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:
“A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.”
—Havelock Ellis (1859–1939)
“For the “superior morality” of which we hear so much, we too would desire to be thankful: at the same time, it were but blindness to deny that this “superior morality” is properly rather an “inferior criminality” produced not by greater love of Virtue, but by greater perfection of Police; and of that far subtler and stronger Police, called Public Opinion.”
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)