[stylist] does anyone

Sun Jan 4 04:51:17 UTC 2009

well,
based on my experience with my first wife, if I had that for my 
sample only, I'd say never marry a sighted wife as she'll use your 
blindness against you.  but I'm wise enough to know that not all 
sighted women will look for a power edge in a marriage.

I'll guess that david hartmund regrets his generalization now that 
he's got some years under his belt.

and, April, I was being sarcastic in that post to which you replied, 
to point out the silliness of somebody saying that blind people 
shouldn't marry each other.
jc

Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS

At 05:50 PM 1/3/2009, you wrote:
>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
>To: NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List
>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
> >To: NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List
> >Subject: Re: [stylist] does anyone
> >
> >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:
> >http://cdbaby.com/cd/donnahill
> >
> >Apple I-Tunes
> >
> >phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=2592443
> >74
> >
> >Performing Arts Division of the National Federation of the Blind
> >www.padnfb.org
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >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
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> > > On Behalf Of ben micek
> > > Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 10:16 PM
> > > To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> > > Subject: [stylist] does anyone
> > >
> > >
> > > 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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