 >>
 >> That is only one half of the equation.  We must drive one another on.
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >> On 8/12/2018 12:37 PM, Andy Borka via nfbcs wrote:
 >>> No offense taken. However, with a broken system known as the ADA
 >>> (2008), the problem needs a more direct approach such as lobbying or
 >>> new/revised legislation.
 >>>
 >>> -----Original Message-----
 >>> From: nfbcs <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Kevin via nfbcs
 >>> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2018 6:20 PM
 >>> To: nfbcs at nfbnet.org
 >>> Cc: Kevin <kevinsisco61784 at gmail.com>
 >>> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] The Future of Technology: A Journey
 >>>
 >>> I agree and I meant no offense by this.  I was operating under the
 >>> theory that if we can empower the blind to get involved, we can in
 >>> turn empower the sighted to at least take some baby steps towards
 >>> hiring the blind.
 >>>
 >>>
 >>>
 >>> On 8/11/2018 5:42 PM, Andy Borka via nfbcs wrote:
 >>>> We don't need to convince blind people to get out and work. We need
 >>>> to convince employers to hire qualified blind people to do the work.
 >>>> More people are denied work because of disability, age, and other
 >>>> protected classes set out by the ADA and EEOC. With a blog to
 >>>> convince blind people to get out and contribute, more employers
 >>>> might think we are lazy and can't do much. Besides, performing
 >>>> research doesn't pay the bills.
 >>>>
 >>>>
 >>>>
 >>>> -----Original Message-----
 >>>> From: nfbcs <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Kevin via nfbcs
 >>>> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2018 1:55 PM
 >>>> To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List' <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
 >>>> Cc: Kevin <kevinsisco61784 at gmail.com>
 >>>> Subject: [nfbcs] The Future of Technology: A Journey
 >>>>
 >>>> I post this in the hopes that it inspires blind computer scientists
 >>>> to help the field as a whole advance.  Let's Encourage blind
 >>>> researchers to get out there!  I have created a blog of essays,
 >>>> algorithms, and anything related to computer science.  The goal is
 >>>> to show the world that blind people can have a voice in computer
 >>>> science.  The link is:
 >>>>
 >>>> http://tfotaj.blogspot.com
 >>>>
 >>>> Enjoy!  P.S. contributors are welcome.
 >>>>
 >>>>
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