[nfbwatlk] Fw: Paterson 1st African American Gov in NY, 1st Blind Gov in US//Jonathan Steele on Defeat in Iraq

[Mike Freeman]

I agree with you, Kevin. While I think we should celebrate his accession 
to the governorship and I agree that if the few alternative techniques 
he uses work for him we should applaud, I don't quite see what the fuss 
is about , at least insofar as his legal blindness is concerned in that 
I cannot help but wonder if he would do better were he to adopt a few 
more alternative techniques. It also sort of puts me off when we get the 
usual slant from reporters that one of his virtues is that he does *not* 
use techniques of blindness when, in fact, the ultimate goal of at least 
those in the Federation is for the techniques of blindness to be 
accepted as not being remarkable and, essentially, not to be noticed any 
more than one might notice use of contact lenses.

Mike

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  From: Kevin LaRose
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NY,1st Blind Gov in US//Jonathan Steele on Defeat in Iraq


  Maybe I'm just being a killjoy, but it's hard for me to think of David
  Patterson as a kindred spirit. From what I have heard, he's a fairly
  high-functioning partial. He doesn't use Braille, for example, and I 
haven't
  heard anything either way on what adaptive software/equipment, if any, 
he
  uses. It's great he's come this far, but I honestly can't see him 
advancing
  the cause of the blind very much. Just my opinion.
  Kevin L.

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I agree with you, Kevin. While I think we should celebrate his accession to the governorship and I agree that if the few alternative techniques he uses work for him we should applaud, I don't quite see what the fuss is about , at least insofar as his legal blindness is concerned in that I cannot help but wonder if he would do better were he to adopt a few more alternative techniques. It also sort of puts me off when we get the usual slant from reporters that one of his virtues is that he does *not* use techniques of blindness when, in fact, the ultimate goal of at least those in the Federation is for the techniques of blindness to be accepted as not being remarkable and, essentially, not to be noticed any more than one might notice use of contact lenses.
 
Mike
 
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Maybe I'm just being a killjoy, but it's hard for me to think of David
Patterson as a kindred spirit. From what I have heard, he's a fairly
high-functioning partial. He doesn't use Braille, for example, and I haven't
heard anything either way on what adaptive software/equipment, if any, he
uses. It's great he's come this far, but I honestly can't see him advancing
the cause of the blind very much. Just my opinion.
Kevin L.
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