[nabs-l] DSB meeting, a waste of time!
Joshua Lester
jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
Sat Dec 24 06:08:11 UTC 2011
I don't shut them out, but I kindly show them that there's a better
philosophy, than the one that they have.
Blessings, Joshua
On 12/23/11, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hi,
> As I said people of all kinds go to LWSB and other training centers.
> If you don't want to be involved in a particular group, just tell those
> students and they'll back off.
> I can say the same about NFB. Our state center is now run by a federationist
> and events for NFB are advertised there. Yet many students do not want to
> join. Some check it out and don't join; others ignore the idea.
>
> Unless you go to an nfb center, you will find blind people with varying
> acceptance of blindness and different philosophies.
> Some join groups; others do not; and most blind people are unaffiliated. But
> Joshua, if you only hang out with people in nfb, you shut out many other
> people. I'm friends with those in the other consumer group and those that
> are in no group.
>
> Ashley
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Nusbaum
> Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 8:38 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] DSB meeting, a waste of time!
>
> Me too! I love the Federation's philosophy about blindness, and
> am glad I found the NFB!
>
> Chris
>
> Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous new year!
>
> "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: Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:28:19 -0600
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] DSB meeting, a waste of time!
>
> I don't want to say the guy's name on here, because he may join
> this
> list, and the NFB, and I don't want to have his name archived
> here.
> I will say this.
> While I was there, he tried to recruit me to join the ACB.
> I wasn't interested in joining, but I researched them.
> I didn't like what I found, but this was how I found the NFB.
> I'm glad I found the NFB, and I'm glad I'm a part of it, and I'm
> glad
> I didn't join the other group.
> Blessings, Joshua
>
> On 12/23/11, Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:
> Why would the NFB have a strong presence there if we don't
> sponsor/support the place? And one CCB (California Council of
> the
> Blind) member doesn't constitute a strong presence by the ACB.
> If it was Mitch Pomerantz or someone like that, maybe, but this
> person was a rank-and-file member, right?
>
> Chris
>
> Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous new year!
>
> "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: Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:30:09 -0600
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] DSB meeting, a waste of time!
>
> Why didn't the NFB have a strong presence there, in 2007, when I
> was
> enrolled there?
> Thanks, Joshua
>
> On 12/23/11, Anmol Bhatia <anmolpbhatia at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Just to clear some things.
> Lions World Services for the Blind is now World Services for
> the
> Blind to
> better reflect its' mission and to allow other organizations
> including the
> Lions Club.
> Also the World Services for the Blind is not sponsored by the
> ACB or the
> NFB. Just because a member of the California Council of the
> Blind happen to
> attend there, does not mean that ACB sponsores it or supports
> it. There have
> many NFB members who attend World Services for the Blind and
> local chapter
> of the NFB has started having its' meetings there.
>
> 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, 12/23/11, Joshua Lester
> <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu> wrote:
>
> From: Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] DSB meeting, a waste of time!
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date: Friday, December 23, 2011, 6:05 PM
> Lions World Services for the Blind,
> www.lwsb.org.
> They're sponsored by the Lions Club, (hence their name.)
> Also, from what I gather, because of my time there, is that
> they're
> sponsored by the ACB, because the California Council of the
> Blind sent
> one of their members, to be a trainee at the center.
> Blessings, Joshua
>
> On 12/23/11, Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
> wrote:
> Is LWSB your state center?
>
> Chris
>
> Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous new year!
>
> "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: Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing
> list
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:06:32 -0600
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] DSB meeting, a waste of time!
>
> They're part of the state.
> I will say this, since you brought up Vocational
> Rehab.
> When I still had them, they were the ones that forced
> me to
> attend LWSB.
> I wonder what the DSB would think about funding me, if
> I wanted
> to go to LCB.
> Blessings, Joshua
>
> On 12/22/11, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net
> wrote:
> so DSB is part of your colleges's DSS
> then. They can be slow.
> Just stay on
> them and advocate
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joshua Lester
> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 10:06 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students
> mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] DSB meeting, a waste of
> time!
>
> I didn't have issues with VR, because I didn't
> use them much.
> I only used the Division of Services for the
> Blind, from the
> Department of Social Services.
> The VR Counselor retired, and now we don't have
> VR in my state.
> The Department of Services for the Blind, (of
> the DSS,) is very
> slow
> in getting the adequate help that I need.
> They won't even supply the things I need in
> class.
> These are the people I've been complaining about
> on this list,
> for months!
> Blessings, Joshua
>
> On 12/22/11, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net
> wrote:
> Joshua,
> I'm confused. You met at your college or
> were supposed to. But
> is this
> counselor your disability counselor from school
> or the state
> agency?
> If you mean the vr agency, I sympathize with you
> because I don't
> get much
> from my counselor either. All of them are
> horrible about
> communication.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joshua Lester
> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 9:15 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students
> mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] DSB meeting, a waste of
> time!
>
> All of the DSB people have been this way.
> I'm tired of dealing with them!
> Blessings, Joshua
>
> On 12/22/11, Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
> wrote:
> Wow! What a waste of time! OK, lesson to learn
> about this woman;
> she's not organized!
>
> 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: Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
> To: National Association of Blind Students
> mailing list
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:19:02 -0600
> Subject: [nabs-l] DSB meeting, a waste of time!
>
> Hi, it's Joshua Lester.
> I'm tired of these slow DSB people!
> I went to the college, to meet Ms Audrey, (my
> counselor,) but
> she
> didn't show up!
> She called us, at the last minute, and told us
> that she went to
> the
> campus, 30 miles away.
> She Googled our college, and only saw that one,
> and said she
> never
> thought that they'd have a campus so close to
> it.
> The woman also misunderstood what we said, but
> instead of
> calling
> our
> cell phone, she called our home phone.
> She thought we said to meet us at the
> "Community," center.
> She was supposed to meet us at the student
> center.
> She should have called our cell, so we could
> clear it up.
> Anyway, we're about to have her E-mail the staff
> members, that
> she
> needed to meet with.
> On another note, I have my Spring schedule.
> I have a monday, and wednesday class, from
> 6:30/9:20, wich will
> keep
> me out of church.
> This has been a bad day!
> Blessings, Joshua
>
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