[blindkid] Girl Scout Materials

[Bonnie]

Quick google search led to this, I can't open it on my phone (slow
connection), but looks promising. The *Braille* Group of Buffalo > Home
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*braille*group.org

The *Braille* Group of Buffalo has made available Boy *Scout* and Girl
*Scout**materials* along with *Braille* *...*

On Thursday, October 9, 2014, Brandy W., with Discovery Toys via blindkid <
blindkid at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Have you checked bookshare? Some NLS offices have it as well.
>
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> Hi, been through that, very very frustrating!!! my daughter was in GS for a
> bit (5 or 4 yrs ago) and they were not very accommodating, unbelievable
> given what they stand for. We finally got a brailled book but it was not
> the
> right one, I returned it to them. No one in the organization cared and we
> knocked on many doors of the upper management. For this and other reasons
> we
> gave up and my daughter quit since she did not feel included.
> When you complain to the organization they make it "a project" as if that
> needed to be so. If I remember correctly there was a disability resource
> officer or something like that. You got to keep on googleing til you find
> the right person to talk to in your state. They might now have some digital
> formats for some of their material that jaws can access.
>
> Best wishes to you,
>
>
> Heidi
>
>
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> Subject: [blindkid] Girl Scout Materials
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>
> Hi all.  I'm a bit frustrated with the fact that I am unable to find the
> girl scout materials in any kind of accessible format.  My youngest is a
> Brownie, and my oldest is a Cadet, and I have yet to find anything I can
> work with.  Even the books have been not able to be scanned with Openbook.
> I am blind as well, and anything I know to do to transcribe isn't working.
> Am I missing something, or is this a problem for othersas well?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Linda C
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