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

[Lynda Lambert]

You know, I read a wonderful book by a young man who went blind during his 
teenage years. He became an English Professor and the book is so fantastic. 
He is such a special person. The book is called "Cock-eyed."   He is a 
person I would love to know personally.


Lynda


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna Hill" <penatwork at epix.net>
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> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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>
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> 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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