[Nfbmo] Myth Busters

[Gail Bryant]

The message may have been meant for Debbie, but the rest of us who know you
guys appreciate knowing what's going on.

Gail Bryant
Columbia Braille Teaching Services L.L.C.
1212 London Drive
Columbia, MO 65203-2012
Phone: (573)817-5993
Cell: (573)268-4962
gbryant at socket.net

-----Original Message-----
From: nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Dick Morris
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 1:07 AM
To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Myth Busters

Deb, believe it or not, he's finally gotten off chicken strips--at least at 
home. He eats hot dogs (or bratwurst) and cheetos. I know, not that 
nourishing, which is why we have such things as V8 Fusion around the house. 
He still does chicken if we go out, but not at home. No, I have no idea why 
he changed his mind.

Are you able to see his pics on Facebook?

One other thing. I don't think I knew that you had congenital cataracts. 
When I had cataract surgery three years ago, I asked the doctor if someone 
with congenital cataracts could have a lens implanted years later. He said 
it could be done, but each case is individual. I was thinking of Darin, but 
what about you?

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From: "Debbie Wunder" <debbiewunder at centurytel.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 8:52 PM
To: "NFB of Missouri Mailing List" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Myth Busters

Hi Dick, how are you and the family? I remember Kevin smiling very big for
chicken nuggets, and for the movie Christmas Story. Give him a hug from me!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Morris" <dickmorris at netzero.net>
To: "NFB of Missouri Mailing List" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 3:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Myth Busters


> Gail, I might even be able to go Myth Busters one better...shortly after
> we
> adopted Kevin, some lady at our bank told us that blind children had to be
> taught how to smile! Supposedly she'd gotten that from Springfield's
> Visually Impaired Preschool.
>
> Later, Kevin went to VIP. We talked to the teacher, who was flabbergasted,
> to say the least, that someone had a) made that remark, and b) had
> attributed it to VIP. The teacher's philosophy was, "they're children
> first,
> and blind fourth or fifth."
>
> Oh, and Kevin never did have to be taught how to smile. <G>.
>
> Dick
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Matthew Sievert" <msievert at sbcglobal.net>
> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 3:18 PM
> To: "NFB of Missouri Mailing List" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Myth Busters
>
> Gail, thanks for the note.
>
> I will go try to find the episode.
>
> I stopped watching the show many years ago.
>
> Generalizations are really bad.
> I hope we can educate folks about us, so myths like the one on the show
> are
> not propagated to the sighted world as absolute truth.
>
> Matt
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Gail Bryant" <gbryant at socket.net>
> Sender: nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org
> Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:32:13
> To: 'NFB of Missouri Mailing List'<nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
> Reply-To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [Nfbmo] Myth Busters
>
> This morning someone told me they had learned something about blind
> people.
> They learned that blind people cannot walk a straight line.  They learned
> it
> from the reality show Myth Busters. This poor lady was all excited because
> of course it had to be true, and besides it was funny!
>
>
>
> I asked her if they had actual blind people on the show or if these were
> sighted folks who had been blindfolded.  Of course they were blindfolded
> sighted folks pretending to be blind. So if they couldn't walk a straight
> line, neither could the actual blind person.
>
>
>
> So on the soapbox I went. I explained about properly trained blind people
> being able to walk a straight line. Now, I didn't watch the show. So I
> don''t know what actually happened. If this well educated person believed
> this nonsense, think of the negativity this can bring us. We work so hard
> to
> get rid of stereotypes and then this.
>
>
>
> Gail Bryant
>
> Columbia Braille Teaching Services L.L.C.
>
> 1212 London Drive
>
> Columbia, MO 65203-2012
>
> Phone: (573)817-5993
>
> Cell: (573)268-4962
>
> gbryant at socket.net
>
>
>
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