Timeless Women See Through
Blindness
|
Donna Hill |
There are thousands
of people in this country who need a voice to speak up for them.
They are silent and suffer prejudice from a society that sees them
as disabled, because they are blind.
Donna Hill is that
voice. She rejects what she calls, "the pity factor." Donna was
born legally blind with Retinitis Pigmentosa. She was
the first blind student mainstreamed in her public school and
suffered bullying and denial of aids that would help her learn. She
did not learn Braille until after she graduated from college.
Refusing to sink into feeling "handicapped," she became a recording
artist, a journalist and an outspoken advocate for blind people
everywhere.
Now a volunteer for
the nonprofit Performing Arts Division of the National Federation
of the Blind (NFB), Donna uses her talents to spread the word about
the many capabilities of blind people and the desperate need for
teaching blind children Braille and other non-visual skills.
The Center for
Disease Control predicts the number of blind adults will triple by
the year 2050 because of adult onset diabetes. Donna's message is
now more important than ever before.
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