[Cabs] Cabs Digest, Vol 28, Issue 15
Monika Reinholz
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Thu May 21 18:22:51 UTC 2009
Lisa, It is awesome you are interested in CABS. I couldnt tell you about CABS any better than Marty but I am here to assist you since Im in Colorado Springs. It am also very excited that the CSDB seminar went so well and we are getting many interested students. I can't wait to assist with the next one in June. Also, the mentoring idea is a great one and I would love to help with that as well. I hope to see you all at our next CABS meeting, which is this Sunday right? Please let me know when and where so I can be there.
Monika Reinholz
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 15:48:25 -0600
> From: Lisa Felix <lisadee1063 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [Cabs] All about CABS
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> Hello Everyone,
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> Would someone please tell me what CABS is all about?
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> Thanks,
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> Lisa
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 22:14:18 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Amy Sabo <amylsabo at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [Cabs] All about CABS
> To: Colorado Association of Blind Students List <cabs at nfbnet.org>
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> hello lisa,
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> this is wonderful that you want to learn more about cabs and that you are thinking of joining this organization. cabs is also known as the colorado association of blind students is a division of the national federation of the blind of colorado and also a part of our parent organiization the national association of blind students.
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> cabs is also a organization which is comprised of blind students in all parts of the state who are students in all academic fields in educating the public about blindness and showing that blind students can also compete on terms of equality with our sighted peers.
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> cabs also works on advacy, readers, lab assistance, and other methods of using alternative techniques in the classroom in getting the tasks and jobs done. i hope this has helped you out. i'm sure others here on this list can also chime in also with more information about the organization.
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> take care and i will talk to you soon!
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>
> hugs,
> from amy
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: Lisa Felix
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> To: cabs at nfbnet.org
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> Sent: Wed, 20 May 2009 21:48:25 +0000 (UTC)
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> Subject: [Cabs] All about CABS
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> Hello Everyone,
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> Would someone please tell me what CABS is all about?
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> Thanks,
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> Lisa
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 22:51:32 -0600
> From: "Marty Rahn" <marty.rahn at juno.com>
> Subject: Re: [Cabs] All about CABS
> To: "Colorado Association of Blind Students List" <cabs at nfbnet.org>
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> Hello lisa,
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> My name is Marty Rahn, and I am the current CABS President. i'd first like
> to welcome you to the list. Secondly, I'd like to answer your question.
>
> The Colorado Association of Blind Students, (CABS), is a devision of the
> National Federation of the Blind of Colorado, as well as of the National
> Association of Blind Students, (NABS). Our main purpose is to be a group in
> which blind students from all across our state can network with others and
> discuss issues they may be dealing with as blind students. We also are in
> the process of beginning a mentor program for students. We provide
> information and resources on where to obtain adaptive equipment such as
> canes or recorded textbooks for school to name a few. We also put on
> seminars in order to reach out to and share our collective body of knowledge
> with others. In short, our organization is a group for blind students run
> by blind students. I hope this answers your question. If not, please feel
> free to get in touch with me at
> marty.rahn at juno.com. I can also be reached via phone at
> (970) 353-5067.
>
> Cordially,
> marty Rahn
> President, Colorado Association of Blind Students,
> Vice president, National Federation of The Blind of Colorado (greeley
> Chapter)
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lisa Felix" <lisadee1063 at hotmail.com>
> To: <cabs at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 3:48 PM
> Subject: [Cabs] All about CABS
>
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> Hello Everyone,
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> Would someone please tell me what CABS is all about?
>
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>
> Thanks,
>
> Lisa
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 23:04:22 -0600
> From: "Marty Rahn" <marty.rahn at juno.com>
> Subject: Re: [Cabs] Successful Seminar at CSDB
> To: "Colorado Association of Blind Students List" <cabs at nfbnet.org>
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> Hello Nimer,
> Thank you for your interest in CABS and the NFB in general. it is good to
> hear your perspective, and i am looking forward to getting to know you
> better. I sincerely hope that you can begin attending the conference calls,
> and can help us to further mentoring opportunities at CSDB for the students
> there. Thank you.
> Sincerely,
> Marty Rahn
> President, Colorado Association of Blind Students,
> Vice President, national Federation of The Blind of Colorado (Greeley
> Chapter)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nimer Jaber" <nimerjaber1 at gmail.com>
> To: "Colorado Association of Blind Students List" <cabs at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 11:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [Cabs] Successful Seminar at CSDB
>
>
> > Hello to all CABsters,
> >
> > Firstly, I would like to thank Mr. Nijat Worley for directing me to this
> > association and email list. Nijat and I have known each other for a long
> > time, and we are good friends.
> > My name is Nimer Jaber. Some of you will know who I am, while others do
> > not. I joined this list in the hopes of gaining some knowledge regarding
> > the operations of the Federation and the Colorado Association of Blind
> > Students. Due to working hard to graduate from high school, I have not
> > been as active on the mailing lists as I should have been, however I would
> > like to change that. Also, with the exception of this month, I would like
> > to begin attending the telephone conferences.
> > Introductions aside however, this email grabbed my interest as I was a
> > former CSDB student. I attended the school for three years, and I can tell
> > you that a mentor type program _really would be useful to the students at
> > CSDB. Sure they had mentors, but most of them were older through career
> > connect on AFB's website or through the role model team which again, is
> > comprised of primarily older individuals. I went back to public school,
> > and I can tell you that attending a public school with individuals who can
> > see and attending CSDB where you have no concept of how basic things are
> > accomplished are totally different. To shorten this up, I am planning on
> > attending the CSDB transition program next year in order to receive
> > financial assistance with housing while attending college for Political
> > Science at UCCS. I fully support a mentor type program, and I would fully
> > cooperate in facilitating an exchange of ideas between students on the
> > CSDB campus, staff/administration on the campus and the Colorado Student
> > division leaders/members via phone conference or email list.
> > Please notify me with details of how I can be of assistance, and I will
> > see what I can do. I am known around the CSDB sphere, and wield quite a
> > bit of influence amongst both the student and administration sector.
> >
> > Thank you for your time, and I look forward to any replies regarding this
> > matter.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Nimer Jaber
> >
> > Arielle Silverman wrote:
> >> Hi CABSters,
> >>
> >> We did indeed have an excellent visit to CSDB yesterday, and I was
> >> honored to be a part of it. I think the students' enthusiasm really
> >> reminded all of us why we do the things we do to keep CABS alive.
> >>
> >> I've been thinking a lot about our visit and especially the warm
> >> reception we got from the CSDB officials, and their invitation for us
> >> to come back in September. I think we can do a lot of good by keeping
> >> in touch with these students over the years and, whether or not they
> >> decide to join CABS, offering them our mentorship, wisdom, and
> >> experience.
> >>
> >> I wonder if we can set up a partnership with CSDB and especially the
> >> transitioning students (perhaps juniors, seniors and postgrads) and
> >> maybe match one or two of their students with each of us to continue
> >> contact between our visits? That way we can mentor them while they're
> >> applying to colleges, looking for jobs, etc. I recognize not all of
> >> their students are college-bound but any of them can benefit from
> >> having a blind mentor. I also suspect that more of these students
> >> would be college-bound if they were exposed to successful blind
> >> college students and had the information and resources to pursue a
> >> college education.
> >>
> >> So what do you guys think about setting up this kind of program and
> >> maybe having monthly conference calls for all the CSDB student
> >> participants and mentors, and then arranging visits two or three times
> >> a year with information as well as a fun event?
> >>
> >> This is obviously still an immature idea but, as membership committee
> >> chairman, I would be willing to head this up if a group of you are
> >> interested in participating.
> >>
> >> Arielle
> >>
> >> On 5/16/09, Melissa Green<graduate56 at juno.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Thank you all who participated.
> >>> Thank you to the center for the chocolate coins. They were a hit with
> >>> the
> >>> students.
> >>> Yesterday, five members of cabs hosted a seminar at csdb. 19 students
> >>> participated in three break out sessions. The sessions concerned
> >>> college
> >>> and social issues, Technology, and independent travel. Even though
> >>> these
> >>> were the topics covered. Many times the discussions went deeper than
> >>> those
> >>> topics.
> >>> For example, in the travel group, which I was co-facilitating, we
> >>> discussed
> >>> being picked on in school.
> >>> There were also some humorous moments as well. For example, in the
> >>> social
> >>> group arielle was asked how can you date someone for more than two
> >>> weeks.
> >>> After the break out sessions, we discussed the importnace of the
> >>> national
> >>> federation of the blind and both the colorado asociation of blind
> >>> students
> >>> and the national asociation of blind students. In the beginning of the
> >>> seminar, Mr. Tutt Addressed us all. He informed the students that we
> >>> were
> >>> their rolemodels and that we would be coming back there to be involved
> >>> with
> >>> the students and to discuss their future.
> >>> Mr. Tutt also stayed through out most of the seminar and observed the
> >>> break
> >>> out sessions.
> >>> At the end of the seminar, many of the students gave us their contact
> >>> information and thanked us for coming to be with them on a thursday
> >>> night.
> >>> We have been invited to do another seminar on September 17th and to
> >>> participate in some way in their homecoming activities on the 19th.
> >>> i believe that everyone in volved left the activity center in a very
> >>> good
> >>> mood. As well as feeling more inspired and energized.
> >>> Melissa Green
> >>> The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass
> >>> yourself and to be worthy of your own approval.
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> Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 00:58:59 -0500
> From: "Freeh, Jessica" <JFreeh at nfb.org> (by way of David Andrews
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> Subject: [Cabs] Reading Rights Coalition Denounces Random House
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> Reading Rights Coalition Denounces Random House
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> Random House Has Denied 15 Million
> Print-Disabled Americans Access to its Books
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> New York City (May 20, 2009): The Reading Rights Coalition,
> representing more than 15 million print-disabled Americans, has
> denounced publishing giant Random House, which has turned off
> text-to-speech on all of its e-books available for Amazon's Kindle 2
> reading service.
>
>
>
> Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind,
> said: "When Random House turned off the text-to-speech function on
> all of its e-books for the Kindle 2, it turned off access to this
> service for more than 15 million print-disabled Americans. The blind
> and other print-disabled readers have the right to purchase e-books
> using this service with text-to-speech enabled. Blocking
> text-to-speech prohibits access for print-disabled readers and is
> both reprehensible and discriminatory. We urge President Obama,
> whose e-books are now being blocked from over 15 million Americans,
> to either demand that access be restored or to move to a publisher
> who does not engage in discrimination."
>
>
>
> Dr. Cynthia Stuen, Senior Vice President of Policy and Evaluation for
> Lighthouse International, said: "Having the technology available to
> give people with impaired vision and other print disabilities equal
> and timely access to the printed word should be celebrated and
> encouraged in a civil and just society for all."
>
>
>
> Andrew Imparato, President and Chief Executive Officer for the
> American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), said:
> "Random House is callously disregarding the right of American
> consumers with disabilities to get access to the same content at the
> same price at the same time as everyone else. Random House's
> decision to turn off the feature that makes this content accessible
> to millions of print-disabled Americans is a bad business decision
> with real human consequences and it must be corrected immediately."
>
>
>
> Mitch Pomerantz, President of the American Council of the Blind,
> said: "The recent action by Random House disabling text-to-speech on
> e-books is the latest and most egregious discriminatory action
> against the nation's 15 million print-disabled individuals. Random
> House either doesn't care or doesn't understand the impact this will
> have on those who would otherwise have equal access to books and
> other printed materials in the same manner as our non-disabled
> peers. We must work collaboratively to do everything possible to
> assure such access for this growing constituency."
>
>
>
> James Love, Director of Knowledge Ecology International (KEI), said:
> "KEI is disappointed that Random House is turning off text-to-speech
> on its Kindle 2 e-books. In a world where access to knowledge is
> central to everything, Random House certainly understands this action
> will isolate and marginalize many persons with reading disabilities."
>
>
>
> K. Eric Larson, Executive Director and CEO of National Spinal Cord
> Injury Association, said: "All Americans have the right to equal
> access and many people living with paralysis use text-to-speech
> capabilities in order to gain that access. Our members are also
> consumers and "turning off" text-to-speech means that some will not
> buy books they would otherwise purchase."
>
> John R. Sheehan, Chairman of the Xavier Society for the Blind, said:
> "The Xavier Society for the Blind is committed to the notion that ALL
> books should be accessible to all people. When a book about Mother
> Teresa is among those whose text-to-speech functions have been
> disabled, we fear that we are seeing the beginning of a blanket
> cut-off of a function that should be open and available to all,
> especially (but not exclusively) to those with visual impairments or
> other problems that limit access to printed materials."
>
> When Amazon released the Kindle 2 e-book reading service on February
> 9, 2009, the company announced that the device would be able to read
> e-books aloud using text-to-speech technology. Under pressure from
> the Authors Guild, Amazon has announced that it will give publishers
> the ability to disable the text-to-speech function on any or all of
> their e-books available for the Kindle 2 service. Random House is
> the first publisher to turn off text-to-speech on all of its e-books
> and thus deny the rights of print-disabled people across America.
>
>
>
> The Reading Rights coalition includes the blind, people with
> dyslexia, people with learning or processing issues, seniors losing
> vision, people with spinal cord injuries, people recovering from
> strokes, and many others for whom the addition of text-to-speech on
> the Kindle 2 promises for the first time easy, mainstream access to
> over 270,000 books.
>
>
>
> For more information about the Reading Rights Coalition, please visit
> <http://www.readingrights.org/>www.readingrights.org. To sign our
> petition, go to
> <http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/We-Want-To-Read>http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/We-Want-To-Read.
> If you are an author who supports our cause, please send your contact
> information to <mailto:readingrights at nfb.org>readingrights at nfb.org.
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 02:21:47 -0600
> From: "Melissa Green" <graduate56 at juno.com>
> Subject: Re: [Cabs] All about CABS
> To: "Colorado Association of Blind Students List" <cabs at nfbnet.org>
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> Lisa.
> You have gotten some really good information about cabs. Hope that you will
> join us in changing the lives of blind students of all ages.
>
> Melissa Green
> The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass
> yourself and to be worthy of your own approval.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lisa Felix" <lisadee1063 at hotmail.com>
> To: <cabs at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 3:48 PM
> Subject: [Cabs] All about CABS
>
>
>
> Hello Everyone,
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>
>
> Would someone please tell me what CABS is all about?
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>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lisa
>
>
>
>
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