Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!mit-eddie!mintaka!yale!bunker!hcap!hnews!129!89!David.Andrews From: David.Andrews@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (David Andrews) Newsgroups: misc.handicap Subject: Re: BLINDNESS AND THE BLINDFOLD Message-ID: <15290@bunker.UUCP> Date: 31 Oct 90 03:04:26 GMT Sender: wtm@bunker.UUCP Reply-To: David.Andrews@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org Distribution: misc Organization: FidoNet node 1:129/89 - BlinkLink, Pittsburgh PA Lines: 41 Approved: wtm@bunker.UUCP Index Number: 11408 [This is from the Blink Talk Conference] PM>> Hi Bill, although there are a few things I don't agree with NFB PM>> about, this is one point on which we agree wholeheartedly. A PM>> sighted person wearing a blindfold in order to simulate PM>> blindness only re-enforces their fears and all the stereotypes PM>> that we all have to live with. WW>> Paula, WW>> I couldn't have said it better myself! WW>> Of course, I would be pretty surprised to hear anyone in WW>> this echo WW>> disagree with this position, so it ain't much of a surprise that WW>> it WW>> would be one thing I agree with the NFB on! Willie, I knew someone would disagree. I have seen two, and I am not through the packet yet. WS> Surprise! I have to disagree with you Willie. The key WS> word in that statement is only. You don't think that they WS> also would learn something by blindfolding themselves. They WS> learn how hard somethings are for us to do without sight, and WS> appreciate what we go through to accomplish them. Do you WS> think that seeing eyes trainers should not put on blindfolds WS> like they do to test out their fully trained dogs before WS> turning them over to their users. Walter, the trainer using a blind fold is not the same thing as someone with little or no contact with a blind person wearing one for a half hour. The trainer would presumably have done it before, sees blind people all the time, and knows how a blind person would travel effectively with a dog guide. David Andrews ... Your Sound Alternative -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!129!89!David.Andrews Internet: David.Andrews@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org