From: Robert Acosta <boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: ot blind culture
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Monday, June 16, 2008, 10:26 AM
Braille is treated as a language in California State
Government. Bob
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From: "Ann Parsons" <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 9:52 AM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: ot blind culture
> Hi all,
>
> Yes, E., I've been on the other side of the fence,
and discovered that
> what I was upset with was the symbol of the successful
blind person, not
> the individual who got the job I wanted. If you can
remember that it
> isn't you, it's the success, or perceived
success, then I think you'll do
> OK.
>
> RE culture. I must agree with the prevailing view
that blindness is not a
> culture. Culture is defined by a common language and
a common religion
> and a common set of mores. We don't have that.
Braille is a code, it is
> not a language. As A.J. has said, ASL is a language
with its own syntax
> and its own humor and so on, and therefore, there is a
deaf culture.
>
> Ann P.
>
> --
> Ann K. Parsons
> Portal Tutoring
> EMAIL: akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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>
> "All that is gold does not glitter,
> Not all those who wander are lost."
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