He was first elected President of the National Federation of the Blind in 1986, and has been re-elected on five subsequent occasions. He is regarded as one of the most experienced and knowledgeable attorneys in the United States regarding the laws, precedents, and administrative rulings concerning civil rights and discrimination against the blind. The blind are a minority from the standpoint of socialization in the community. Laws have been created to offer equality opportunity to the blind. Civil rights in the modern day implies force.
Force creates backlash.
Implementation of quotas creates hostility, which decreases opportunities for the blind. The result is that sometimes the implementation of civil rights legislation lessens the capacity of blind people to achieve equality. The lecture takes place at the Examination School, High Street, from 5pm on Wednesday 16 February. Any media wishing to attend the lecture, contact the University Press Office on 01865 280528. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1974, and then enrolled at the University of Indiana School of Law, where he received his Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1977.