[Nfbk] NFB Philosophy

[Nickie Pearl]

Obviously, if someone has a medical condition that can be deadly, sure, they 
may want to take the steps to let people know.  If your only issue is 
blindness , I do not see the need.  I would not wear one.  To each their own 
but as a whole blind people don't need them.
I've been in situations with Migraines in the ER where the doc asks me to 
follow his finger with my eyes...I simply say "I'm blind and can not see 
your finger"  The doc will move on to a different type of test.
The person who left the message on our bulletin board, means well but is not 
blind and is not around the NFB enough to get it.  I've thought alot about 
her message over the past few days and after calming down I believe she may 
advocate in a different way then us.  I know our blindness is different than 
her issues and if she is so concerned about what we are doing or not doing, 
I invite her to join us more than once a year and really find out what the 
NFB is all about.

Thank You!
NIckie
-----Original Message----- 
From: Cathy
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 2:22 PM
To: NFB of Kentucky Internet Mailing List
Subject: [Nfbk] NFB Philosophy

Good Afternoon All,

I had the opportunity to listen to a message that was left on the NFB of
Greater Louisville Talking Bulletin board. The lady who left the message is
disabled, but not a member of our organization. She ranted on about what she
thought was wrong with the NFB and what we needed to do to correct our
mistakes. It was clear to me after listening to her message and having a
telephone conversation with her, she really doesn't have a clue about what
NFB stands for. Nevertheless, one proposal she presented really got my
attention. She believes that blind people should wear medic alert bracelets.
When I questioned her as to why she thought this would be beneficial, she
commented, and I paraphrase, well we might get up off the stretcher or ER
bed and run into a wall, or we wouldn't know what was available to us.
Obviously if someone has a medical condition that is life-threatening, or
may present itself in such a way that medical personnel may misinterpret the
symptoms, one should wear a medic alert bracelet. Blindness is NOT one of
those conditions. The blind people I know aren't going to leap out of a bed
and run into a wall. This is exactly the kind of negative attitudes that we
must continue of fight. I want to hear your comments.

Cathy


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