[nabs-l] Question about moving out of your parents house
Joshua Lester
jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
Fri Dec 16 21:22:39 UTC 2011
I should have read the original E-mail closer.
The financial endependence point still stands.
Blessings, Joshua
On 12/16/11, Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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