[real-eyes] Re: Fw: Please post to real-eyes
- From: "Mitchell D. Lynn" <mlynn@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 09:11:44 -0500
Not everyone has good O&M skills, nor will that ever be the case. O&M is a
skill that can be developed, but like everything else in life, some have
greater potential than others. And like many other things in life, those
skills are not static. Even with constant use and practice, sills don't
remain the same as we get older. Even a little hearing loss can totally
change one's perspective on O&M.
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On Behalf Of Kimberly A. Morrow, PhD
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 7:35 AM
To: 'real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Fw: Please post to real-eyes
This is an issue on which the NFB and I are in total opposition. As I
understand it, the NFB believes that audible signals and other detectible
warning devices are an unnecessary expense--that if one possesses good O&M
skills, there should be no need for such extravagant accommodations. So why,
then, are there signs and other types of visual indicators for the
sighted--all of which society deems perfectly acceptable? I hope that the
tragic event the blind community has just experienced will cause all of us
to take another look at this issue--not just at that particular
intersection, but at our safety as a whole and the types of measures that
can be undertaken to increase it.
Kimberly A. Morrow, PhD
Communications Specialist
Unity
Message of Hope Ministry
1901 NW Blue Parkway
Unity Village, MO 64065
Toll Free: 866-421-3066
Local: 816-251-3588
M-F, 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (CT)
www.unity.org
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On Behalf Of Mitchell D. Lynn
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 10:57 AM
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Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Fw: Please post to real-eyes
I was thinking more about the need for electronics at that crosswalk.
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On Behalf Of bill stephan
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 9:24 AM
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Cc: Sheila Styron
Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Fw: Please post to real-eyes
the author of the Star article that contained the erroneous information has
been made aware of the findings of the lead investigator.
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Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Fw: Please post to real-eyes
From: "Mitchell D. Lynn" <mlynn@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 09/01/2011 17:54
Is anyone sending this along to the news outlets?
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On Behalf Of Reginald George
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 1:55 PM
To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; nut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [real-eyes] Fw: Please post to real-eyes
Please excuse the cross post. I realize that this is a technology list, but
Chip has many friends here, and I know we are all concerned.
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From: Sheila Styron
I work as the public policy coordinator for The Whole Person and represent
this organization with the city on accessibility issues. It was in this
capacity that I contacted Sergeant Fuller, lead investigator for the August
31 traffic incident where Chip Block was fatally struck down.
This is what Sergeant Fuller told me about this accident, and this officer
had been unaware of Chip's visual impairment prior to speaking with me.
The events were clearly filmed by a Max bus camera. The driver, a woman with
two dogs in her car was proceeding from west to east on 31st with the sun in
her eyes. She was first in line for the left arrow and when she got it,
turned left. The crosswalk was apparently in some amount of shade, and she
hit Chip as he was walking across Main in the crosswalk from east to west
traveling along the north side of the intersection. The film of the incident
clearly shows that Chip did not have the light and was not running.
The intersection at 31st and Main is one where the city has been promising
to install an accessible pedestrian signal since around this time last year.
The Children's Center for Low Vision is right there along with the
Rehabilitation Institute. Consumer groups, orientation and mobility
instructors who train visually impaired people to travel safely and several
individuals all identified 31st and Main as a priority installation. The
city has been dragging its feet, and I recently spoke with the contractor
who has the job and says he has experienced difficulties being paid for his
work in a timely fashion. The most recent deadline for completion on a list
of 7 APS installations designated as priorities and including 31st and Main
is currently set for the end of September. I feel certain that this
heartbreaking untimely death could have most likely been avoided had there
been an accessible pedestrian signal at 31st and Main.
Sheila Styron, Public Policy Coordinator
The Whole Person
3420 Broadway Suite 105
Kansas City, MO 64111
Work: 816.561.0304
Mobile: 816.896.6552
Fax: 816.753.8163
E-mail: sstyron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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