Mike, I agree with you that any person with the right qualifications should
be able to teach, and sight shouldn't be one of those qualifications.
However, blindness won't automatically give one the qualifications to teach
either, otherwise the driving lessons my father gave me, complete with his
bad habits, would have to stand as lessons from a Driving Instructor. As
much as I love the man, his having sight and a Drivers License didn't
automatically make him an instructor, and by the same token the fact that I
am blind doesn't make be an instructor either.
Thx, Albert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Yale" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: Mobiliy Instructors
Hi Lynn, I noticed this email and just thought I would mention that I have
known a couple of totally blind white cane users, very excellent cane users,
who quite successfully taught other blind folks to use a white cane. This
occurred some years ago in the San Francisco Bay area, where I lived. On
one occasion myself, I worked several days with a blind person who didn't
want to wait for a spot to open up at the local orientation centre, and I
believe my teaching was adequate, if not good.
Prejudices against certain employment opportunities still exist, and are
hard to kill.
I was told that a blind person couldn't negotiate switchbacks trails in the
Alps with a dog guide, but I did it on my own. I was told that blind
teachers couldn't possibly maintain discipline in a regular sighted class
room, and yet blind teachers have done so and do so today.
The quality of the instruction and of the teacher is what should count, not
an impairment or other factor which may not be relevant but only
traditional.
Not sure if that is useful, but one man's opinion,
Mike Yale
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lynn Evans" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 4:55 PM
Subject: Mobiliy Instructors
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