[nabs-l] pannel

[Jedi]

Hi there.

The number one thing I would get across to them is that blindness is no 
different than any other aspect of diversity with which the student and 
faculty bodies might be familiar. We blind people have our frustrations 
with the majority (the sighted in this case), we have our civil rights 
movement, and we have the same cares and concerns just like anyone 
else. bringing blindness into the realm of something they can already 
feel familiar with will definitely take the mystery out of things and 
help the sighted relate more on a personal level, especially if the 
audience contains students of other minority groups.

It's been suggested here that you take care to define the difference 
between "blind" and "totally blind." Instead, I would suggest bringing 
it home that the amount of blindness matters less than how one chooses 
to deal with it. I know some totally blind people who function more 
efficiently than many low vision people do and visa-versa. This idea of 
functionality vs visual acuity will definitely emphasize that it need 
not matter how much one can see, and that ability isn't linked with 
visual acuity. If you choose to share your visual condition with the 
audience, that is your choice. Some will find it interesting for sure.

I hope that helps. Cheers and good luck.
Original message:
> Hi all
> Long time no email from me, sorry about that. I talked to my mentor at
> college today, and being that this was the second time we met, we talked a
> lot about blindness, I told her that i would prefer people ask me questions
> than just stare... So we decided to do a pannel... to have one blind person
> (me), a deaf person, and a person in a wheelchair, besides the question and
> answer part any ideas of what i should say?
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> god bless
> Hannah
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REspectfully,
Jedi

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