Crazy Crazy. I never met a blind person who had different texuted wall. and capret trailings. I hope he gets a hold of some realorientation soon. -- Christ is either Lord of all or he is not Lord at all. Karen Carter '74 -------------- Original message -------------- > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > ------=_NextPart_000_006B_01C54EFE.3BE99270 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Hi, Lion of god Paul asked me to share this on the list. > > My thoughts were tipicle I guess. > Do they expect this guy to wall himself up in this property and never to = > have to deal with the outside world? > This makeover/fix what we perceive as being wrong with you thing is = > crazy as always! > blah blah blah. > Media thribes, on controversy though, so it would only feed them to = > complain. > > Forwarded message starts here, > Hey, Matt > > Can you forward this note to E-church? Whenever I try e-mailing > everybody individually I miss some and get a bunch of bounced back = > messages. > > There was a two-hour special on Extreme Home Makeover tonight about a > guy who was shot in an act of random violence and ended up totally blind > in both eyes. It only happened four months ago and he and his wife are > still in shock. Even though his brother and fiancee have moved in to > help with the kids the wife says she has too many things to do to clean > up the house, so the blind guy trips over everything all the time. All > he really needs is mobility training but they are redesigning the whole > house for him to make it safer and less crowded. They also got a blind > designer who helped them out. They're making as much as they can voice > activated so that he can control things by voice commands. > > Another thing they did was make different textures on the walls in > different parts of the house so he could orient himself to where he was > in the house easier (note that he's not using a cane for mobility, just > wandering around with his hands). They did show a child demonstrating > mobility with a cane, though. > > Since the guy was a golfer before going blind they hooked him up with > the United States Blind Golfer's Association to show how he can continue > golfing blind. Their motto is: "You don't have to see it to tee it!" > > Another cool item they used was a color reader that could read the color > of towels, for example, and the computer will speak what color it was. > > The computer was like Star Trek. You say "Hello, computer. Shut off > master bedroom lights" and the computer responds "I have turned off > master bedroom lights." He can control the microwave, the phone, > e-mail, house security and lots more with the computer all by voice. > > They put in a textured walkway so he could find his way to the front > door, as well as wind chimes so he could hear where the front door was > from a distance and water features in the backyard so he could navigate > his way back there. > > Inside there are carpet runners going through the house so he knows > wherever he goes as long as he stays on the carpet he is on a clear > track to get from one room to another. They did a similar pathway in > the backyard and an accessible golf course for him, too. > > They gave him a guide dog puppy, too, which was good. That was the > first hint that they would be giving him mobility training. > > The most amazing part is that they used the stones from his old > fireplace as the texture for his new bedroom walls. When they explained > this to him he got very emotional and nobody could understand why he was > so overwhelmed by such a little thing until he explained that his father > had hand-picked each of those stones for their fireplace in the old > house. Nobody on the building team had known that and here was this > reminder of his father that he could literally touch every day. That's > the LORD boys and girls! > > Anyway, let me know what you thought of all this and if you think it > gives you some ideas to make your own homes more accessible. You can > find the website at: > http://abc.go.com/primetime/xtremehome/ > > Paul > > > ------=_NextPart_000_006B_01C54EFE.3BE99270 > Content-Type: text/html; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > > > charset=3Diso-8859-1"> > > > > > Hi, Lion of god Paul asked me to share = > this on the=20 > list. > > My thoughts were tipicle I = > guess. > Do they expect this guy to wall himself = > up in this=20 > property and never to have to deal with the outside world? > This makeover/fix what we perceive as = > being wrong=20 > with you thing is crazy as always! > blah blah blah. > Media thribes, on controversy though, = > so it would=20 > only feed them to complain. > > Forwarded message starts = > here, > Hey, Matt > > Can you forward this note to = > E-church? =20 > Whenever I try e-mailing everybody individually I miss some and get a = > bunch=20 > of bounced back messages. > > There was a two-hour special on Extreme = > Home=20 > Makeover tonight about a guy who was shot in an act of random = > violence and=20 > ended up totally blind in both eyes. It only happened = > four months=20 > ago and he and his wife are still in shock. Even though his = > brother and=20 > fiancee have moved in to help with the kids the wife says she has too = > many=20 > things to do to clean up the house, so the blind guy trips over = > everything=20 > all the time. All he really needs is mobility training but they = > are=20 > redesigning the whole house for him to make it safer and less = > crowded. =20 > They also got a blind designer who helped them out. They're = > making as=20 > much as they can voice activated so that he can control things by = > voice=20 > commands. > > Another thing they did was make = > different textures=20 > on the walls in different parts of the house so he could orient = > himself to=20 > where he was in the house easier (note that he's not using a cane for = > > mobility, just wandering around with his hands). They did show = > a child=20 > demonstrating mobility with a cane, though. > > Since the guy was a golfer before going = > blind they=20 > hooked him up with the United States Blind Golfer's Association to = > show how=20 > he can continue golfing blind. Their motto is: "You don't = > have to=20 > see it to tee it!" > > Another cool item they used was a color = > reader that=20 > could read the color of towels, for example, and the computer will = > speak what=20 > color it was. > > The computer was like Star Trek. = > You say=20 > "Hello, computer. Shut off master bedroom lights" and the = > computer=20 > responds "I have turned off master bedroom lights." He can = > control the=20 > microwave, the phone, e-mail, house security and lots more with the = > computer=20 > all by voice. > > They put in a textured walkway so he = > could find his=20 > way to the front door, as well as wind chimes so he could hear where = > the=20 > front door was from a distance and water features in the backyard so = > he could=20 > navigate his way back there. > > Inside there are carpet runners going = > through the=20 > house so he knows wherever he goes as long as he stays on the carpet = > he is on=20 > a clear track to get from one room to another. They did a = > similar=20 > pathway in the backyard and an accessible golf course for him,=20 > too. > > They gave him a guide dog puppy, too, = > which was=20 > good. That was the first hint that they would be giving him = > mobility=20 > training. > > The most amazing part is that they used = > the stones=20 > from his old fireplace as the texture for his new bedroom = > walls. When=20 > they explained this to him he got very emotional and nobody could = > understand=20 > why he was so overwhelmed by such a little thing until he explained = > that his=20 > father had hand-picked each of those stones for their fireplace in = > the=20 > old house. Nobody on the building team had known that and here = > was=20 > this reminder of his father that he could literally touch every = > day. =20 > That's the LORD boys and girls! > > Anyway, let me know what you thought of = > all this=20 > and if you think it gives you some ideas to make your own homes more=20 > accessible. You can find the website at: > href=3D"http://abc.go.com/primetime/xtremehome/">http://abc.go.com/primet= > ime/xtremehome/ > > Paul > > > > ------=_NextPart_000_006B_01C54EFE.3BE99270--