Let me add some flour and yeast to the mix also.
Ours is not a very cohesive society. Its extremely fragmented on
many levels. I won't go into the politics of it, just that its
unfortunate that all the various pieces have to practice their own
advocacy to achieve the same goal. As far as those with disabilities,
while the ADA was a necessary instrument whose aim is to level the
playing field, it has not made society inclusive thus the ongoing
battles and skirmishes since its inception when it was passed 27 years ago.
From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
"God for you is where you sweep away all the
mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
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On 3/23/2017 8:07 PM, Michelle's Home Emails wrote:
Hi all,
Michelle here,
What about the Deafblind community who gets very easily over looked during
these conversations.
Also there is a huge difference between a person who is vision impaired and
person like myself who is totally blind and profoundly deaf with only light
perception.
Had to put this in the mix.
Michelle Stevens
Sent from my iPhone
On 24 Mar 2017, at 11:36 am, Arthur Gindin <[email protected]> wrote:
I agree.
We raise a blind child who also has the gifts of a talented musician.
Unfortunately, the cause of her blindness has also caused other problems e.g.
gait, use of only 5 fingers etc. We encourage her to make use of her talents.
Unfortunately the abuse she gets from the ISD and the overwhelming high school
homework leaves her little time to compose inter alia.
Ag
On Mar 23, 2017, at 3:41 PM, Karen Lewellen <[email protected]> wrote:
mark,
I wish to interject something I feel you and those of you who resonate with
this effort should consider.
Speaking only for myself I feel one reason why it can be challenging to
instigate impact is the way you discuss the experience of sight loss as if it
is totally and absolutely the opposite of sight, speak of the what 400 million
people on the planet estimated to be living with sight loss as if they are the
same / interchangeable with each other, and make no effort to establish
frames of reference for the people you want to reach.
Frankly I feel it is just as important for visible diverse and positive images
of individuals living with sight loss to appear in popular culture as it is to
create employment.
Because if people simply work with the dictionary that says blind / sighted,
they are going to be what they are...very confused.
To suggest that individual uniqueness never exists, or goes out of the window
when scores on an eye chart differ is counterproductive.
Speaking only for myself, I feel this is part of why there are so few tools in the first
place. why does one need several ways to do a task, if "the blind," are spoken
of so uniformly as if there are a composite whole?
Seek a place in society yes, but demonstrate that you have earned that place.
By your talent, your uniqueness, and what you share with the rest of humanity.
You matter because you exist, equally able to fortify the fabric of society,
individually with what makes you special, collectively with what gives you the
chance to view the world differently.
Off my soapbox now, smiles.
kare
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