[nabs-l] Sex Education Curriculum

[Ashley Bramlett]

Sophie,
I, too, took a sex ed class and it was useful. But, we still lack knowledge 
usually. I don't think this replaces school education, it supplements it.
Having nonvisual access such as a description, diagrams, or model would 
further aide in  our understanding of such a matter.
Guys you may want to skip the next paragraph.

For instance, My brother's wife just had a baby; having not seen or been 
explained what the birth process is, I don't have a clue what its about. 
What are contractions? What is ambiotic fluid and what is its role in 
supporting the fetus? I still don't understand how a baby gets nurishment as 
its in the mother. I know from the mother's food, but just how I don't 
understand.
They told me Steve, my brother, cut the umbilical cord.
But where is that on the baby and mother? Kasey told me she started labour 
in the evening and went to the hospital; she did not have the baby til next 
afternoon! I asked her how she managed it; wasn't she tired? She informed me 
she slept a little during the night. She told me the baby's head came out 
first which was normal. I did not know this. I learned from her as I held my 
nephew that the head came out first and then the trunk and limbs. I learned 
that babies cried after they came out of the womb. I learned that infants 
needed to get milk very often. I am hoping Kasey will tell me more about her 
pregnancy and the beginnings of it, AKA, the sex part sometime.

I think I'll take that survey that started this.
Ashley

-----Original Message----- 
From: Sophie Trist
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 1:37 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Sex Education Curriculum

Dave, I'm a little confused. I'm going into tenth grade, and I
took a sex ed class in seventh grade. I found it to be very
informative despite my blindness. I don't understand why we need
a special curriculum for sex ed.

----- Original Message -----
From: David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com
To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:52:03 -0500
Subject: [nabs-l] Sex Education Curriculum


I have been asked to circulate the following:


Dave




Dear NFB Member,
The National Federation of the Blind has been gracious enough to
help us with a current project.

We are currently seeking your opinion in a survey that will help
us
write a curriculum for students with low vision and blindness in
the
area of sex education.  Currently no curriculum exists for
students
with low vision and blindness that reflect current education
standards.  Young people, educators, and professionals have all
indicated that there is a desperate need for such a curriculum.
We want your voice to impact our work!
Please take the time to fill out the survey at the link found
below:
<https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/sexeducationsurvey>https://www.su
rveymonkey.com/s/sexeducationsurvey
<https://maverick.hec.ohio-state.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=ht
tps://www.surveymonkey.com/s/sexeducationsurvey


Thank you for your time and consideration of this project!
Tiffany Wild, Mollie Blackburn, Stacy Kelly, and Caitlin Ryan



Thank you,
Mika Baugh
National Federation of the Blind
200 East Wells Street
      at Jernigan Place
Baltimore, MD 21230
P: (410) 659 9314 ext. 2371
E: <mailto:mbaugh at nfb.org>mbaugh at nfb.org
W: <http://www.nfb.org>www.nfb.org

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