[Ct-nfb] [Ctabs] December Meeting of the Waterbury Area Chapter

[Mary Silverberg]

All,
As a partially sighted person, I rely on audible signals when crossing
complex intersections. I do not view this as a crutch to dependancy. When
the Town of West Hartford began the installation of these signals when
replacing older equipment, several of us with a variety of disabilities
went out with the Town engineers and the installers to  optimize the volume
with time of day and  length of time to cross. I welcome these signals in
every larger city in which  I must navigate.

Mary Silverberg

On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 6:07 PM, bob morrissey via CT-NFB <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org
> wrote:

> Hey Justin,
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> Why do you feel so opposed to audible cross walks?   Is it a dependency
> issue when the function is not working?
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> As a partially sighted person, I find an audible signal very helpful when
> crossing a busy intersection.
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> But, I'm open minded and willing to hear your thoughts.
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> Thanks.
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> Bob Morrissey
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> 203-272-3278
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> *From:* CT-NFB [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] *On Behalf Of *Justin
> Salisbury via CT-NFB
> *Sent:* Monday, November 21, 2016 4:42 PM
> *To:* Connecticut Association of Blind Students
> *Cc:* Justin Salisbury; 'ct-nfb at nfbnet.org'
> *Subject:* Re: [Ct-nfb] [Ctabs] December Meeting of the Waterbury Area
> Chapter
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> Hi Lucia,
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> Thanks for sending this out! I’m so glad to see that our Waterbury Chapter
> is already speaking out against the custodialism that yields audible
> crosswalk signals. If we didn’t have the Waterbury Chapter working on this,
> Waterbury could become as bad as Honolulu, with audible crosswalk signals
> almost everywhere. It really gets in the way of teaching my students how to
> cross streets safely. I’m working on a research article for the orientation
> and mobility profession on exactly why the implementation of audible
> crosswalk signals are bad for blind people. It’s too bad that I haven’t
> published it already because it could be great support for the Chapter’s
> argument.
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> Good luck, and please let me know how I can help!
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> Justin
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> Justin M. Salisbury, MA, NOMC, NCRTB, NCUEB
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> Opportunity Ambassador
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> National Federation of the Blind
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> Email: President at Alumni.ECU.edu
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> LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-salisbury
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> “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”
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> William Butler Yeats
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> *From:* Ctabs [mailto:ctabs-bounces at nfbnet.org <ctabs-bounces at nfbnet.org>]
> *On Behalf Of *llee--- via Ctabs
> *Sent:* Monday, November 21, 2016 10:40 AM
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> *Cc:* llee at nfbct.org
> *Subject:* [Ctabs] December Meeting of the Waterbury Area Chapter
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> *Help Us Build Our Future*
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> *Attend Meetings of Our New Waterbury Chapter!*
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> *The National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut (NFB of CT) *invites
> you to join our new *Waterbury Chapter. *We hold our meetings at the *Silas
> Bronson Library, 267 Grand Street,* on the Second Saturday of each month.
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> *On December 10th, our meeting will concern audible crosswalk signals in
> the City of Waterbury. Our State Representative Gerry Reyes, several
> Aldermen and a City Engineer will attend our meeting to discuss this issue.
> *Plan to attend this important meeting!
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> To learn that you are greater than what most sighted people believe they
> see, meet us at the Silas Bronson Library on S*aturday December 10th from
> noon to 2:00 PM.*
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> For further questions, please contact Josefina Martinez at 203-578-6471,
> or call our community outreach office at 860-289-1971.
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