[blindkid] New to NFB, I would love to hear some personal highlights from those who went to the 2012 convention.

Penny Duffy pennyduffy at gmail.com
Tue Jul 10 04:49:36 UTC 2012


Kim,

Welcome.

My daughter 8 year old daughter became blind about two years ago.  One of
the very best things I have done is getting invovled with the NOPBC
(National Organization of Parents of Blind Children) and the NFB.  In case
you don't know the NOPBC is the parent's division of the NFB.  Its the best
resource a parent can have.

I am a little tired so I hope my answer is clear.  I love convention.  I
know we hope to go to every single convention we can.

The NOPBC conference is a wonderful event than generally  has some going on
from for the first 4 days of the Convention.
Some of the highlights of this years conference



1. a wonderful style for the kids.  This was something new thing year but
it was wonderful to see the kids show their pride of walk down showing
their outfits and answering questions.

2. Kid Talk with Dr Maurer (who is the national president of the NFB) He
gets right on the floor and answers all kinds of questions from the kids.

3.  A wonderful IEP information session I have learned new things every
single year.

4. Other wonderful topics in work shops.  Including the ones about reading.


5. Two wonderful panels one with collage age kids and the other with
younger kids.  The kids steal the show.

6.  Everything else. There is nothing that isn't valuable or useful Nothing
beats being able to show your child great blind role models.

7. How did I forget the braille book fair.  If you want to see a singular
event that shows that braille is far from outdated or dead then this is for
you.  Its a frenzy filled and overwhelming experience that is
a celebration of literacy. My daughter left with 3 large boxes of books.

I know i missed something. I haven't writen my blog post for this years
convention.

I know looking at the whole NFB convention can seem like too much but
really if its possible i would stay for the the whole thing and go to all
the general sessions.  There is always great speakers and it also helps you
understand how the NFB does its business and how it works. I know my first
year I saw it extra. It didn't seem seem important. It is VERY important.
There is also other great meeting going on other days but i never have time
to do everything.  It is not possible to do everything. Visiting the
exhibit hall is always great. I saw some great new products and nothing
beat seeing something in person.

I bet there will be some articles about this years convention in both
Future Reflections and the Braille Monitor. So keep on the look out for
that. I imagine the August Braille monitor and the the next Future
Reflections (which comes out a few times a year) will go over some of the
stuff of this years convention.

Here is a link to last years Future Reflections
http://nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/fr/fr30/4/fr3004tc.htm   under the
personal reflections you will find one writen by me which was my first
convention experience.

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--Penny
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On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 11:56 PM, Kimberly Ruffin <nursekimber94 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
> I'm new to the NFB, our two youngest children are VI our daughter who is 5
> has CVI. Our son is 4 with bilateral detached retinas. We plan on going to
> this years Ohio convention and next year's national convention. I would
> love to hear from parents who have been.
> Thanks,
> Kim Ruffin
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