[nabs-l] Question about moving out of your parents house

Chris Nusbaum dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Fri Dec 16 21:05:49 UTC 2011 

Wow! That shows their misconceptions about blindness!

Chris

"The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.  The 
real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that 
exists.  If a blind person has the proper training and 
opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical 
nuisance."
-- Kenneth Jernigan (President, National Federation of the Blind, 
1968-1986

 The I C.A.N.  Foundation helps blind and visually impaired youth 
in Maryland say "I can," by empowering them through providing 
assistive technology and scholarships to camps and conventions 
which help them be equal with their sighted peers.  For more 
information about the Foundation and to support our work, visit 
us online at www.icanfoundation.info!

 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Koby Cox" <kobycox at gmail.com
To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:33:50 -0600
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Question about moving out of your parents 
house

Arielle,
It's because we're both blind.  She's legally blind and I'm 
totally
blind.
Koby.

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org 
[mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Arielle Silverman
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 8:30 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Question about moving out of your parents 
house

Chris and all,
With all due respect, it's possible that the reason Koby's 
parents
don't want him to date this girl is because of his blindness, 
hers or
both, so it could be blindness-related.  Also, this is a list for 
blind
students, so we discuss blindness stuff but we also discuss 
student
stuff-and decisions about moving out, college, careers, dealing 
with
parents etc.  is very much a student issue.
I understand you were just trying to be helpful, but to reduce 
clutter
on the list, it's best to let NABS officers or the list 
moderators
make judgments about what is on or off-topic.  Otherwise, we 
could end
up with fifty emails back and forth debating about what is on or 
off
topic, and the whole point of staying on-topic is to reduce the 
number
of messages.  (And so this will be my only post on the matter).
Best,
Arielle-former list chair and former NABS president

On 12/15/11, Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:
 I wouldn't post it to any blindness-related list, if that list 
is
 meant strictly for blindness-related discussion, as this one is.
 If there's a general chat list out there or a dating list or
 something like that, you could try that, but I wouldn't post 
this
 to a list at all; maybe you could try posting it to your 
Facebook
 page or something like that.

 Chris

 "The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.  The
 real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that
 exists.  If a blind person has the proper training and
 opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical
 nuisance."
 -- Kenneth Jernigan (President, National Federation of the 
Blind,
 1968-1986

  The I C.A.N.  Foundation helps blind and visually impaired 
youth
 in Maryland say "I can," by empowering them through providing
 assistive technology and scholarships to camps and conventions
 which help them be equal with their sighted peers.  For more
 information about the Foundation and to support our work, visit
 us online at www.icanfoundation.info!

  ----- Original Message -----
 From: "Koby Cox" <kobycox at gmail.com
 To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
 <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
 Date sent: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:42:30 -0600
 Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Question about moving out of your parents
 house

 Chris,
 What mailing list should I post this on?
 Koby.

 -----Original Message-----
 From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
 [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
 Behalf Of Chris Nusbaum
 Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 6:35 PM
 To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
 Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Question about moving out of your parents
 house

 Hi Koby,

 Wow! Sorry I can't help you here; I'll just say this.  I don't
 think this question is really blindness-related, as the fact 
that
 your parents don't want you to see your girlfriend has nothing 
to
 do with your blindness.  So, I don't think this is a good list
 for it.  Just my opinion!

 Chris

 "The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.  The
 real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that
 exists.  If a blind person has the proper training and
 opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical
 nuisance."
 -- Kenneth Jernigan (President, National Federation of the 
Blind,
 1968-1986

  The I C.A.N.  Foundation helps blind and visually impaired 
youth
 in Maryland say "I can," by empowering them through providing
 assistive technology and scholarships to camps and conventions
 which help them be equal with their sighted peers.  For more
 information about the Foundation and to support our work, visit
 us online at www.icanfoundation.info!

  ----- Original Message -----
 From: "Koby Cox" <kobycox at gmail.com
 To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
 Date sent: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:07:25 -0600
 Subject: [nabs-l] Question about moving out of your parents 
house

 Hello All,
 I'm totally blind and am 19 years old I currently have a
 girlfriend
 whose 22 years of age.  She's legally blind and has cadaracts.
 I'll be
 graduating highschool on December 20,2011.  I'm thinking about
 moving in
 with her on that day after I get out of school.  However, I'm 
not
 sure
 how I should explain this to my parents sense they don't want us
 seeing
 one another.  Any ideas?
 Each one of you right back soon,
 Koby.
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