[nabs-l] National Convention and Wheelchair Attendents

[Arielle Silverman]

Hi Josh,

I hope you can make it to next year's convention. I always see lots of
folks there who use wheelchairs, so I know it can be done. I'm not
sure if the convention committee provides wheelchair pushers or if you
need to bring your own. They have a lot of UPS volunteers staffing the
convention and so someone from that group might be able to help you. I
would suggest talking to your NFB state president about funding and
also about requesting a pusher as an accommodation. Best of luck!

Arielle

On 11/7/13, Josh Gregory <joshkart12 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks nice piece of advice!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Nov 7, 2013, at 11:20 AM, johnnie Jean duran <johnniejduran at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Josh, actually, if you contact the president Marc Mauwer, he will make
>> sure to provide sighted assistance for you.
>>
>>> On 11/7/13, josh gregory <joshkart12 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Looks like this might be  blank…
>>>
>>>> On 11/7/13, Justin Williams <justin.williams2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 11/7/13, josh gregory <joshkart12 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>> Maybe a weird question for some, but here goes.
>>>>>  I am, indeed, in a wheelchair. I'm looking to hopefully attend
>>>>> national convention this year through one of the available
>>>>> scholarships. However, I'm wondering how people who are in wheelchairs
>>>>> have managed to navigate, do things, and stuff like that? What
>>>>> assistance is available for people like us? Would we have to pay for
>>>>> such things on our own? It'd be my first time attending and it's quite
>>>>> exciting, but this is one of the things I'd have to tackle, and I'm
>>>>> looking for assistance with it.
>>>>> Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Josh
>>>>>
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