Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Allen Jenkins on the Attitudes and Activities of the Organized Blind
California, particularly the Bay Area, has been the central locale or an interesting and possibly prephetic social movement, the self-organisation of blind persons to promote the idea that given proper training and job opportunities, most blind people can become self-supporting and independent, without need for further charitable services. Institutions and agencieslggg the blind, usually spearheaded by sighted persons, have had a long history which began in Europe and continued in the United States, especially on the East Coast. These agencies, either governmental or private, try to help the blind by providing a general education and educational aids such as raised type books; by teaching handcrarts; perhaps by establishing sheltered workshsps where the blind may earn some money; and by providing recreational facili ties. The blind admit these are worthy objectives, but some or the leaders have felt that these agencies are actually working places for do-gooders who are wedded to the idea that the blind are and must remain helpless and dependent and, indeed, that their very lack of sight makes them in some way less mentally competent than the rest or the population.
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