[stylist] article from Debra Kendrick

Judith Bron jbron at optonline.net
Tue Jan 26 22:04:15 UTC 2010 

You have a point there.  I think it is unrealistic for us to expect him to 
turn up at the state capitol with a white cane.  He isn't going to brail 
everything in his office.  If he had gone into his position using these 
skills no one would have given it a second thought.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
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Subject: Re: [stylist] article from Debra Kendrick


> But then, when you're in the position that he is and you decide to learn 
> some blindness skills, what do you think those around you would say? 
> "Gee, you made it this long without them, why are you going to waste your 
> time now?" etc.  To the public, he would even look weaker than he is now 
> if he took up a long white cane and a Braille class.  I guess he's damned 
> if he does and damned if he doesn't.
> But you are right that he is a grown man.  When he does begin to learn 
> these skills--if he does--he will be so sad that he didn't take the time 
> when he was younger.  And if he never decides to make the decision to 
> learn, I hope that he will see how the skills can greatly enhance other 
> blind persons' lives.  Don't say that because you don't need it, no one 
> else does.
> I can't imagine how it must be to purposefully stay illiterate, though. 
> This tactile learner would have missed out on so much--I hate listening to 
> things.  A pleasure book is fine but I'm wishing I were a young person 
> today getting ready for college.  I may have gotten better grades if I'd 
> had Braille there, too.
> Barbara
> A Congress that will always do its work in the dark must have something to 
> hide.  The people have spoken, yet they do not listen.
>
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> From: "Judith Bron" <jbron at optonline.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 1:38 PM
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> Subject: Re: [stylist] article from Debra Kendrick
>
>> I agree that if this is how he was raised, it might be hard to change. 
>> However, he's now an adult and well aware that people who are handicapped 
>> live their lives using techniques that aren't needed by the mainstream 
>> world.  He spoke at a convention.  That's not a prescription for a person 
>> who understands the people he's talking to.  He knows that blind folks 
>> use a white cane.  He knows that the blind read braille.  He knows that 
>> the NYS Commission buys adaptive equipment for the blind.  All of us have 
>> to grow up at some point and face who we are.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Donna Hill" <penatwork at epix.net>
>> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 2:11 PM
>> Subject: Re: [stylist] article from Debra Kendrick
>>
>>
>>> Judith,
>>> I think you're being a bit harsh here on the first blind governor 
>>> willing to speak at an NFB state affiliate convention. Read his comments 
>>> in the NY Times article "Listening to Braille" or, if that's too long, 
>>> read them quoted in my article "Braille Literacy Crisis: Fact or 
>>> Fiction."
>>> http://educationalissues.suite101.com/article.cfm/2009_in_review_progress_for_the_blind
>>>
>>>
>>> People who spend their childhoods being given the message that it isn't 
>>> OK to be blind have a tough row to hoe.
>>> Donna Hill
>>>
>>> Judith Bron wrote:
>>>> Patterson doesn't need newsline.  He has a radio, television and people 
>>>> in his office who access websites whenever he wants.  He's the governor 
>>>> of a state, but he has no idea on how to be an independent person. 
>>>> He's not a blind man, he's a man who has been coddled all his life and 
>>>> has had gophers get him whatever he wants, whenever he wants it.  He 
>>>> probably can't figure out why blind folks need different equipment, 
>>>> need instruction on simple life tasks or need to read these dots called 
>>>> braille.  He never had to.  But then again, most of us don't live in a 
>>>> privilaged world where gophers do everything for us on command.
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <LoriStay at aol.com>
>>>> To: <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 10:19 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [stylist] article from Debra Kendrick
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I forwarded the article to Carl Jacobsen, president of the New York
>>>> Affiliate.   To the best of my knowledge, Gov. Paterson does use 
>>>> Newsline, but I
>>>> could be wrong.   In any case, unless the Commission comes through with
>>>> funding, we will lose Newsline as of January 31.   The governor has 
>>>> instructed the
>>>> Commission for the Blind to distribute the funds.   Let's hope they do 
>>>> it.
>>>> Lori
>>>> In a message dated 1/24/10 1:27:12 PM, jbron at optonline.net writes:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Great article! There are many who vote for a candidate because of his
>>>>> race,
>>>>> religion, disability or lack of one. I will label these factors (a).
>>>>> What
>>>>> does any of this have to do with ability or job performance? Label 
>>>>> these
>>>>> factors (b). Nothing. In other words, a has nothing to do with b. Many
>>>>> of
>>>>> the citizens of this country have decided to base their vote on
>>>>> differences.
>>>>> Ignorant. If, in spite of the fact that people have been put down 
>>>>> because
>>>>> of their race, religion or disability shines through and gotten them 
>>>>> to a
>>>>> point that they have the ability and can perform above the opposition,
>>>>> they
>>>>> become someone to be celebrated. If they choose to hide behind any of
>>>>> these
>>>>> factors and use them as the sole criteria for anyone to vote for them,
>>>>> they
>>>>> are no better than the bigots who shaped public policy for centuries.
>>>>> Judith Bron
>>>>>
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