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From: David.Andrews@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (David Andrews)
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Subject: Re: Blindness And The Blindfold
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Date: 31 Oct 90 03:04:10 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 BK> Paula, I'm glad to see that you understand my point about  
 BK> blindfolds. While I couldn't understand it at first, I'm glad  
 BK> that many parapetologists, or whatever you call them these days  
 BK> are made to wear a blindfold for about a week so that they can  
 BK> become quite familiar with what they will be dealing with.  
  

A week isn't long enough.  At the New Mexico Commission for the Blind, all new
staff members go to our Audlt Orientation center for six weeks, and take
training using a blind fold.  We have found that this is about the minimum time
necessary to overcome your fear and develop enough skill so that you know that
you could do well as a blind person.  You won't have great skills in six weeks,
but you will learn enough to see that you could do so.  Experience in Nebraska,
which does the same thing, has shown that three months is actually the best time
frame for such training.
David Andrews

... Your Sound Alternative

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