[nabs-l] Advocacy and some help, please.

Jewel S. herekittykat2 at gmail.com
Tue Mar 8 11:04:27 UTC 2011


Dear Hope,
Frist, I love your name. Hope is a beautiful name with so much meaning
behind it.

Thank you for letting us know about Universal's access issues. many
Federationists will be going to Disney this summer, and access is
important. Do keep in mind that the description program is a new one,
so it's constantly being updated.

The problems with Universal Stuudios makes me less interested in it.
We were planning on the third day being split between Universal and
Animal Kingdom. We may just go to universal for a little while, just
for the roller coaster and a few other rides and shows, then spend all
day in Animal Kingdom. But ther is one point that should be made:
Contact Disney! If they aren't made aware of the problem, they can't
fix it. Were there any particular cast members who were a problem?
Mention them by name if possible, or note the day, time, and location
and they can look on the schedule for the cast member's name and talk
to them. What would you have done to make it more accessible? Tell
them!

I definitey suggest writing the president of the Florida chaptar of
the NFB, but I think contacting DisneyWorld would be a big step in the
right direction also. And anyone who visits this summer and has
similar difficulties because of visiting Universal should do the same.
If enough people complain, it will get fixed, but don't expect an
overnight change.

Later,

On 3/7/11, Amy Sabo <amylsabo at comcast.net> wrote:
> hello hope,
>
> thanks for posting this messsagee to the list. i'm glad that you had a good
> time at the magic kingdom but, not a good time at universal studios. i'm
> glad that you brought this up since many federationists will be going these
> parks before or after national convention this summer.
>
> as for doing this why not contact the president of the nfb of florida and
> email this note to him about this. i don't have hiis information but, just
> go to the nfb's web site and click on the link for state affiliates and then
> find florida and, that's where you would find their contact information. i
> would also pass this onto dr. maurer and mrs. jerrigan who are also but,
> mrs. jerrigan would be the best person to advise on this issue.
>
> that's my thoughts on this matter. take care and, i will talk to you soon.
>
>
> hugs,
> amy	
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Hope Paulos <hope.paulos at gmail.com>
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Sent: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 02:35:55 -0000 (UTC)
> Subject: [nabs-l] Advocacy and some help, please.
>
> Hi all. Last week I went to Orlando for  a vacation. Needed a nice warm
> place rather than the cold cold climate where I live in Maine. I went to two
> theme parks: Disney's Magic Kingdom and Universal Studios Islands of
> Adventure. Disney had a wonderful device that was equipped with GPS. I wore
> it around my shoulders and it provided me with info when I passed certain
> things like restaurants, bathrooms, rides, etc. When on the ride, it would
> provide me with audio descriptionat the appropriate points throughout the
> ride. Universal was another story. Nothing was mentioned about blind people
> on their website, nothing was available in Braille, and I was treated as if
> I was from another planet..
> I am mentioning this on this list because I don't know who to contact. NFB
> will be in Orlando, and I'd think the least Universal can do is provide
> things in Braille.  At the very least!!!
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. Feel free to email me off list if you
> have any other questions. My email is: hope.paulos at gmail.com
> Sincerely,
> Hope Paulos
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~Jewel
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