[nabs-l] Forum for discussing social/emotional issues with other blind folks

Tue Feb 19 09:48:02 UTC 2013

Mauriceo, I'm having issues with Google, because I can't get the audio captcha to play.
Blessings, Joshua
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From: nabs-l [nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Mauricio Almeida [mauriciopmalmeida at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 9:03 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Forum for discussing social/emotional issues with other blind folks

i am a google fan, simply because I have worked with the company for  a while in pretty much all I do, so I'd be more  inclined to go with google myself.
as soon as we think of a name, we can creat the list and get it going:D.

Mauricio
On Feb 18, 2013, at 9:10 PM, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> I too was envisioning the list as being an informal support group
> where young blind adults could talk about social issues like
> relationships, getting along with parents, sexuality, etc. I don't
> think the list should in any way try to serve as psychotherapy for
> people who actually have mental health conditions, although if list
> members think they might have a mental health condition and are
> looking for professional resources they could ask the list. Ideally,
> the moderator would be a list member who would actively participate
> and would get involved if there is harassment, flaming or other
> egregiously bad list behavior, but who wouldn't necessarily provide
> formal advice to list members about the issues they bring up. Many of
> these kinds of issues have no clear answer, but it is still helpful to
> talk about them with other people who have had similar experiences in
> the past or present.
> Desiree, if you want to moderate I think that's fine, or if you don't
> then I can. It sounds like Mauricio already knows how to set up a
> group so maybe he should serve as the technical administrator even if
> one of us serves as moderator. We should probably use whichever
> interface is more accessible, and set the group so anybody can freely
> join, but only subscribed members can read the archives.
> Arielle
>
> On 2/18/13, Desiree Oudinot <turtlepower17 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> That makes sense, and that's how I would want my list to be run
>> anyway. I would rather have a forum where people can talk openly,
>> without a chain of command, so to speak. Of course, when steps need to
>> be taken to stop a member from harassing someone, for example,
>> moderation needs to happen. But in order to foster trust, I don't
>> think a heavy-handed approach, or one where too many professionals are
>> involved to the point where they may, however unintentionally,
>> invalidate other members' experiences and opinions, would work out too
>> well. I was just asking because others may not have seen it that way,
>> and I was more or less gauging interest.
>> With that in mind, let me take a look at the Yahoogroups interface.
>> I've heard that they made changes to it recently that made it less
>> accessible, or maybe that was Google Groups. I've never ran a group
>> before, so this is new to me. Either way, the archives would most
>> certainly be private.
>>
>> On 2/18/13, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>> desiree,
>>> a blind person who is mature and been through relationships is fine to
>>> moderate; professionals can join, but
>>> I think the list should be for support, not primarily for therapy.
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Desiree Oudinot
>>> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 6:11 PM
>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Forum for discussing social/emotional issues with
>>> other blind folks
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> Since I was the person who  initially raised this suggestion, I guess
>>> I'd better speak up.
>>> While I do think this is a great idea, and would like to see it
>>> happen, I'm not sure I'm the right person to even suggest it. Pardon
>>> the pun, but I'm not so sure having the blind lead the blind is such a
>>> good idea. To cut to the point, I'm not sure if it would be right of
>>> me to moderate such a list when I know I would use it to air out some
>>> of my own problems. I'm also not a psychologist, social worker or any
>>> other mental health worker. I only bring this up because I'm not sure
>>> how formal this group would have to be, and I don't want any trouble.
>>> My only other hang-up is that I'm not very good at thinking up clever
>>> names, and I'm drawing a blank as to what this hypothetical list
>>> should be called. I'm sure others may have some suggestions, though,
>>> so that's just a minor inconvenience.
>>> So, what do you all think? Would you want the list to be moderated and
>>> ran by a trained mental health worker? Would you feel uncomfortable
>>> with a moderator who used the list for its intended purpose, rather
>>> than just sitting in the background and dealing with problems, both
>>> tech-related and within the list's members? Let me know, and I'll
>>> think about it some more.
>>>
>>> On 2/18/13, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I can moderate, but would prefer someone who is more tech-savvy than I
>>>> to actually set up the list initially.
>>>> Arielle
>>>>
>>>> On 2/18/13, Loren Wakefield <theweird1 at centurylink.net> wrote:
>>>>> It would be a great idea.  I don't know how those groups work.  But I
>>>>> suppose one could find out.  However, I am not sure that I would have
>>>>> the
>>>>> time to be its moderator.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Carly
>>>>> Mihalakis
>>>>> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 3:40 PM
>>>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list;
>>>>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Forum for discussing social/emotional issues with
>>>>> other blind folks
>>>>>
>>>>> Great idea! Unfortunately, i am not qualified to set up, or moderate
>>>>> the
>>>>> thing, although it is a great idea.At 01:31 PM 2/18/2013, Arielle
>>>>> Silverman
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>> A while back some of us talked about creating a list on YahooGroups or
>>>>>> GoogleGroups where blind students and mentors could talk about
>>>>>> sexuality and social issues. I am wondering if we should go ahead and
>>>>>> create this list to be a separate place from NABS-L and one where the
>>>>>> topic is a bit more relaxed so that people could post about
>>>>>> relationship issues, family difficulties etc. If the list is hosted on
>>>>>> YahooGroups, the archives will be private so no one who is not
>>>>>> subscribed will be able to read the content of the list (and
>>>>>> GoogleGroups might be that way too; I'd have to check).
>>>>>> The NFB lists tend to be a little strict about topic since they are
>>>>>> publicly archived and since they are intended to be about a very
>>>>>> specific topic. However that doesn't mean we can't create a separate
>>>>>> list that is more of a support group rather than a place to obtain
>>>>>> information.
>>>>>> Does someone want to go ahead and do this?
>>>>>> Arielle
>>>>>>
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