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

[Patricia A. Lipovsky]

I agree Mike.  The more we get out there and interact with the public, the better.  

 
  ----- 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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