[nfb-talk] Blind baseball player "hears" his dream cometrueon local Little League team

[Bryan Schulz]

ok,
what do you want him to do, drive the team bus?

Bryan Schulz
The BEST Solution
www.best-acts.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tribble" <lauraeaves at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 7:01 PM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Blind baseball player "hears" his dream cometrueon 
local Little League team


>I wasn't going to enter this thread but couldn't help mentioning one motto 
>I
> used while working -- "I don't want to play mascot".
> People are sometimes so anxious to grab a token minority person as a 
> member
> of their group -- whether it's a sports team or a job or whatever, that 
> they
> don't consider that that person may have talents and abilities to do more
> than just be a token.
> The little boy was popular in this role because he had a positive attitude
> that was infectuous -- but what if he is able to do something that would
> compete with another sighted team member? How long is he going to be happy
> doing nothing but act positive?
> When I was a software developer there were times when things went very
> smoothely and I fit in well, but other times when I got into conflicts of
> interest with other group members. In particular, I once was slated to
> address a large group of persons to introduce some project I was working 
> on.
> The auditorium was not accessible but was the only space available right
> then. My boss turned and asked a fellow group member to carry my 
> wheelchair
> down the stairs (with me in it) so I could give the talk. The employee
> objected and said that wasn't in his job description.  I also didn't want
> him to do it as it is rather terrifying to go down a flight of stairs in a
> wheelchair with only one person in control.  And I especially didn't want 
> to
> impose on the other employee to do something he didn't want to do.  I gave
> my notes to someone else and they gave the talk. My boss was rather 
> annoyed
> that I did this but I felt it was the right thing.
> Anyway, that is a negative example, and there were also positive
> experiences, where people worked in harmony and complemented each others
> contributions.
> Anyway, off soapbox for the time being.
> One of these days I'd like a thread about working in a sighted
> environment -- and if some of you are also rollers (in wheelchairs), 
> there's
> that issue too.  Also if anyone knows about any technical job openings 
> that
> can be done from home, feel free to send it (private to me...*smile*...)
> TIA and have a great week.
> --le
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Bullis" <mabullis at hotmail.com>
> To: "'NFB Talk Mailing List'" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 12:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Blind baseball player "hears" his dream come 
> trueon
> local Little League team
>
>
> Well, I might agree with you if the kid were actually doing something. 
> But,
> he's not.  He's not even taking care of the bats or balls, towels?  He 
> can't
> even throw the ball to the catcher but he's called a "team manager."
> The disturbing thing about this to me is that he's being lied to as though
> he were actually contributing something of value when he's not.
>
> It seems to me that this is political correctness at it's worst.  The 
> Little
> League coach should have said yes when asked by the little boy for an
> opportunity, but, they then should have figured out something for him to 
> do
> besides look cute.  To give him the title of "Manager" only compounds the
> issue for me.
> And, sadly for his mom, there is apparently little or nothing going on for
> this kid so just sitting on the bench is the high point of his life.
> Mike Bullis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of d m gina
> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 10:59 AM
> To: nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Blind baseball player "hears" his dream come true 
> on
> local Little League team
>
> Even though the mom needs more help with what can happen for the blind, I
> admire the team for taking this child on, and giving him a thrill of his
> life.
> Not to many coachs would do this.
> That is a mild stone itself.
> I hope as this child grows he can stay with the team and help others.
>
> --
> --Dar
> every saint has a past
> every sinner has a future
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