[nabs-l] Fw: [rehab] Fwd: announcement: Especially for students andinternational

Anmol Bhatia anmolpbhatia at yahoo.com
Fri Jun 25 18:37:06 UTC 2010 

Pretty interesting!
I agree with you and I have often expressed the same views butI have never seen a blind mobility instructor. Perhaps I may look at the program.
Thanks for sharing this with me.
cheers,
Anmol
I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers.
Hellen Keller


--- On Fri, 6/25/10, Jedi <loneblindjedi at samobile.net> wrote:

> From: Jedi <loneblindjedi at samobile.net>
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Fw: [rehab] Fwd: announcement: Especially for students andinternational
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date: Friday, June 25, 2010, 1:27 PM
> Well, most of us are legally blind,
> including those with no residual vision. but if you're
> asking whether or not I have some vision, my answer is that
> it really doesn't matter. This cane travel program I'm
> interested in is based in the notion that sight should not
> be a requirement for cane travel teachers and that, often, a
> blind teacher is preferable to a sighted one because blind
> people actually have to use the skills they teach on a
> regular basis. So if this program interests you, you can
> learn more about it by going to http://www.pdrib.com/ .
> 
> Respectfully,
> Jedi
> 
> Original message:
> > That is interesting. Are you legally blind? I
> completely understand but maybe you can apply for future.
> > Anmol
> > I seldom think about my limitations, and they never
> make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at
> times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers.
> > Hellen Keller
> 
> 
> > --- On Fri, 6/25/10, Jedi <loneblindjedi at samobile.net>
> wrote:
> 
> >> From: Jedi <loneblindjedi at samobile.net>
> >> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Fw: [rehab] Fwd:
> announcement: Especially for students andinternational
> >> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> >> Date: Friday, June 25, 2010, 1:00 PM
> >> It's the NOMC program (Orientation
> >> and Mobility) program at Louisiana Tech. I've had
> my heart
> >> set on it for a while and am making preparations
> to attend,
> >> so I'm feeling pretty committed at the moment. but
> like I
> >> said, this opportunity also sounds amazing.
> 
> >> Respectfully,
> >> Jedi
> 
> >> Original message:
> >>> A cane travel degree? What is that? It sounds
> like
> >> they do it every year.
> >>> Anmol
> >>> I seldom think about my limitations, and they
> never
> >> make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of
> yearning at
> >> times; but it is vague, like a breeze among
> flowers.
> >>> Hellen Keller
> 
> 
> >>> --- On Fri, 6/25/10, Jedi <loneblindjedi at samobile.net>
> >> wrote:
> 
> >>>> From: Jedi <loneblindjedi at samobile.net>
> >>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Fw: [rehab] Fwd:
> >> announcement: Especially for students
> andinternational
> >>>> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> >>>> Date: Friday, June 25, 2010, 12:51 PM
> >>>> Is this available every year? I'd
> >>>> like to do it, but I've already committed
> myself
> >> to getting
> >>>> a cane travel degree, so I'd like to
> consider this
> >> option
> >>>> after I've done so.
> 
> >>>> Respectfully,
> >>>> Jedi
> 
> >>>> Original message:
> >>>>> I think this is a good opertunity for
> >> students. RJ
> >>>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>>> From: "Dick Davis" <ddavis at blindinc.org>
> >>>>> To: "'Rehabilitation Counselor Mailing
> List'"
> >> <rehab at nfbnet.org>
> >>>>> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 10:23 AM
> >>>>> Subject: Re: [rehab] Fwd:
> announcement:
> >> Especially for
> >>>> students
> >>>>> andinternational
> 
> 
> >>>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>> I wish I were a lot younger,
> because I
> >> would love
> >>>> to attend this school.
> >>>>>> You may not know this, but IISE is
> a
> >> spinoff of
> >>>> Braille Without Borders,
> >>>>>> which was founded by Sabriye
> Tenberken, a
> >> blind
> >>>> German woman who invented
> >>>>>> Tibetan Braille and opened Tibet's
> first
> >> and only
> >>>> center for the blind in
> >>>>>> Lhasa.  She was joined by Paul
> >> Kronenberg,
> >>>> who ultimately became more than
> >>>>>> a
> >>>>>> friend. I first learned of her
> last year
> >> when we
> >>>> were doing the Braille
> >>>>>> coins at some local bookstores. 
> One of
> >> the
> >>>> managers brought me her book
> >>>>>> and
> >>>>>> asked if I'd read it, and I was
> >> embarrassed to say
> >>>> I hadn't.  Her school
> >>>>>> in
> >>>>>> Tibet was featured in Eric
> Weihenmayer's
> >> film
> >>>> documentary "Blindsight",
> >>>>>> which many of you have probably
> seen. In
> >> 2005 she
> >>>> was nominated for the
> >>>>>> Nobel Peace Prize.  She is one of
> the
> >> world's
> >>>> most interesting blind
> >>>>>> people,
> >>>>>> and it would be great if we could
> have her
> >> speak
> >>>> at our convention
> >>>>>> sometime.
> >>>>>> Check out her website at
> >>>> www.braillewithoutborders.org.
> >>>>>> Dick Davis
> >>>>>> BLIND, Inc.
> 
> >>>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>>> From: rehab-bounces at nfbnet.org
> >>>> [mailto:rehab-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> >>>> On Behalf
> >>>>>> Of David Andrews
> >>>>>> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010
> 10:04 PM
> >>>>>> To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
> >>>>>> Subject: [rehab] Fwd:
> announcement:
> >> Especially for
> >>>> students and
> >>>>>> international
> 
> 
> 
> >>>>>>> Do you have a dream of
> starting and
> >> leading
> >>>> your own social project?
> >>>>>>> Do you want to make a
> difference in
> >> the lives
> >>>> of others? If your answer
> >>>>>>> is yes, then The
> International
> >> Institute for
> >>>> Social Entrepreneurs
> >>>>>>> (IISE), in Kerala, India, is
> the study
> >> program
> >>>> for you.
> 
> >>>>>>> Taught by international
> experts in the
> >> field
> >>>> of management and social
> >>>>>>> entrepreneurship, IISE
> empowers
> >> visionaries to
> >>>> set up projects across
> >>>>>>> the world that address the
> needs of
> >> the
> >>>> underprivileged. IISE
> >>>>>>> participants are challenged to
> become
> >>>> individuals whose skills,
> >>>>>>> integrity and leadership
> qualities
> >> prepare
> >>>> them to become effective and
> >>>>>>> distinguished social
> entrepreneurs in
> >> their
> >>>> communities and in the
> >>>>>>> world.
> 
> >>>>>>> IISE is seeking highly
> motivated and
> >> committed
> >>>> candidates who have
> >>>>>>> overcome obstacles in their
> life, have
> >> an
> >>>> interest in learning and
> >>>>>>> working with different
> cultures, and
> >> who have
> >>>> a dream to realize. If
> >>>>>>> you are twenty-two years or
> older and
> >> can
> >>>> speak, read and write
> >>>>>>> English, you are invited to
> apply for
> >> this
> >>>> one-year scholarship-based
> >>>>>> program.
> 
> >>>>>>> Leadership, management,
> public
> >> speaking and
> >>>> fund raising are some of
> >>>>>>> the skills you will learn.
> This
> >> hands-on
> >>>> program includes an internship
> >>>>>>> which provides practical
> real-world
> >>>> experience.
> 
> >>>>>>> You will leave IISE with all
> the
> >> skills
> >>>> necessary to be able to set up
> >>>>>>> your own social project.
> 
> >>>>>>> Applicants for the training
> need the
> >> following
> >>>> skills and qualities:
> >>>>>>> - Creativity, dedication,
> motivation,
> >> be an
> >>>> innovative problem solver.
> >>>>>>> - For those who are blind or
> visually
> >>>> impaired: reading and
> >>>>>>>    writing enlarged print
> or
> >>>> English Braille (grade 2)
> >>>>>>> - Ability to communicate well
> in
> >> English.
> >>>>>>>    (All sessions and
> workshops
> >>>> are conducted in English)
> 
> >>>>>>> Students at the IISE are
> referred to
> >> as
> >>>> participants. They are coached
> >>>>>>> by catalysts who stimulate,
> encourage
> >> and
> >>>> challenge participants to
> >>>>>>> help accelerate their learning
> and
> >> ensure
> >>>> personal development.
> 
> >>>>>>> The IISE is a unique
> institution with
> >> a
> >>>> distinctive philosophy, which
> >>>>>>> cannot be compared to a
> university or
> >> other
> >>>> conventional academic
> >>>>>>> entities. The institute is a
> 'think
> >> and action
> >>>> tank' where talented
> >>>>>>> visionaries from all over the
> world
> >> exchange
> >>>> knowledge and experiences
> >>>>>>> and work together as a team
> for the
> >>>> realisation of their visions and
> >>>>>>> dreams.
> 
> >>>>>>> Every IISE participant is an
> active,
> >>>> contributing, independent,
> >>>>>>> self-confident and skilled
> person who
> >>>> possesses expertise in different
> >>>>>>> fields. As a potential
> participant,
> >> you are
> >>>> therefore not coming to the
> >>>>>>> IISE as a student, but as an
> expert.
> >>>>>>> The expectation of
> participant's
> >> participation
> >>>> and commitment to the
> >>>>>>> program is very high. To this
> end,
> >> before
> >>>> proceeding to the application
> >>>>>>> process, ask yourself the
> following
> >>>> questions:
> 
> >>>>>>>      * Am I willing to
> >>>> spend 11 months of my life in a
> developing
> >>>>>>> country, working intensively
> on
> >> developing my
> >>>> social entrepreneurship
> >>>>>>> and leadership skills?
> >>>>>>>      * Am I willing to
> >>>> participate in all activities, giving my
> best
> >>>>>>> every time in terms of my
> knowledge,
> >>>> experience, effort creativity and
> >>>>>> talent?
> >>>>>>>      * Am I willing to
> help
> >>>> others achieve their goals and develop
> >>>>>>> their skills in the areas
> which I
> >> consider
> >>>> myself an expert?
> >>>>>>>      * Am I willing to
> come
> >>>> to the institute with a spirit of
> >>>>>>> integrity, mutual respect,
> exchange,
> >>>> contribution and teamwork?
> >>>>>>>      * Am I 100%
> committed
> >>>> to making my goals, dreams, vision and
> >>>>>>> social project come true,
> continuing
> >> even
> >>>> after I complete the program?
> 
> >>>>>>> If you answered YES to all the
> above
> >>>> questions, you are a potential
> >>>>>>> candidate and we would
> encourage you
> >> to apply
> >>>> for the IISE program.
> 
> >>>>>>> Join IISE and impact your
> future and
> >> that of
> >>>> others. Visit
> >>>>>>> www.bwb-iise.org and/or email
> your
> >> inquiries
> >>>> to BrailleWB at gmx.net
> >>>> .
> >>>>>>> You may also fax us your
> questions
> >> at  or
> >>>> write us via regular post at:
> 
> >>>>>>> Braille Without Borders
> International
> >>>> Institute for Social
> >>>>>>> Entrepreneurs c/o P.
> Kronenberg
> >> Vivekanenda
> >>>> Nagar, Vellayani, Ookode,
> >>>>>>> Nemom PO, TRV 695020 KERALA,
> INDIA
> 
> >>>>>>> Deadline for applications for
> the 2011
> >> course
> >>>> is the 30th of June, 2010.
> 
> 
> 
> >>>>            David
> >>>> Andrews:  dandrews at visi.com
> >>>> Follow me on
> >>>>>> Twitter:  http://www.twitter.com/dandrews920
> 
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