[nabs-l] Blind and Visually Impaired Teen Group on Facebook!

[Peter Donahue]

Hello Serina and listers,

    That is until Facebook changes their interface possibly making it 
inaccessible to blind users. The same thing happened with MySpace a few 
months ago. I recall reading a thread about this on this list. And there 
won't be a thing we can do about it in the short run! Had the blog been 
hosted in-house on our own server we'd have  greater control over changes to 
the interface, access, and security.

    It is now possible to install Wordpress and other blogging software on 
NFB Net allowing us to have the same control over this new outreach method, 
and would assure that all blind and deaf-blind teens can participate.

Peter Donahue


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Serena" <serenacucco at verizon.net>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Blind and Visually Impaired Teen Group on Facebook!


Good point, peter, although many blind people use Facebook, so, I guess
that's why NFB decided to use it as the place to have the teen group.
Thanks for pointing out the problem for deaf-blind people.  No wonder my
deaf-blind friend doesn't use it!

Serena


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Blind and Visually Impaired Teen Group on Facebook!


> Good afternoon everyone,
>
>    Why are we using outfits like Facebook if we're apposed to the use of
> visual verification?The audio quality is terrible, and deaf-blind youth
> can
> forget about this blog. Our own content management system should have been
> used to host this blog instead. What a shame!
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Carranza, Rosy" <RCarranza at nfb.org>
> To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 9:17 AM
> Subject: [nabs-l] Blind and Visually Impaired Teen Group on Facebook!
>
>
> Hi Everybody,
> Please help me get the word out to high school students about our new
> Facebook group-- here is a description of the group:
>
> Attention blind and visually impaired high school students!
>
> Blindness 4 1 1 was created by the National Federation of the Blind to
> give you a place to meet other teens with vision loss and to give you a
> chance to learn about resources that can help you in school, at home and
> in your community.
>
> The NFB is the largest blindness organization in the United States. We
> have over 50,000 members who work hard to make a difference in the lives
> of blind people. We are excited to provide this resource to you and hope
> that you will tell your friends about us!
>
> If you are currently a Facebook member, go to groups, search for the
> group using our group name and request access to our group. If you are
> not signed up for Facebook then join in on the fun! Visit
> www.facebook.com to get connected with our NFB teen group.
>
> If you have any questions, call Rosy Carranza at 410 659-9314, ext. 2283
> or email her at rcarranza at nfb.org.
>
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