[nabs-l] Sex Education Curriculum

[Desiree Oudinot]

Hi Ashley,
It would be pretty easy to look up a lot of the questions you have on
the internet. There are plenty of reputable health websites that will
tell you what you want to know. I agree, listening to a screen reader
talk about sex might not be the best way to go about it, but your
questions about pregnancy are scientific, so I would say you could go
to a site like kidshealth.org, go to their parenting section, and read
many articles about pregnancy, labor, and birth. The articles on that
site are in easy-to-understand language and it's just the facts. There
are other websites like babycenter.com that will give you the same
kind of information. A google search can do wonders as well. Don't
feel discouraged, if you want to find something out badly enough,
research it.

On 7/12/12, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 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
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>
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