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

Wed Nov 5 17:32:54 UTC 2008

Peter,

Although Facebook is not completely accessible, many blind people use it
daily and it serves as a great recruitment tool for us. Be assured that
we are aware of the accessibility issues and are initiating dialogue
with Facebook to address some of the problems you have discussed .

Our content management system does not offer the same functionalities as
popular social networking sites. On Facebook, we have lots of wonderful
tools to connect people to our organization.    

In this situation, not using Facebook is a mistake; we need to use as
many tools as possible to find blind people and to spread our positive
outlook about blindness. Certainly, accessibility is an issue to all of
us, but, this is absolutely worth doing because their our countless
blind people who need the resources that we have to offer. Also, as an
organization, we need the talents that others who don't know about the
NFB can bring into our movement. 

Further, this Facebook page is not the answer for everyone, and  no
single resource can meet the needs of our diverse community,   but that
is why it is especially important that we use multiple tools to get our
word out. 

If you have additional questions, please contact me off-list at
rcarranza at nfb.org.

Thanks,
Rosy Carranza

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Peter Donahue
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 7:52 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Blind and Visually Impaired Teen Group on
Facebook!

Good evening everyone,

    No. It's still there as of this afternoon.

Peter Donahue

----- 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 4:39 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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