[nabs-l] Lives Worth Living disability rights documentary airs on PBS

[Jedi]

Patrick,

What is it about buildings and their layouts that would be inaccessible 
to blind persons? Or, put another way, what do you mean by making a 
building's layout easier for a blind person to navigate?

Respectfully,
Jedi

Original message:
> Anmol,
> I've followed this discussion for a little while now. You ask: "How
> does a building need to be made accessible for the blind?" There are
> several things that can be done. First, the addition of Braille signs
> for rooms. Second, the building could be laid out a certain way so
> that it was easy to navigate. Another way that some buildings could be
> made accessible would be for them to provide a tactile map of the
> building in the lobby. I noticed that there were several tactile maps
> when I was down in Washington, D.C. this past summer. Beyond this,
> there's really not a whole lot that buildings can do to make
> themselves more accessible. I hope this helps you.
> Patrick

> On 10/24/11, Anmol Bhatia <anmolpbhatia at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Hello Carly,
>> How does a building need to be made accessible for the blind? A person in a
>> wheel chair can not clime stairs there a

>> 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 Mon, 10/24/11, Carly <carlymih at earthlink.net> wrote:

>>> From: Carly <carlymih at earthlink.net>
>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Lives Worth Living disability rights documentary
>>> airs on PBS
>>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>, nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>> Date: Monday, October 24, 2011, 12:25 AM


>>> Hi, Bridgit,

>>> Here in Berkeley, we have the Ed Roberts Campus, which is
>>> designed to
>>> be this one-stop shop for agencies serving folk with
>>> disability. I
>>> have noticed that, though they spent tons of cash on this
>>> building
>>> which is all sup'd up for chairs, it is really inaccessible
>>> for folk
>>> who are blind. In the ERC's defense, It seems no easy feat
>>> to make
>>> the same facility accessable for both blind folks as well
>>> as chairs.
>>> This must be because our needs and abilities are so
>>> divergent.
>>> Today, they are having problems making this building named
>>> for this
>>> disability pioneer, a meaningful, presence in the
>>> disability
>>> community.however, I have to point out that many, many
>>> other people have been
>>>> instrumental in the disability rights movement, and the
>>> NFB is but one
>>>> organization. Because a group like the Federation
>>> focuses solely on one
>>>> disability, we aren't always aware of what else exist
>>> out there.

>>>> Ed Roberts is actually one of the big names mentioned
>>> when discussing
>>>> rights for those with disabilities. He started the
>>> entire independent
>>>> living movement, and he's the first person to establish
>>> independent
>>>> living centers for those with disabilities. Roberts was
>>> diagnosed with
>>>> Polio at a young age; he was unable to move his body
>>> from the neck down
>>>> except a few fingers, and he has had to wear an iron
>>> lung most his life.
>>>> Roberts had a very independent and positive outlook on
>>> disability,
>>>> spurring others to get on board with accepting
>>> disability as a part of
>>>> life. He is known for saying "differently able," it was
>>> Roberts who
>>>> initiated the dialogue with airlines so that people
>>> with disabilities
>>>> could travel with whatever accomodations necessary
>>> especially those
>>>> using wheelchairs.

>>>> The pioneer program at Berkley providing services to
>>> students with
>>>> disabilities, that eventually was adopted at colleges
>>> around the
>>>> country, was headed by Ed Roberts. Because of this guy
>>> who few actually
>>>> know of, students with disabilities are offered
>>> services on their
>>>> respective campuses. Schools lacking stellar services
>>> should be ashamed
>>>> because that was never Roberts idea of quality
>>> services. Berkley has one
>>>> of, if not thee, best disability services in the
>>> country.

>>>> So before assuming the Federation, which has done a lot
>>> and is certainly
>>>> a powerful, important organization, double check facts.
>>> No pun intended,
>>>> but we tend to keep our blinders on in terms of
>>> disability in general.
>>>> The Federation has done a lot- probably the most- for
>>> blindness alone,
>>>> but in terms of the disability rights movement as a
>>> whole, many have
>>>> come before, and many are still around.

>>>> Sincerely,
>>>> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
>>>> Read my blog at:
>>>> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/

>>>> "History is not what happened; history is what was
>>> written down."
>>>> The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan

>>>> Message: 3
>>>> Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:43:04 -0400
>>>> From: Jedi <loneblindjedi at samobile.net>
>>>> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] "Lives Worth Living" Disability
>>> Rights

>>>    Documentary
>>>    Premieres on PBS Series Independent Lens;
>>>> October 27
>>>> Message-ID: b9626ff6-e05b-419d-9ef1-2d8812f5fc58 at samobile.net
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1";
>>> format="flowed"

>>>> That's odd, where's the Federation in all this seems
>>> how Jacobus
>>>> tenBroek kind of founded the Disability Rights movement
>>> through his
>>>> scholarly work ? And really, the blindness movement is
>>> probably one of
>>>> the strongest in the overall Disability Rights
>>> Movement.

>>>> And also, has anyone heard whether or not the film will
>>> be available
>>>> online as I don't have a television?.

>>>> Respectfully,
>>>> Jedi


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