[stylist] more on the question of the 70% thing - :Articleshowing what parents & kids are facing

[Donna Hill]

Lynda,
I hope he knew that you had some faith in him. This low expectations thing
is the root of the problem. As for your county blind association ... That's
about par for the course.
Donna 

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From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lynda Lambert
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 11:24 AM
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Your comment here is so true.
Block Quote:
"Guys, too many state rehab  services in this country are operating under a
philosophy of low expectations of the blind.)"

One of my fellow students in rehab was a very sharp and really nice guy - he
was sidelined from his very good technical job due to Stargatz - he was an
airplane mechanic.  After I was around him awhile, I saw what a very good
person he was with other people and very patient.  When I suggested he might
be interested in going to school to pursue a teaching career, in front of
his counselor, she about beat me down with a ball bat and went on a tirade
explaining why a blind person could not deal with a classroom. She sited lot
os very bad things that she says goes on in classrooms "these day" and how a
blind person could never even think of pursuing such a career.

OK, I though, Lynda keep your big mouth shut!
>From my own teaching experiences, I could definitely believe that this young
man could be a teacher - but, hey, she's the vision professional, not me. I
often wonder what became of this young man.

I see the same low expectations, or no expectations, exhibited in my county
blind association

Lynda





----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Leslie Newman" <newmanrl at cox.net>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 11:06 AM
Subject: Re: [stylist] more on the question of the 70% thing - : 
Articleshowing what parents & kids are facing


> Donna and others
>
> To answer you --- I am not in a position to do so. And I really do not 
> want
> to speculate to far on this. I am not afraid to do some speculation, but 
> for
> sure I must say up front that I have not been privy to a discussion that
> explains this recording of facts. (One weird outcome resulting from this
> number that has been used for decades, is that some of the really good 
> rehab
> services find it more difficult in presenting their need for funding, yet
> alone increased moneys to do their work. After all --- the congress hears
> that that over the decades of spending on rehab, there has been no
> improvement of the status of employment of the blind, so why throw good
> money after bad?) The dramatization of the high percentage of unemployment
> is indeed a eye catcher! (You know what --- I swear that the first wording
> of this 70 plus percent of blind people being unemployed was once 
> presented
> as - "70% of the blind are either unemployed or under-employed." I
> personally like this combo of un and under, because I think it actually 
> more
> correctly outlines the employment blight of the blind - I mean, just think
> of the workshop people and those of us who hit that glass-blind ceiling of
> promotion or initial trust to be taken into a professional job and have to
> start and get stuck in a lesser position! (I know more of these last types
> of employed blind guys than I know those who are doing equal jobs with
> equally trained and smart sighted counterparts.
>
>
> (Guys, too many state rehab  services in this country are operating under 
> a
> philosophy of low expectations of the blind.)
>
> (I invite anyone more knowledgeable in the 70% stats that we use to please
> help us understand this issue.)
>
>
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