[nfb-talk] Proposal to Decrease Unemployment Among the Blind

[T. Joseph Carter]

I think I agree with you Ryan, and yet as a person who went a long 
time without necessary equipment, and still not having some of the 
things that would be more than simply convenient, his idea does seem 
to have some merit.

We haven't dented the public attitudes though, and that's where we 
need to make our changes.

Joseph

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 05:10:19PM -0700, RyanO wrote:
> I would submit that we've been grappling with this bear for almost 70 
> years now and we've not made much of a dent in the sighted misconceptions 
> about blindness. We've come a long way in raising expectations in our own 
> community, but the majority of the sighted public at large still views us 
> as incompetent and stupid. In fact, I would espouse that when it comes to 
> relations with the mainstream, the disabled are the minority that has 
> come the least far since the dawn of the modern civil rights era.
>
> I love your idea on the surface Eddie, but in the long run, I fear Dave 
> is right. The real problem is the myopic view of the sighted public, and 
> I honestly don't know if that's ever going to change until blindness 
> itself changes.
>
> RyanO
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