[nabs-l] Opinions wanted on an event.

[Carly Mihalakis]

Good morning, John,
  As a means of driving home the point of disabled, self reliance, it 
might be good adding as part of the chair demonstration by having 
whomever uses a chair, to do somethhing that holds meaning in the 
chair, to show that, despite being chairbound, the person who can't 
walk can have a place in society. I think it's the difference between 
going sighted guide with a blind person, and blind guy using his cane 
to actualize something that holds meaning.
for today, Car 2012, John Moore wrote:
>Hi all. I know it has been a while since I have posted on this list. 
>On October 25th, my college is hosting an event to raise awareness 
>about people with various disabilities. We are calling it Ability 
>Awareness Day. This is because we want to educate people about what 
>people with disabilities can do, not on what they can't. What I'm 
>looking for is ideas. I'm helping our disability support services 
>office organize the event. We're going to have, among other things, 
>simulations of various things such as a wheelchair ride where the 
>person will have to ride in a wheelchair to a certain point. We are 
>looking for ideas about a blindness simulation. A cane walk would be 
>cool, but we don't have enough people to assist with one. I was 
>thinking a display with various things in Braille and various 
>braille writing devices. Last year, I did that in addition to having 
>an event where people would be blindfolded and would be given 
>headphones. They would have to listen to something and then answer 
>questions about it. THe idea was to show that blind people just used 
>there other senses more and people were impacted by it. I could tell 
>a lot of people got stereotypes about enhanced hearing shattered. 
>What do all of you think would be a good way to educate people about 
>blindness that would also be interactive? Any suggestions would be 
>welcome and appreciated.
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