[Ohio-talk] Uncle Tom is alive and well in Cleveland, and the Sight Center is right there to dis blind people

Fri Dec 10 18:42:15 UTC 2010

Sorry this is a late comment but who among us would turn down a free house, 
especially loaded with techno stuff?  I don't think I would.  BUT it WAS 
embarrassing to see how much they promoted their "work with the poor blind 
folks" who had difficulty dealing with being blind but yet what did they really 
do aside from talk?  Technology in the home is  great, but a media room which  
has a large screen TV and each person also has an individual TV (not just close 
captioned or descriptive) but separate smaller TV's to view in the room  did not 
make a lot of sense.   A huge beautiful home  with more than they have ever been 
used to  is a great move up in the world---what happens next?  When the fund for 
upkeep of repairs is gone who will pay?  Will they be able to afford the giant 
electric bill that comes with the home and all the great stuff?  Will they be 
able to maintain the upkeep of such a large home OR will they present a poor  
example to the public and the neigbborhood of how "blind people" are unable to 
follow through with proper care of such an expensive project?   I fear that Ohio 
and America will look more closely and be more likely to pick them apart because 
they are blind.  Then all blind people will be lumped into the same pot just 
because they are blind.
 Carol

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From: Deborah Kendrick <dkkendrick at earthlink.net>
To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thu, December 2, 2010 11:22:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Uncle Tom is alive and well in Cleveland, and the Sight 
Center is right there to dis blind people

There was a show a few years back -- 2005 or 2006, I'm thinking -- where 
they built a home for a guy who had lost his sight in a mtorcycle accident. 
It was pretty pathetic.  Different textures on the walls of each room, as i 
recall, and on the floors -- like we all feel the walls to see where we are, 
right?  And then there was some cool techie stuff that I don't recall.  One 
thing that i wish I had (because we've all been lazy in my family) is an 
intercom system from room to room.  We improvised our own, though, since 
I've always had two phone lines in the house -- one for home, one for 
office -- so we did used to call on the phone from one part to another.  Now 
that only my daughter and I live here, we frequently call or text one 
another's cell phone rather than climb the stairs.  But I digress.
Hey, we're missing possibl the main point here.  Maybe this couple just got 
an opportunity to get an entire new, nice, awesome and free home, and 
neglected to weigh the public image damage it might do to the rest of us. 
Or maybe, as Jerry says, they have private (soon to be made public) concerns 
that seriously call for a home makeover.
My TV has been on twice since moving to my new home three months ago.  Looks 
like a third time is in order!
Deborah
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sheri Wells-Jensen" <swellsj at bgsu.edu>
To: "NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List" <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 10:43 AM
Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Uncle Tom is alive and well in Cleveland, and the 
Sight Center is right there to dis blind people

Hi Folks,

The odds that I'll tune into this are extraordinarily low since
our family TV time is limited to the occasional PBS special, but I admit to 
a sick sort of curiousity.
Does anyone know what kinds of modifications are planned to their home?
Perhaps I have an impoverished imagination; I can't think what I'd do to my 
house even if I had the resources to
remodel.  I do like those handy buzzers they have at the National Center for 
two-way light switches, but that's hardly an extreme make over.
I've got a bell on my cat and labels on my microwave.... What am I missing?

Peace,

Sheri W-J
--
Dr. Sheri Wells-Jensen
Assistant Director
English as a Second Language Program

Associate Professor
Department of English

423 East Hall
Bowling Green State University

(419) 372-8935

-----Original Message-----
From: ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
Behalf Of Barbara Pierce
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 9:42 AM
To: 'NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List'
Subject: [Ohio-talk] Uncle Tom is alive and well in Cleveland, and the Sight 
Center is right there to dis blind people

I don't know who these people are, and I really hope I never meet them. The
note above the story is written by NFB of Washington President Mike Freeman.

Barbara

>I find it highly ironic that the couple described below gives

>presentations on the "capabilities" of people with disabilities when

>they consented to have Extreme Home Makeover modify their house, given

>that their only disability is blindness.

>

> Makes one ill and proves once again why we need NFB!

>

> Mike Freeman

>

> The next episode of ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition will feature

> the family of Andre and Jasmine Anderson on Sunday, December 5th. The

> family was selected as the recipient of a brand new home after sharing

> their personal story with the show's producers. Andre and Jasmine

> Anderson are both clients of Cleveland Sight Center and advocates for

> people with disabilities. Andre is currently doing his graduate-level

> internship in social work at Cleveland Sight Center, and Jasmine leads

> a low vision support group and does presentations to school-age

> children regarding persons with disabilities, communicating their many

> capabilities and helping to dispel misperceptions.

>

> Host Ty Pennington, the design team, and Marous Brothers Construction

> created an extraordinary home for Andre, Jasmine, sons Jaison and

> Jahzion, and Andre's guide dog, Valentine. Cleveland Sight Center was

> pleased to be a resource regarding adaptations and assistive technology
for the project.

Barbara Pierce

Braille Monitor

237 Oak Street

Oberlin, OH 44074

Phone/fax: 440-775-2216

<mailto:bpierce at nfb.org> bpierce at nfb.org

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