[blindkid] Issues of blind adults

[Carol Castellano]

Hi Adrijana,

You are so right--we need to join together to create a better world for
blind people, children and
adults.  That is what the NFB has been doing for so many years and why we
have divisions for
parents, teachers, and many others.  One of the tenets of NFB activities is
collective action,
when we join together to make change.  This is why we go to Washington
every year, why we
have training centers, and why we hold our seminars, workshops, and
convention activities.

It can feel as if there is a lot against us, but together we will keep
working to make change.
 And don't forget the famous Federation slogan--the war's not over till we
win!

Warm wishes,
Carol

Carol Castellano
Parents of Blind Children-NJ
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
973-377-0976
carol_castellano at verizon.net
www.blindchildren.org
www.nopbc.org

On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 1:49 PM, adrijana prokopenko via blindkid <
blindkid at nfbnet.org> wrote:

>  Don't mean to make anyone feel bad by this post, but I have a feeling
> that the unemployment of the blind all over the world is extremely
> high, even among blind intelectuals. I guess the reasons for this
> vary, but I often hear stories of how blind people get discriminated
> and are denied jobs just because they are blind, not to mention that
> may get low paid jobs or jobs way away from their homes that they
> often refuse, because of lack of support regarding transportation.
> Some still get jobs and are successful, but in order to keep solving
> this problem together, I think we need to unite and keep supporting
> the rest who need support. The more of us there are, the better it is
> and if we also get the lawyers, the parents, teachers  and others to
> keep supporting us in whatever way possible, I think that this would
> help us go forward in many ways. Not many parents of blind children
> are rich to have business established, but if you happen to have some,
> know of others who do or could get the word across to as many people
> as possible about these problems, hope you can really do so and even
> maybe join the NFB jobs list and contribute there. If you also wish to
> join my facebook group, you can look it up as:
> Jobs for the blind
>
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