[Cabs-talk] Request for input

[Diane Vlasoff]

Mary,

You misunderstand. I am not looking for free material, and I am well aware
of what the nfbc is and is not able to do. 

What I thought the NFB is able to do is outreach to the newly impacted.  Is
it politically incorrect to ask the collective knowledge the NFB possesses
be shared in the effort to develop programs which will impact blind
students? Although I am blind I refuse to arrogantly assume that I have the
answers for the entire population. I, therefore, asked my community for
input. If you have any practical advice on outreach other than braille I
would love to know. This is not an issue of reading braille, the newly
impacted, and those with degenerative diseases may not have adequate skills
for braille to be of substantial benefit.  Even now with my own braille
skills I do not, and I venture others do not either, run my fingers across
every surface as a sighted person touches the environment visually. I am
simply attempting to include the needs of our community into the larger
conversation with credibility. This being the CABS list serve I thought that
the student on this list might have ideas on the best ways to incorporate
our needs as we plan for the widest impact of our program.

Thank you again for your consideration.

Diane 
-----Original Message-----
From: cabs-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:cabs-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Mary Willows
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 6:08 PM
To: California Association of Blind Students Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Cabs-talk] Request for input

Hi Diane:
I would suggest that you contact the San Francisco Lighthouse for the Blind 
to see if they would transcribe the information into braille and large 
print.  We do not do that.  Our mission is to improve the lives of blind 
people.  We quite often do that by referring agencies so they can make 
information accessible but we don't diseminate flyers or posters..
Good luck
----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Diane Vlasoff" <vlasoff at roadrunner.com>
To: "'California Association of Blind Students Mailing List'" 
<cabs-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 5:21 PM
Subject: [Cabs-talk] Request for input


> Hi everyone,
>
> I am a graduate student in Guidance and Counseling. We have been assigned 
> a
> project to increase awareness of and support of the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay,
> bisexual, transgender and questioning) community. In an effort to reduce
> bullying of this community my group members and I have been tasked to
> develop a program designed to foster support and diminish bullying. To 
> that
> end the team members have developed a poster campaign designed to increase
> visual recognition of those faculty, staff and student personnel who are
> prepared to provide "safe haven" for students experiencing bullying due to
> their sexual identity. The campaign is well thought through and will be, 
> we
> believe, an asset to our college community. My question to you is this: 
> What
> do you believe would be the best way to disseminate this information to 
> our
> blind and visually disabled students? I, for one do not see enough to 
> notice
> posters. I believe that with forethought, and your assistance this
> subpopulation of the lgbtq community can receive the same benefits as 
> their
> sighted peers.
>
> I look forward to your thoughts, and appreciate your assistance.
>
> Diane Vlasoff
>
>
>
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