[blindkid] on the subject of perspective

[Carol Castellano]

Yep, still lots of work to be done as far as educating the public.

At 12:10 PM 1/15/2011, you wrote:


>I have come to believe that there is not really much benevolence in 
>the grabbing, pulling, and shoving to which blind people of all ages 
>are regularly subjected.  It comes from the grabber's conviction 
>that we are less able, less competent, and less deserving of 
>dignified treatment than she/he is.  And it all gets wrapped up in 
>the cloak of kindness.  One of the things blind kids need to learn 
>is how to say no, politely but very firmly.
>
>Debbie
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Rene Harrell" <rjharrell at gmail.com>
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>>Carol and Heather, I could not agree with you more, so I'm just going to say
>>"I totally agree!"
>>
>>His drawing is beautiful. I found it almost painful to watch as an
>>accomplished artist had his hands yanked around repeatedly by a well-meaning
>>Harvard professor who couldn't help but come across as condescending. When
>>the professor was doing both the experiment with having Esref draw after
>>feeling various three dimensional shapes, and when Esref needed to feel the
>>building at the end that he was to draw, instead of stepping back and
>>allowing Esref to explore on his own, the professor was grabbing him by the
>>hands and shoving his hands onto each object as he saw fit. I don't think
>>there was any ill intention, but it truly makes me cringe. It's one thing to
>>guide, it's another to pull and shove, and the presumption of helplessness
>>and the benevolent yet misguided violation of another person's bodily
>>integrity in that kind of gesture will always make me wince.
>>
>>Barbara--- I'm with you on the art talent. Thankfully my kids are all young
>>enough to still be impressed *wink.
>>
>>
>>On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 10:03 PM, Barbara Hammel <poetlori8 at msn.com> wrote:
>>
>>>That is astounding.  As a blind person I always thought it would be cool to
>>>be a painter but I can only do it as well as a first-grader.  Guess my will
>>>is stronger than my talent.
>>>I'm glad he can do this, to demonstrate that sight isn't all that
>>>extraordinary in life after all.  Useful, yes; but not necessary.
>>>Barbara
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Through the sunny fields of yesterday
>>>Echo voices of children now grown,
>>>Their golden peals of laughter
>>>Ring upon the ivied stone.
>>>-----Original Message----- From: hpscheffer at aol.com
>>>Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 6:28 PM
>>>To: blindkid at nfbnet.org
>>>Subject: [blindkid] on the subject of perspective
>>>
>>>
>>>Some of you may know about this man, as we already know there is no limits
>>>to what anyone can do. Extraordinary!!
>>>Enjoy
>>>
>>>
>>>Heidi
>>>
>>>
>>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3AgO6H0H98
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>>--
>>" I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up
>>where I needed to be."
>>-- Douglas Adams
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Carol Castellano
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