[nfbwatlk] Fw: [blindkid] Extreme Home Make-Over Home Edition, Much Improved

[Lauren Merryfield]

Hi,
I can relate to it more than I did prior to my ankle accident and being a 
wheelchair user for seven weeks.
Thanks
Lauren
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alco Canfield" <amcanfield at comcast.net>
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Edition,Much Improved


> Can you imagine finally being able to wheel yourself in to take a shower 
> and
> not have your dad have to lift you in and out of the tub?  That in itself
> brings tears to these old "blind" eyes.  (grin)
>
> Alco
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Mike Freeman
> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 8:22 PM
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> Subject: [nfbwatlk] Fw: [blindkid] Extreme Home Make-Over Home 
> Edition,Much
> Improved
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Peter Donahue
> To: NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)
> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 8:11 PM
> Subject: [blindkid] Extreme Home Make-Over Home Edition, Much Improved
>
>
> Good evening everyone,
>
>    Before I call it a night on this rig we watch this edition of
> Extreme
> Make-Over, Home Edition and over-all felt that the portrail of Patrick
> and
> his disabilities  was far better than those of the previous two episodes
> featuring home make-over for blind individuals and their families. Much
> of
> the credit goes to Patrick himself as when the make-over team and others
> sensationalized his disabilities he asserted himself and defended his
> dignity by reminding the team and the audience that he was no different
> than
> others with disabilities wishing to fulfill a life-long dream. His dad
> also
> provided additional support concerning his son's aspirations. There was
> far
> less of the stuff about how great and wonderful Patrick was, although
> some
> of it surfaced throughout the show, and more of the idea communicated
> that
> here was an individual who enjoys music and other activities who happens
> to
> be blind and uses a wheelchair, and who wants to give back to his
> community.
>
>    Like the park that was built in Cedar City Utah so Nicole Rasmussen
> could take her daughter there and that is used by others in the
> community
> the University of Kentucky got a new band practice field dedicated to
> Patrick Henry Hughes with a plaque  written in print and Braille. Like
> Nicole on Three Wishes Patrick read the Braille on the plaque.
>
>    Mention was made of different textured surfaces in Patrick's
> apartment,
> but to what extent they were used was unclear to us. We got the
> impression
> that the home designers concentrated more on making the Hughes home more
> wheelchair accessible and concentrated less on his blindness which is
> what
> we would have wanted to see.    The T.V. critic in me isn't sure to give
> this show 4 or 5 Stars, but it was a vast improvement over the previous
> two
> shows depicting the blind that left glitter tastes in many of our
> mouths.
> Again much of the credit goes to Patrick and his father for the far more
> positive image of disabled individuals portrayed on this program. All
> the
> best for a great week ahead.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
> "I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten"
> Joel 2-25
>
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