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 <klewel...@shellworld.net> 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 > > > On Thu, 23 Mar 2017, M. Taylor wrote: > >> Hello All, >> >> Earlier this week, both Apple and Starbucks announced that they were, in >> effect, reaffirming their commitments to several agendas. >> >> In apple's case, they introduced iPhone 7 and 7 Plus RED Special Edition, >> which is intended to give customers a way to participate in the fight >> against aids. >> >> In Starbucks case, they affirmed their commitment to hiring thousands and >> thousands of veterans and immigrants. >> >> Upon reading each of these announcements, via various social media outlets, >> I requested that these two companies make a commitment to the blind and low >> vision. >> >> To Apple, I asked that they play a more active role in research that will >> bring, eyesight, (in quote marks) to the blind and low vision. >> >> To Starbucks, I asked that they commit to a policy of hiring blind and low >> vision employees, where reasonably possible. >> >> I am posting this to the list in order to ask those of you with social media >> accounts to make similar requests of these and any other companies that >> boast of their commitments to investing in any particular demographic. >> >> We must begin to directly advocate for ourselves, as visually impaired >> people, if major change is ever going to occur and we must do it on the >> global stage so that our sighted counterparts will know that we are here and >> that we matter. >> >> The Gospel According to Mark, Chapter 2017.2.1.1.A. 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