[stylist] does anyone

Sat Jan 3 23:50:57 UTC 2009

Dear James,

Well, even sightedparents produce blind children e.g. my parents.  And, if
one partner is blind, he/she can produce a blind child, if the blind partner
has a hereditary condition.  I've known blind couples who had sighted
children.  My husband and I are both blind and we produced seven sighted
children.  Oh, my husband was a good catch, by the way, considering he is
blind.  Ha, ha, ha!  But, your point is well taken: who better to raise a
blind child than a blind parent.

In White Coat, White Cane, Hartman talks about his objections to the blind
marrying the blind.  I can't recall now all of what he said, (something
about double the problems), but in my letter to him, I asked if he would
have loved his wife any less had she been blind or if the fact that she was
sighted was part of the attraction.  I have no problem with blind people
marrying sighted people either.  I have a problem with people ruling out
someone on the criteria of blindness alone.

Sincerely,

April

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of James Canaday M.A. N6YR
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 3:50 PM
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Subject: Re: [stylist] does anyone

well,
if blind people marry other blind people, then, shockingly, there might be
blind kids the result.
[please note, the above is sarcasm]
blindness shouldn't be the only criterion for anybody seeking a marriage
partner!  and, if there are going to be blind kids, who better to raise them
than blind adults?
jc

Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS

At 02:22 PM 1/3/2009, you wrote:
>Hi Donna,
>
>Yes, that is thee David Hartman.  How interesting that you interviewed him.
>I wrote him a letter once. My professor in my reading and writing 
>autobiography class thought I should send it to him, but never did.  I 
>said a lot of positive things in the letter, but I challenged his 
>position on blind people marrying other blind people.  He didn't feel 
>that the blind should intermarry.  I was really disappointed on his 
>point of view on that subject when he seemed to be right on target with 
>so many other things.  If I can find that letter and if you would be 
>interested, I can share it with you.
>
>April
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>Behalf Of Donna Hill
>Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 10:46 AM
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>
>April,
>Is this David Hartman the guy who went to medical school?  I used to do 
>radio interviews for the Radio Information Center for the Blind in 
>Philadelphia -- between 1976 and 1986 -- and I interviewed him and his
wife.
>He was attending Temple Medical School and living in the Germantown 
>section of Philly not far from where I lived.
>Donna
>
>--
>For my bio & to hear clips from The Last Straw:
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>
>
>
>April Enderton wrote:
> > Is Beverly Butler still around?  She wrote a book titled, To light a
>Single
> > Candle.  It was published in the 1970s and was written loosely about 
> > her experience at the Wisconsin School for the Blind, I believe. 
> > Then, there
>was
> > also David Hartman who wrote, White Coat, White Cane and Robert 
> > Russell
>who
> > wrote, To Catch the Wind.  There are many others, but I can't recall 
> > their names off the top of my head.  Will have to do some more 
> > pondering on that question.
> >
> > April
> >
> >
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> >
> > does anyone know of any well known blind writers? maybe i can check 
> > out
>what
> > they wrote . i am still hunting for ideas. Benjamin micek 
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