[acb-hsp] video I saw on NY Times

[Abels, Arnold V.]

HI all
I looked at this video and wanted to share it as I found  the message about vision loss and blindness disheartening. While it portrays (economic, transportation, societal,, etc.) challenges that many individuals with vision loss face each day, including the sigma, discrimination, access barriers, etc. it left it at "hopeless". While I appreciate the realities that some individuals with disabilities cannot work FT and a few cannot work at all, I was left disheartened by the incomplete message of hopelessness. It was sad that none of the resources available to the blind were highlighted, the initiatives and benefits of having a diverse workforce, planting seeds that there is hope, options, even in the midst of the realities of very real challenges was a message that was hard to hear and that continues in the battle for inclusion. It was striking how the connection of the student debt was tied exclusively to vision loss as a primary reason, most sadly by the man himself and the hopelessness he acknowledges. If you are interested in looking at it I Hope the video plays and streams to the start of the story as there are other news segments on the link as well.  

Perhaps I am just ironically reflecting on the Labor Day holiday. 

May we all know we have great things to offer the world.
Yours, 
Arnie
 

Video: Certainty of Hopelessness
One of the only ways to shed student loan debt, even in bankruptcy, is to be found "hopeless" by the court. Doug Wallace, who is now legally blind and owes $89,000, is awaiting a ruling.
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2012/08/31/business/100000001727793/certainty-of-hopelessness.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=thab1_20120901