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]]> By: Loana Mason http://brltrans.edublogs.org/2005/10/17/hi-blog-and-readers-didja-miss-me/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Loana Mason Tue, 18 Oct 2005 14:57:46 +0000 http://brltrans.edublogs.org/2005/10/17/hi-blog-and-readers-didja-miss-me/#comment-65 Shelia, It was great seeing you at APH (American Printing House for the Blind). By the way, what does ftf mean? Apparently, I'm not up-to-date on all my alphabet soup acronyms. I've read the cat analogy. Whenever I read this, I always think about the issue of inclusion versus residential schools. It is easy for me to see why the field of severe disabilities cut the cat loose because of the way this population was treated in institutions. However, schools for the blind were the first advocates for people who are blind and visually impaired. I just hope we don't keep tying up the cat because of this rich history. I know the education system is not perfect (both public schools and residential schools), but if we keep giving public schools an escape, the chance is that they will never take proper accountability for addressing the needs of learners with visual impairments (IMHO). Shelia,

It was great seeing you at APH (American Printing House for the Blind). By the way, what does ftf mean? Apparently, I’m not up-to-date on all my alphabet soup acronyms.

I’ve read the cat analogy. Whenever I read this, I always think about the issue of inclusion versus residential schools. It is easy for me to see why the field of severe disabilities cut the cat loose because of the way this population was treated in institutions. However, schools for the blind were the first advocates for people who are blind and visually impaired. I just hope we don’t keep tying up the cat because of this rich history. I know the education system is not perfect (both public schools and residential schools), but if we keep giving public schools an escape, the chance is that they will never take proper accountability for addressing the needs of learners with visual impairments (IMHO).

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