[BlindTlk] Inclusion of the Blind

Tue Oct 30 01:51:09 UTC 2018

Involving the blind that you do know and maybe contacting some agency that service them Dash and I know there are places like book rehab which cannot share – but lions and senior centers. Get these folks interests and work off that. It seems to me that seniors are more likely to attend the events you’re describing then younger people. I do think that combining disabilities can work, but you have to have a mission statement which expressly explains your purpose, population and so on. What organization up here in Wisconsin does have gualball, beep baseball, but also offers adaptive skiing, horseback riding and adapted other activities for people who are in wheelchairs. If you Google Wisconsin bold, you will see how they have a variety of activities for specifically the blind. This organization is run by the Blind board supported by southeastern Wisconsin Lions clubs. There is another organization located in Milwaukee which I can’t recall, but they do a lot of adaptive things for all disabilities and people of all abilities come.

One nice thing about Wisconsin is that many times there are things like a fun and fit fair or senior expo wear groups can meet interested individuals wonder 1. Kenosha county, kenosha WI has a amazing fun and fit fair for people with disabilities every October. With a little googling you may be able to find it. I don’t know what happen this year because I’ve moved out of the county.

My brain is kind of burned out so I apologize if this is kind of rambling. I just know that I would attend something that was teaching me how to do something new like crafting or yoga. I’ve been to enough bonfires that it doesn’t interest me anymore.

Ericka Short
1750 Fordem Ave. #508
Madison WI 53704
H: 608-665-3170
C: 262-434-0817
 from my iPhone 6+

> On Oct 29, 2018, at 4:26 PM, J w via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> 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!
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>    On Monday, October 29, 2018, 4:19:32 PM EDT, Paul via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:  
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> 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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> -------- Original Message --------
> 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>
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> Paul:
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> 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?
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> Thanks,
> 
> Chris Nusbaum
> 
>> On Oct 22, 2018, at 12:51 PM, Paul via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> 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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