Other Beliefs About Blindness
In the NFB, it is said that "the real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight. The real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of information that exist." The NFB strives to help blind persons achieve self-confidence and self-respect through collective action by the organized blind speaking for the blind. Through a variety of programs and self-advocacy, the NFB educates the public that the blind are normal individuals who can compete on terms of equality. The NFB works to remove misconceptions and lack of information about blindness through education and creation of imaginative solutions to enable full integration of blind people into society.
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Famous quotes containing the words beliefs and/or blindness:
“Airplanes are invariably scheduled to depart at such times as 7:54, 9:21 or 11:37. This extreme specificity has the effect on the novice of instilling in him the twin beliefs that he will be arriving at 10:08, 1:43 or 4:22, and that he should get to the airport on time. These beliefs are not only erroneous but actually unhealthy.”
—Fran Lebowitz (b. 1950)
“It is unheard-of, uncivilized barbarism that any woman should still be forced to bear such monstrous torture. It should be remedied. It should be stopped. It is simply absurd that, with our modern science, painless childbirth does not exist as a matter of course.... I tremble with indignation when I think of ... the unspeakable egotism and blindness of men of science who permit such atrocities when they can be remedied.”
—Isadora Duncan (1878–1927)