[nfb-talk] [Blindtlk] HumanWare, Extreme Makeover Home Edition, here we go again

[Sherri]

Not necessary and on the plus side, it is good she got training from NFB 
people. Like all TV shows, we really don't have that much say about the 
slant that is put on them.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] [Blindtlk] HumanWare, Extreme Makeover Home 
Edition,here we go again


Sherry:

One of the NFB persons who helped now resides in my state (Washington).
Shall I forward your message to her so you can get an answer from
someone who ought to know?

Mike

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Sherri
  To: NFB Talk Mailing List
  Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 4:44 PM
  Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] [Blindtlk] HumanWare, Extreme Makeover Home
Edition,here we go again


  Right, they actually built her a park. Now how many of us have someone
  willing to do that for us? To my mind, the two shows were one in the
same. I
  wonder what she is doing now.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net>
  To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
  Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 6:31 PM
  Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] [Blindtlk] HumanWare, Extreme Makeover Home
  Edition,here we go again


  Hello Corry and listers,

  Remember this discussion the next time when you tie your shoe someone
tells
  you that you are, "Simply amazing" because you do something sighted
folks
  take for granted. Taking it to extreme some folks would call us,
"Simply
  amazing" because we breathe for ourselves or get ourselves out of bed
in the
  morning on our own. It's not the deed that's at fault here. Rather its
the
  negative messages of blindness put out by the Extreme Make-Over Home
Edition
  Program that we're concerned about. Let me urge you to do the same
thing I
  urged folks on the blindkid list to do.

      On the NFB Site in the Audio-Video Center there's a video of an
episode
  of Three Wishes which discusses a husband's desire to see his
newly-blinded
  wife regain her independence and how the NFB worked with this family
and the
  Three Wishes Team to make that, "Wish" come true.

      The direct URL to the Audio-Video Center is:
  http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Audio-Video_Center.asp?SnID=639796551

      Before you discuss this any further I strongly urge you to view
the
  Three Wishes segment and compare it with what you saw in the Extreme
  Make-Over Home Edition Program. While Three Wishes is a little rough
around
  the edges it's the best portrail of a blind person and her desire to
remain
  independent so she can care for their baby, and do all the other
things a
  mother can do including take their child to the park. Note that the
Three
  Wishes Team accomplished all of this without resorting to promoting
the
  same-old stereotypes concerning the blind. Enjoy!

  Peter Donahue


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Corey Cook" <cooklists at bellsouth.net>
  To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
  Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 2:55 PM
  Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] [Blindtlk] HumanWare, Extreme Makeover Home
  Edition,here we go again


  I don't personally get the big deal anyway.
  They did something nice for the man and his family.
  Who are we to sit and judge this?

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    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]
    To: NFB Talk Mailing List
    Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 7:12 AM
    Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] [Blindtlk] HumanWare, Extreme Makeover Home
  Edition,here we go again


    I sure must be missing something here.  Why are you bashing HW
anyway.
  They just anounced that the show was going to be aired and I think
they said
  they were going to be represented.  I saw the whole show and there was
no
  mention of HW.  The only thing I can come up with is maybe the
controls for
  the new wheel chair were actually a GPS.  I think his lack of being
able to
  walk was emfasized a lot more than his blindness.  That is in our
faver.  I
  found one extreamly stupid thing they did for him, that was to put
that
  ability for music to go off, when he went into a spacific room.  Also,
HW
  might have had something to do with creating the door that would open
when
  the gentleman would say, open.
    I liked his aditude about looking at what he could do not what he
could
  not do.  He seamed to always be on the positive side which is a pluss
for
  him and the NFb.  Many blind with out jobs or the ability to read, are
  depressed and dependent on SSI. I think their main goal was to make
the home
  accessable, because of his wheelchair needs.  They also over did it in
the
  music area by buying him all that recording equipment.  What did that
have
  to do with his handicap.  I still saw no sign of HW.  If they were not
in
  the show, how did they know about the show?  They had to be in the
  background someware.

    Terry Powers


    -----Original Message-----
    From: T. Joseph Carter [mailto:tjosephcarter at gmail.com]
    Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 2:36 PM
    To: NFB Talk Mailing List
    Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] [Blindtlk] HumanWare, Extreme Makeover Home
  Edition,here we go again

    I don't think a boycott would be effective in the least.  I do think
a
  more low-key approach generally involving talking to someone in a
position
  to see to it that this doesn't happen again would probably get far
better
  results far quicker.

    Joseph

    On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 07:43:01PM -0800, Mike Freeman wrote:
    > One question which hasn't been dealt with here is whether we'd be
  effective if we protested to Humanware or attempted a boycott.
    >
    > Do you *really* think that blind persons would stop buying VR
Streams
  over philosophical concerns? Fanatics would but I fear me greatly that
it
  would end up a huge bust and would cause us more problems than we
would
  solve.
    >
    > Mike

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