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

[Serena]

I forgot to say, if you individually email the technical support people at 
Facebook, telling them you're blind, they'll get rid of the visual 
varifications in your account.  I did that.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Blind and Visually Impaired Teen Group on Facebook!


> Serena,
>
> Did they get rid of the visual verification code?  I hope you can 
> independently sign up.
> ----- 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 3:05 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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