River, I think each of us take on those tasks which we are comfortable with, or interested in. I called my father-in-law in to fix the walls in the soon to be nursery. Could I have patched the walls? Possibly, but I have no skill in it. He has many years of practice and can do it faster and significantly better than I can. When he is done, the walls in the nursery will be the best in the house.
Other blind folks can do taping and spackling, it's just not something I want to take on. I might take on a roof, but hate plumbing. I might build a deck, but have never worked under the hood of a car. To each his own. It's not the fact that a particular blind person does this or doesn't do that. The disturbing issue is when people believe that if one blind person can't do something, no blind person can. Or, if one blind person can do something then all blind people should be able to do that. It just doesn't work that way. Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [email protected] Tel: (412) 268-9081
