[nabs-l] National Convention and Wheelchair Attendents

Thu Nov 7 21:21:58 UTC 2013

Hi,

As was said, I met/saw a lot of people who use wheelchairs at the 2013
convention, so it is doable.  There are plenty of UPS volunteers that
walk around to provide assistance to everyone, so I'm sure that one or
two might look out for wheelchair or users specifically.  I would talk
to your state president and see what they say about it.  Either a
volunteer can be arranged at convention, or sometimes people from
affiliates volunteer to push wheelchairs.  One of my scholarship
mentors and his wife were wheelchair users, and other people in their
affiliate volunteered themselves just because it was easier.  I would
hope that people from your state would do the same.

Good luck in applying for the scholarship!  It's a great honor and a
great experience to attend convention for the first time.

On 11/7/13, Josh Gregory <joshkart12 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks very much, greatly appreciated.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Nov 7, 2013, at 2:56 PM, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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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