[fcb-l] Drug rehab centers for the blind?

[Kirk]

Mike, your so right! I, while in Orlando, invited the Mayor and his aides to 
my home with all our other blind advocate leaders for an open conversation 
about our city and what we nneed to see happen. I asked him in his opinion 
what we could do to dispell the myth of ourselves to the sightedcitizens of 
Orlando. His answer was for us to get more involved with the city functions, 
get on boards, volunteer for city and county activities, events, etc. I so 
agreed with him. I believe the only way we can dispell the sighteds 
misconcepted ideas of who we are and what we are capable of is by sitting 
right beside them on a day to day and let them get to understand that we 
take in oxygen to live just like they do! We need to be out in our 
communities more and less on websites complaining about it all to each other 
however, don't you u agree? I am not saying that we all do, but all of us 
know of many that do when they could be out advocating through speech or 
simply exposure! Your friend in the cause, Kirk

Mike, BTW, give me a call when your free about the  FDCP used equipment 
program! KH


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mike Ulrich
  To: fcb-l at acb.org
  Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2011 1:03 PM
  Subject: Re: [fcb-l] Drug rehab centers for the blind?


  Kirk,
  I agree.
  Sighted people often forget that we are just normal, whatever that means, 
people.

  I always try to talk to people that I meet, in a way that really portrays 
me as a regular ordinary shmuck!
  I believe this works very well to dispel the myth that blind people are 
"special" or "different".

  I don't think that sighted people are afraid, per say, of blind people. 
But maybe they are a bit scared, that it could happen to them.
  I say, " Hell, they don't know what they are missing!"

  We all need to get out in the public and talk to everyone so they know 
that we are just like the rest of the inhabitants of this planet!
  We just can't see, that's all.

  Thanks,... Mike
  Michael Ulrich
  President
  SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
  COUNCIL OF THE BLIND
  Phone: 239-540-7431


    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Kirk
    To: fcb-l at acb.org
    Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2011 12:42 PM
    Subject: Re: [fcb-l] Drug rehab centers for the blind?


    Mike, it just shows how much work we still have to do to get to the 
sighted people to teach them that we are simply people, just as they are 
with a blind disability and nothing more! Drugs react to our systems just 
like theirs for heavens sake! our systems metabolisms
       isn't any different than theirs! We need to move around them more 
often on day to day activities and situations so they can finally see and 
realize we are normal, intelligent, capable, and most of all, functional 
individuals just like themselves!  We, as they have individuals that have 
personal issues as well, such as drug abuse, alcoholism, eating disorders, 
etc. They need to realize that our blind community is nothing more than a 
microcosm of themselves and nothing more! Your friend in the cause, Kirk

      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Mike Ulrich
      To: fcb-l at acb.org
      Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2011 8:10 AM
      Subject: [fcb-l] Drug rehab centers for the blind?


      Hi everyone.
      Yesterday, while I was in front of a Circle K selling the FCB raffle 
tickets.
      A gentleman told me that he knew of a friend in New Jersey who needed 
to check into some kind of drug rehab center after deciding that after years 
of drug abuse, he was finally ready to get the help to quit.

      His friend was visually impaired. Believe it or not, he said that 
there was not a facility in the whole state of New Jersey that would take a 
blind individual for drug rehab treatment. They wound up taking him to a 
place in Vermont!

      So my question to this group is, does this sound true?
      And most importantly, can this actually happen in the state of 
Florida?
      If a person finally decides to get the help to save their life and 
then they get denied treatment, because they are blind?
      This really shocked me. But perhaps the man telling me all this left 
something out. I don't know.
      So, has anyone heard anything like this?

      I truly hope this kind of thing, is NOT happening anywhere!

      Thanks,... Mike
      Michael Ulrich
      President
      SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
      COUNCIL OF THE BLIND
      Phone: 239-540-7431


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