[Nfbk] NFB Philosophy

[Scott Spaulding]

Hi everyone,
   The person who left this message is a friend of mine. I try to explain
our beliefs & such with her, but she's the type of person that if you don't
believe the same as she does then your wrong. I apologize for the uproar
this caused & I gave her the GL talking bulliten board line to try to
keep from giving her anyone's direct number.

On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Nickie Pearl <njp at insightbb.com> wrote:

> 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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Scott Spaulding
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