well on the matter of this I have a friend in the industry that says everything is shifting over from what I have been through to a more mainstream type simular to my uni days. You had a central resource point, and you got services, readers, and other things from there. All lecturers knew where to go, if they had something to convert they could convert it there. If there was a problem the rc would get it and solve it. So you were mainstream and some of the stuff you had to pay a little for. But you got support if you wanted it, and it was in easy reach, usually a phonecall away. Gone are the days of say a disabled place I did like the central point system myself. no one asked questions if there was a problem they knew where to go. Every so often you had a meating if they did need you for something. mostly though a load of suff was done for you though you did get some imput. the system was sertainly better than the school system and I wish I had that sort of system earlier on.
>Hi Thomas, > > >Yes but you see that's where I think social integration falls down and it >fails so many people. It fails us because of the reason you've just >outlined, it also fails the person in question because they aren't gaining >anything by being in a mainstream environment. > >I think that mainstream is good when it works but for the retarded lot it >doesn't work far from it. I came from the specialist education system in >England which is fading out now. But the amount of people with mental >disabilities we had at these blind schools really did create a problem >because whether you like to admit it or not, if you are exposed to them 24 >hours a day 7 days a week, you start to be affected by them. The rules and >regs of the school become set up in favour of the people with mental >disabilities and inhibit the natural ability for social and emotional >development in the rest of the population. Yes social integration fails big >time if you ask me. > >-----Original Message----- >From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On >Behalf Of Thomas Ward >Sent: 08 March 2010 20:06 >To: Gamers Discussion list >Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Help with some ignorant ppl > > >Hi Darren, >Exactly. I don't know how many times I've been with a bunch of other blind >class mates and one of them would draw public attention to all of us by >rocking, poking his/her eyes, picking their nose, or some other socially >unacceptable way of drawing attention. I really really hate that kind of >behavior from my own fellow blind peers as they draw precisely the kind of >negative attention I try to avoid. I like to fit into the croud and not >stand out like a sore thumb as much as is possible. However, I remember >there was this one student, where I went to school, who had a mental >disability as well as being blind. I believe he was mildly retarded. >Whatever the case is he constantly was the one the mainstream students based >their opinions of blind people on. He'd walk down the school hallway going, >"yah, yah, yah, yah," in a monotone that was sure to bring attention to him. >He pickd his nose, picked wax out of his ears, rocked, poked his eyes, and >generally was the walking/talking worst example of a blind person you can >get. Even though this kid was mildly retarted, as i said before, other >sighted students and even some of the teachers acted as though I was >mentally disabled as well. I know it wasn't totally this kids fault having >had a mental disability, I don't think his parents tried to correct his bad >social behavior, but I resented the negative attention all the same. It is >that kind of negative example I think of that can really hurt our cause to >be seen as just another average Joe or Jane who can't read print or see >colors, but is otherwise normal. > >--- >Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. >If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
