THOUGHT LIST MEMBERS MAY BE INTERESTED IN THE FOLLOWING CUTTING FROM
YESTERDAY'S GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER.
The second story showed how blindness can and should be seen. In
Paris, a group of blind people have opened a temporary restaurant,
called Gout du Noir. In a darkened cellar, blind waiters serve sighted
visitors food they cannot see. Here, it's the sighted diners who are
in the dark, unable to read the menu, fumbling for their food, losing
their knives and forks, spilling their wine. And it's the blind people
who are confident and in control. It's about time there were more
images of people with disabilities directing and helping others,
rather than always being the recipients of other people's pity and
aid.
THE GUARDIAN
PAGE 5
Copyright (C) Guardian Newspapers Ltd, 1984-1997
Bryan Matthews
Research officer
Institute for Transport Studies
Leeds University
Leeds
LS2 9JT
England
+44 113 2335341
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