[BlindTlk] Inclusion of the Blind

[J w]

 Hello!I am going to attempt to respond the message; I hope I am doing this correctly. As far as activities for blind pple goes, I think that blind people can use different ways to be active. I do agree though that the nfb is a great way for the blind and visually impaired to socialize.Thanks and have a great week!
        
    On Monday, October 29, 2018, 4:19:32 PM EDT, Paul via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:  
 
 Thank you for your replies. Judy is right, I was toogeneral.  Over the years of being involved in the NFB there have been challengesto states that combined or intended to combine rehab services for the Blindwith other disabilities because the Blind always come out the losers. I am wonderingif that is true across the board with other activities. A group I work with just recently did a bonfire and only oneperson who is blind except myself showed up. Next month we are hosting abowling night. We are expecting a low turnout from the blind community. I am wonderingif there are reasons I am overlooking and if we should plan on separateactivities.

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Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Inclusion of the Blind
From: Chris Nusbaum via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Mon, October 22, 2018 10:03 am
To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Chris Nusbaum <cnusbaumnfb at gmail.com>

Paul:

This is very interesting question. From what I can gather it seems that you might be talking about paratransit or some other general service for people with disabilities, but we don’t have the information we need to give you the best feedback possible. Could you tell us more about the specific organization in question so we can better help?

Thanks,

Chris Nusbaum

> On Oct 22, 2018, at 12:51 PM, Paul via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Greetings to all!
> An organization that provides activities for people with disabilities has not seen much success in including the blind. They would like my recommendations for improving their inclusion of the Blind. I have my own list of obstacles but would like the input of others to learn what I am overlooking.
> I am legally blind and have sat out many visual activities, witnessed a dog injured and a cane broken by wheel chairs, and cognitively impaired people attempting to lead people who are blind. 
> I would appreciate your input, either on the list or to paul at blindonline.org. If anyone has experienced a successful inclusion of disabilities, please send me your observations. If anyone can steer me toward research done on this topic, your help would also be sincerely appreciated. Thank you! Paul Weingartner
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