[Nfbf-l] What Another Blogger Told the World about Us!

[Marion Gwizdala]

Well, Dean,

	If it were true that education is the key to a successful simulation
exercise and that those training programs controlled by NFB members are
different in their approach and outcomes, you might want to read the entire
blog post to see which fund raising event she is talking about!
You can read the entire post by going to

http://featured.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2013/10/14/eat-dinner-in-the-dark-hel
p-florida-outreach-center-for-the-blind/

Fraternally yours,
Marion

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Well, what I have to say about all this, after the discussion, the different
points of view expressed over and over, is that I plan to get involved with
the dining in the Dark in Brevard County, which I have not done before,  so
that I can help educate the attendees.  I will not rise up against these
events, nor oppose their existence, since I don't think they're going
anywhere. Their negative effects can largely be nullified by education and
association.

Dean


Thought-provoking reading: http://bahaiteachings.org

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Dear All,

 

                The simulation of Dining in the Dark is being touted as an
educational experience to teach diners about what it is like to be blind.
Here is the sort of education the world is getting about the capacity of the
blind as seen through the blindfold of a frequent sighted participant!

 

"You'll wonder, as I did, whether the food will taste the same. That is, if
you can even get a morsel onto the fork and into your mouth without dropping
it in your lap! It's a challenge you won't soon forget."

 

                Let's begin by realizing this blogger is talking about you
and me! We, the blind, taste food differently, are challenged by eating,
less capable of getting the food into our mouths, and more apt to drop food
in our laps! And the participants will not soon forget how challenging it is
to eat without eyesight! If we are challenged by eating because we cannot
find our mouths and, when we do finally get the remaining morsels to our
lips after dropping most of it in our laps, how can we find our way around
the community and be competent employees? 

 

Fraternally yours,

Marion Gwizdala

 

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