[Faith-talk] {Spam?} Division?

[Sarah Blake LaRose]

Ericka, has Bookshare been helpful to you in accessing resources from 
Augsburg Fortress?





Sarah Blake LaRose, M.Div., accessible instruction in biblical languages
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From: Ericka via Faith-Talk
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2016 2:17 PM
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Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] {Spam?} Division?

Contact augsburg fortress in Minneapolis and get them to put their magazines 
& materials on BARD. Nothing is accessible. I don't appreciate them putting 
a few things on CD or cassette and saying "we are being served". Aside from 
a braille hymnal and a large print one they don't offer anything else. They 
are more expensive than anyone could afford and churches rarely want to buy 
one. They actually think to blind people can share!! I spoken to people 
there often and got nowhere. They are clueless! If I lost the rest of my 
vision I wouldn't be able to teach Sunday school anymore because the 
materials are not accessible at all. The students do not have anything 
accessible either. Not all of us have the technology able to make print 
accessible either. I know Kurz wheel can put things into daily format, but 
not everyone has that accessibility and not every church is willing to 
share. They say copyright laws. I had a fight about that at my old church. 
It was horrible trying to find a book for Bible study in format I could 
read. 90% of the time it didn't even come on CD.



Ericka Short
1750 Fordem Ave. #508
Madison. WI. 53704
608-665-3170

from my iPhone 6s

> On Sep 4, 2016, at 10:40 PM, Linda Mentink via Faith-Talk 
> <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Sarah,
>
> I have tried to explain the purposes of the NFB's Communities of Faith 
> division.  What is it that you're not clear about? I guess I'm frustrated 
> because I don't know what you want to know, and I have done my best to 
> give a brief overview.
>
> Of course there are still issues of blind people not being welcome or 
> getting the materials they need.  We can't help those we don't know about. 
> We can't advocate for what we don't know about.  We can't contact your 
> church leaders if we don't know there's a problem.  Um, that's what we're 
> here for!
>
> Blessings,
>
> Linda
>
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