[msb-alumni] Re: LSJ Finally Published my Letter to the Editor About Richard Bernstein
- From: Inge Formenti <ingeconnects@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2015 14:43:16 -0500
Awesome.
On Feb 7, 2015 1:24 PM, "Steve" <pipeguy920@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This didn't make the NFB Newsline, I don't think. It was in the print
> edition on Wednesday, I just found out from my sister.
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> Letter: Blind needn’t be ‘super’ to succeed
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> Justice Bernstein is accomplished, but don’t rule others out
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> Letter: Blind needn’t be ‘super’ to succeed Justice Bernstein is
> accomplished, but don’t rule others out Check out this story on <a href="
> http://lansingstatejournal.com"; target="_blank">lansingstatejournal.com</a>:
> <a href="http://on.lsj.com/1CZXGNk"; target="_blank">
> http://on.lsj.com/1CZXGNk</a>
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> Letter: Blind needn’t be ‘super’ to succeed
> 5:21 p.m. EST February 4, 2015
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> Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein, left, walks down the
> hallway oustide his office with T.J. Bucholz, president of Vanguard Public
> Relations, in January. The writer responds to an article about Bernstein,
> who is blind, and discusses employment opportunities for the blind. (Photo:
> Dave Wasinger/Lansing State Journal)
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> Article about blind justice does injustice to the blind.
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> I’d be the first to laud the many accomplishments of Richard Bernstein,
> scion of the law firm that bears his father’s name. But, the article (LSJ,
> Dec. 29) leaves the implication that only a super-blind person possessive
> of extraordinary drive and powers of photographic memory can be successful.
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> This is unfortunate! Under/unemployment amongst the blind is over 70
> percent! I know many other successful blind people who are members of
> management in the private or governmental sectors.
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> As a blind individual with over 20 years in human resource management and
> now doing computer tech support, there is a lot of technology that makes
> you as productive as any other employee. If documents are accessible, you
> can read much faster using assistive technology than you can with an aide.
> I can use any Microsoft Office program well enough to function in an office
> environment, writing memoranda as well as email exchanges and managing a
> work-group calendar. It is important readers understand there are capable
> productive individuals who aren’t “super-blind.”
>
> Steve Pollo
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> Lansing
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