🚀 go-pugleaf

Index Number: 26356

[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

First, let me say that I am not trying to change your opinion of
residential schools, especially for yourself.  I would, however,
like you to consider the fact that a national residential school
for the blind with an enrollment of 250 would need only five
students from each of the fifty states.  Please excuse me for
saying so, but it appears as if you are basing your beliefs about
residential schools entirely on the basis of what would be good for
a child like we were.  That's just not taking into consideration
the fact that we all have different needs.  Five blind children
from each state going to a residential school that caters to blind
children with high scholastic abilities who may not have an
environment in his or her own, perhaps, very small town which would
enable him or her to excel would not harm the state residential
schools for the multi handicapped blind child, nor would it harm
the main streaming concept in the least.  It would just give one
more option to best meet the needs of a small number of capable
blind children unable to cope because of home or other
environmental disabilities that you and I do not have.  Please
expand your thinking to include the needs of others not quite as
lucky as we are.  Gaining total acceptance can only be achieved by
totally accepting others.

--
Uucp: ..!uunet!bunker!hcap!hnews!215!99!Bob.Humbert
Internet: Bob.Humbert@f99.n215.z1.fidonet.org