[Blindtlk] Looking for Blind Gym Teacher

[Mike Freeman]

Chris:

Allen Harris (husband of Joy Harris, President of NFB of AL) was a wrestling
coach in a public high school. Not quite the same thing but close.

Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of David
Andrews
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 9:43 PM
To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Blindtlk] Looking for Blind Gym Teacher

Please write Chris, not me or this list.


>From: "Chris Kuell" <ckuell at comcast.net>
>To: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
>Subject: NFB list notice?
>Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 14:30:54 -0500
>Hi Dave,
>
>Chris Kuell, president of the Danbury Chapter of the NFB of CT here. 
>In short, I met a newly blind woman 2 weeks ago, and we had lunch 
>yesterday. She's been a high school gym teacher for 27 years, and now 
>she's being railroaded out of her job because of her blindness.
>I've reached out to several NFB members for legal advice, but I'd also 
>like to find a blind gym teacher, if there is one out there, for her to 
>talk to. And I thought you would be the guy to help me look, although I 
>don't want to break any NFB protocol. If it's okay to send the 
>following to the member lists, I'd sure appreciate it.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Chris
>
>
>Subject: Looking for a blind Phys Ed instructor
>
>Hello,
>
>This is Chris Kuell, a longtime NFB member. I recently met a newly 
>blind woman who has been a high school physical education teacher for 
>27 years. After only a few months back on the job, her school 
>administrator has given her the ultimatum to retire on disability or be 
>terminated.
>
>I'm looking for a blind gym teacher to talk with her about how he/she 
>does their job, any accommodations, words of wisdom, advice, and so on. 
>Please contact me at  <mailto:ckuell at comcast.net>ckuell at comcast.net
>
>Thank you.
>
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