[Blindtlk] Tourism Research

[David Andrews]

WE have a travel and tourism list which might be a good place to ask:

http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/travelandtourism_nfbnet.org

to join.

Dave

At 08:35 AM 10/28/2013, you wrote:
>Hi everyone!
>My name is Mihai Plavitu and I am a student at Aalborg
>University, Denmark, Master of Tourism. I am 
>interested in making a tourism research for
>the visually impaired tourists. I already did a research on ways of traveling
>and barriers for tourists with visual impairments. I always thought that such
>researches should be made in cooperation with 
>the persons in cause and for this
>reason I would like to hear your opinions and your suggestions for further
>research related to tourism. What issues do you 
>think should be analysed in the
>academic literature?
>
>Thank you and I am looking forward to hear from you.
>
>
>
>
>În Luni, 28 Octombrie 2013 13:02:34, 
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>    1. Re: an awkward experience (Carly Mihalakis)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 11:49:16 -0700
>From: Carly Mihalakis <carlymih at comcast.net>
>To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>,    'Blind Talk Mailing
>     List' <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] an awkward experience
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>Good morning, Michael,
>
>          Let it go,  knowing of your helping that
>woman to feel psychically whole, and righteous.
>Wasn't serving as the object of her prairful
>fervor, little to no sweat off your
>ass?Personally, I always assume a passive
>demeanor when people wish to excercise their
>prayer rituals around, or about me. Through
>praying rituals is not how I happen to
>communicate with my spiritual side, but i
>completely respect those whom needto feel they
>are being spiritual by excercising a lil' prayer nor, ought you.
>
>David W. (ESC) wrote:
> >First, you are going to meet people like this.
> >Whether one is religious or not, and no matter
> >what path you choose there are those who insist
> >that they absolutely must inflict their beliefs
> >upon you. Now I tried to be kind the first fifty
> >or sixty times, I am no longer so. I have had
> >strangers insist upon healing me on busses,
> >street corners, grocery stores, and once in a
> >bathroom. If you wish to be kind, remind her of
> >Paul's idea that prayer should be something done
> >quietly and in private. If you are feeling less
> >charitable, when asked if she can pray for you,
> >just tell her no, and ignore her. If she
> >persists, go find the manager and complain. Not
> >being a Biblical scholar, I do remember a passage that reads
> >"he who knows not, and knows not he knows not, he is a fool, shun him."
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Michael
> >Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 8:24 AM
> >To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> >Subject: [Blindtlk] an awkward experience
> >
> >Good morning folks,  I lost my sight six years
> >ago and went through a very dark time for a
> >couple of years and eventually became
> >comfortable with who I am and have since then
> >gone on to do most of what I did before.
> >
> >But I had an experience yesterday that I
> >didn???t know how to handle.  I was at the gym
> >and had just completed an hour of cardio.  I was
> >sitting at a table located in the center of the
> >gym floor cooling down when a woman began a
> >conversation with me.  She said that she was
> >sitting at the table also (which I doubt) and
> >that God had put her there to talk to me and
> >that she was an evangelist.   She asked if she
> >could talk to me.  When I answered in the
> >affirmative she stood next to me, took my hand
> >in both of her hands, and began praying over
> >me.  She asked God to help this poor  child,
> >saying that Jesus had healed the sick, cured the
> >blind, and raised the dead.  She prayed for over
> >a minute (at least it felt like), using verbage
> >that I only hear on Sunday morning.  Then she
> >finished and left me sitting there.  I was
> >shocked and didn???t know what to say.  I let
> >her do her thing thinking that I had probably
> >made her feel positive about herself by helping
> >???this poor child???.  Understand that I am a
> >christian but have never had such an
> >embarrassing display since losing my sight.  Has
> >this happened to others, and how did you handle such a display?
> >
> >Michael