[Nfbf-l] 2012-04 Dining in the Dark Resolution Info

[Patricia A. Lipovsky]

Mark, don't be goo hard on yourself.  You've decided you made a mistake, and 
owned up to it.  Thats a good thing. Nobody is perfect,.  God knows, I've 
made my share of mistakes.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Tardif" <markspark at roadrunner.com>
To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] 2012-04 Dining in the Dark Resolution Info


> Well, then, it sounds like I may have made some wrong assumptions, one of 
> which being that there were no real blind people involved in these 
> experiences.  Since this was obviously not the case in your situation, and 
> it may have had the reverse impact, not the one that I feared, I need to 
> and will stand corrected.  I do apologize, obviously I was wrong.
>
> Mark Tardif
> Nuclear arms will not hold you.
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Toni King
> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 9:31 AM
> To: nfbf-l at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] 2012-04 Dining in the Dark Resolution Info
>
> Hello,
> I do not think you should judge all who put on a dining in the dark
> event by this one article.
> I am visually impaired and i also have attended and assisted with the
> DID event put on by the lighthouse in Tallahassee and let me tell you
> what good has come from this event.
> First I will address the comment about the general public assuming we
> do not have good manners. Well when the lights come up and the sighted
> get to look around they learn that they are the ones with poor eating
> skills. They have food on their clothes, the floor, table etc while the
> blind and visually impaired do not. They are also the ones who were
> unable to eat until the lights came back on while we had finished our
> meal enjoying every bite.
> We have been able to show and inn form hundreds of people about what it
> really means to be blind or visually impaired.
> we have also enlighten and educated doctors, nurses, so so many in the
> medical field and taught them the importance of vision rehabilitation
> and developed sound working relationships with them so when their
> patience need our services they are happy to tell the person about the
> services available and submit referrals so this person can get the
> assistance to regain their independence.
> We would never imply the blind can not cook or do anything else they
> set their minds to.
> Condemning all who have offered a DID event for the actions of others
> to me is wrong and one sided.
>
> i just thought I would share my two cents not that it will matter at all.
> Sincerely,
> Toni King
>
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