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

[dmgina]

Hi there,
He isn't the only blind person who doesn't know how to clean his place. So the media shouldn't be blamed for that.
I feel the show was very good. ----- source message -----
from: "kaye zimpher" <kayezimpher at bellsouth.net>
to: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
date: 2008/02/23 03:58:14
subject: Re: [nfb-talk] [Bltlk] HumanWare, Extreme Makeover Home Edition, here we go again

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>
> Also to that end, since Nicole from three wishes was trained by blind people 
> she was given access to a network several thousand strong that she could 
> call upon at any time for questions and support if she found it necessary. 
> In the case of Patrick the young man from Extreme Home Makeover, he was 
> given a nice little accessible living area, a few gadgets and a new 
> wheelchair and just left out there to hang. he still does not know how to 
> cook or clean his new little apartment and most likely will still rely on 
> mom and dad to do everything for him because he knows no other way. In some 
> ways Extreme Home was to Patrick's detriment more than they realize. They 
> gave him a piece of pie, but would not provide him with a fork.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "T. Joseph Carter" <tjosephcarter at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 10:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] [Bltlk] HumanWare, Extreme Makeover Home 
> Editioneahere we go again
> 
> 
> > Sherri,
> >
> > And indeed, the premise was similar.  The Hollywood people wanted the park
> > to come complete with rubber walkways and safety railings and all kinds of
> > things so a blind person wouldn't get hurt.  They brought in NFB people
> > who did their best to convince the Hollywood people how silly all of that
> > really was.  The park still has "different textures" and the water fixture
> > can be heard from a distance (sigh) but overall from a visual perspective,
> > it looks like a park.
> >
> > The difference is that in the case of Three Wishes, we saw respect for a
> > mother and her desire to take back her life so that she need not depend
> > upon other people to take care of her and her child.  You don't get that
> > when you watch Extreme Make-Over.
> >
> > Joseph
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 07:44:35PM com0500, Sherri wrote:
> >> 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.
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