[stylist] Patterson's speech

[cheryl echevarria]

go to www.nfbny.org

and just wait there is no play button on the home page and you can listen 
and view if you still have sight there.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Justin Williams" <justin.williams2 at gmail.com>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Patterson's speech


> Where is the new york's governor's article or speech or what ever it is.
> Can someone send it to me?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Judith Bron
> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 6:15 PM
> To: Stylist
> Subject: [stylist] Patterson's speech
>
> I just listened to Patterson's speech.  I have to admit, I was very
> impressed.  I want to mention one thing about special ed that paints
> impressions for many.  Special doesn't only mean mentally handicapped.  I
> have a friend who is fostering two down's syndrome children.  The younger
> one is at a higher learning level, so she is receiving a decent education 
> in
> Rockland county.  The older one is physically disabled in addition to her
> mental disability.  She has severe arthritis.  The public school demanded
> that she climb two flights of stairs daily to get to her classroom.  My
> friend was in and out of court until she got a tutor for the little girl 
> at
> home.  But I digress.
>
> When I first became blind people that I knew for years treated me like I
> lost my mind.  It was an awful experience that no one should have to go
> through.  When talking about disabilities, there should be a distinction
> between mental and physical handicaps.  When the governor mentioned 
> special
> ed, this is the thought that went through my mind.  When a parent says 
> that
> their child is a special needs child they should be able to qualify that
> statement.  Is the child mentally handicapped?  Wheelchair bound?  Blind?
> Hearing impaired?  This is the big change I would bring to the department 
> of
> education and the way they presently categorize handicapped children.  In
> addition to teaching Braille to blind children in schools, I think they
> should offer Braille classes to adults wherever they can.  In Rockland
> County no such place exists.  Thanks for the link, Donna.  Judith
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