[nabs-l] A possible outreach idea

Sat Jun 29 02:47:26 UTC 2013

Hi all,

I would be very willing to put some time into some sections of high
school or college booklets.  I think this is a great idea and would be
a great resource to those who might need it.

>From what I've seen in Ohio a lot of students who are visually
impaired and don't have commprehensive support from their families
often don't know where to look for resources, and other times they
have this false perception of the NFB and think we're militant.  I
tried introducing a younger student to NABS because I thought it would
be good for him to see how other students were excelling and that he
could too if he put his mind to it, but once he found out it was NFB
affiliated he lost all interest in joining the group.  Circulating a
booklet might be a good way of getting around this issue, rather than
telling someone, "Just go to the National Federation of the Blind's
student division page for resources," which can turn some people who
don't know about the NFB or NABS for what it really is off.

On 6/28/13, Anjelina Cruz <anjelinac26 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Elizabeth,
> Thanks for your thoughts and suggestions. The "resource" page does
> have valuable information. I was attempting to consider those who may
> not want to join an e-mail list for various reasons or DS offices who
> may not be as informed as possible about ways to assist a blind
> student. Maybe there are other ways outside of lists to reach other
> students.
>
> On 6/28/13, Elizabeth Mohnke <lizmohnke at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello Anjelina,
>>
>> Does the resource page on the NABS website not meet your needs? It has
>> been
>>
>> a wile since I last checked it out, but it seemed rather comprehensive to
>> me. What else would you like to see listed that does not appear on this
>> list
>>
>> of resources?
>>
>> It would also seem to me that if a student is looking to find more
>> information then they would be willing to take the necessary steps to
>> obtain
>>
>> this information. If anything else, you could suggest to the other blind
>> and
>>
>> visually impaired students to join this email list or connect with
>> someone
>> from the NFB on a local or state level. In a world driven by technology
>> and
>>
>> the internet, it would seem to me that this information would be easy to
>> find.
>>
>> Just my thoughts for what it's worth.
>>
>> Elizabeth
>>
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Anjelina Cruz" <anjelinac26 at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 5:33 PM
>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] A possible outreach idea
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> I'm still interested in working to create such a booklet for high
>>> school and college students. This is quite a huge idea, and if
>>> something like this already exists then it'd be best if we don't
>>> reinvent the wheel. I'm not sure about high schools, but the college I
>>> attended had other students who were visually impaired but they
>>> weren't able to obtain information from the DS office about assistive
>>> technology and struggled with magnifiers and enlarged screens. Rather
>>> then depending on the DS office or rehab to offer we have this list,
>>> but I'm sure where is a large number of students we could reach with a
>>> booklet. Are there more thoughts on this?
>>> Any disagreement? Who would be interested and willing to invest time
>>> in getting this off the ground?
>>> Thanks :)
>>>
>>> On 6/23/13, Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I like the idea of tailoring it to reach certain populations too.
>>>> Perhaps a high school book and then a college and beyond book would be
>>>> cool?
>>>>
>>>> We'd just need a good start on it.  I like and agreee with all the
>>>> ideas that have been said on this thread thus far.
>>>>
>>>> On 6/20/13, Lillie Pennington <lilliepennington at fuse.net> wrote:
>>>>> I like it. How do we start? If there was enough interest we could
>>>>> create
>>>>> specific books for specic populations such as high school
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jun 16, 2013, at 6:14 PM, "justin williams"
>>>>> <justin.williams2 at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> That's great.  Outstanding.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Anjelina
>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2013 5:29 PM
>>>>>> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>>>>> Subject: [nabs-l] A possible outreach idea
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Good evening fellow students, I have an idea which is been rolling
>>>>>> around
>>>>>> my
>>>>>> head. If my idea is totally off the mark feel free to say so. I'm
>>>>>> also
>>>>>> open
>>>>>> to constructive feedback.
>>>>>> I understand the students we are extremely busy especially during the
>>>>>> semester. As most of you may know, the blind parents division Created
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> handbook which can be distributed to anyone who is interested in
>>>>>> topics
>>>>>> related to blind parents. I have found it to be a very helpful
>>>>>> resource
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> pass out to sighted people who have questions about how I do things
>>>>>> as
>>>>>>
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> parent who is blind. Could we All work together to create a similar
>>>>>> handbook? This handbook could be distributed to universities or even
>>>>>> rehab
>>>>>> agencies. It's something such as this already exists, I'd be
>>>>>> interested
>>>>>> in
>>>>>> checking out the resource. If not, we could Discuss general student
>>>>>> needs.
>>>>>> I'm pretty sure there is a broader scope of students that we haven't
>>>>>> reached
>>>>>> especially those were not on the listserv. What do you all think? I'm
>>>>>> curious to hear feedback. Thanks for reading and entertaining this
>>>>>> idea.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sent from Anjelina's iPhone
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