[nabs-l] international students

Sun Nov 30 03:39:57 UTC 2014

Hi Chris et al,

First, I am CCing Candice Chapman on this message. She is the
treasurer of NABS and the membership chair.

I think that this is an excellent discussion (although I have not
followed it thoroughly). One thing we do to engage membership is
through membership calls. If a call would interest students, I am sure
that Candice and the NABS board would love to hear about this directly
and am also sure that something could be organized. I am excited to
learn that students are interested in this topic as it is one that I
am vastly unaware about. I for one would have no idea how to advise an
international student, or international blind student for that matter,
as I am completely ignorant of the rights one has if they are an
international student regarding accommodations. I think that a call
led by some international students who are well versed in
international student rights and experienced with advocating for
themselves would be excellent. I am also on the Slate committee, and I
think that publishing an article about some of the unique challenges
experienced by international students would be a great addition to our
newsletter. So, if you fall into the Slate category and want to share
your story, please email me or the chair of the Slate committee, Cody
Bair at codyjbair at yahoo.com.

Candice is CC-ed, but you can email her directly at chapman.candicel at gmail.com.

Cindy

On 11/29/14, Chris Nusbaum via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> All,
>
> An initial conference call for this might be a great place to start. Perhaps
> this can also expand to a meeting at national convention for international
> students and those who are interested in issues which are of concern to
> them. While I don't see the need for a new NFB division being formed for
> international students, as this (in my opinion) falls under the NABS
> umbrella, the potential could be there for a subgroup within NABS and/or and
> informal discussion group which has its meetings via conference call and at
> national convention. Just throwing out some ideas.
>
> Chris Nusbaum, Vice President
> Maryland Association of Blind Students
> Coordinator of Social Media, National Federation of the Blind of Maryland
> Twitter: @Chrisn98, @MDMDABS and @NFBMD
>
> "Together, with love, hope and determination, we transform dreams into
> reality."
>
>> On Nov 29, 2014, at 8:03 PM, siddhi desai via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Elif and all,
>>
>> This seems to be a great idea! I am from India too and faced many
>> challenges post-arrival in USA. We could  surely plan a conference!
>> Sincerely
>> Siddhi
>>
>>
>>> On 11/30/14, Miso Kwak via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> Hi Elif and all,
>>> Joining the party a bit late, but I am also interested in advocating
>>> for and helping out international students in the U.S.
>>> I am Miso, a sophomore attending University of California Los Angeles,
>>> majoring in psychology and minoring in disability studies and
>>> education. I am originally from South Korea and have been in the U.S.
>>> for about 7 years now.
>>> Please feel free to email me off list and I agree with Kartik that
>>> conference may be a good idea.
>>> Best,
>>> Miso
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Kartik Sawhney via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>> To: Elif Emir <filerime at gmail.com>; National Association of Blind
>>> Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Tue, Nov 11, 2014 8:11 pm
>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] international students
>>>
>>> Hey Elif,
>>>
>>> I'm Kartik. I'm a sophomore at Stanford University studying Computer
>>> Science. I'm from India. I've been thinking on similar lines for quite
>>> sometime now, and I think it'll be awesome to chat more about it to
>>> see what we can do together. Same goes for anyone (international or
>>> not) who is interested. Let's plan a conference to discuss this
>>> further.
>>>
>>> In the meanwhile, Elif, feel free to reach out, or share your contact
>>> details.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>>> On 11/11/14, Elif Emir via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> Well I admit that I got more accommodation's here than I had back in
>>>> Turkey in terms of the accessible course materials. This is wonderful.
>>>> The problem is being lack of social support which can be a back up
>>>> when there is no accommodation.
>>>> Plus this is a huge culture shock.
>>>> In this situation it is very hard to locate in a new country, lern how
>>>> and where to do shopping, find a way for transportation, how to call
>>>> for a cab, learn the naberhood and campus to navegate independently,
>>>> discover the food, brands, health system, learn how to recognize
>>>> dollar bills and coin, write a check, so and so.
>>>> an international student has to figure all these out very shortly in
>>>> order to survive. Blindness and language make this harder. So some
>>>> daily living assistance at the beginning would be very cool.
>>>> Anyway, if there is any international students here please reach me.
>>>> We can advocate for future generations together.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2014-11-11 0:29 GMT-05:00, Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l
>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>:
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> This is definitely dialog which should happen.  I think that domestic
>>>>> students also have a lot to learn from international students, and we
>>>>> could all benefit from more open communication.
>>>>>
>>>>> So, do tell us what you think we could do to help, but also remember
>>>>> to speak up.  I was totally unaware of the lack of accommodations
>>>>> available to students who are not U.S citizens until very recently,
>>>>> and I doubt I'm the only one who isn't very knowledgeable on this.
>>> If
>>>>> you have ideas based on what you did for accommodations in your home
>>>>> country that you think could help students in the U.S, share those
>>>>> too.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think If we're all open and provide helpful suggestions, everyone
>>>>> will benefit.
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 11/10/14, zeynep sule yilmaz via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Elif, that's a great topic to talk about here too. I'm asking all
>>> the
>>>>>> NABS members. How NABS can support international students better? Is
>>>>>> there any idea? Most of us had or still have some problems because
>>> of
>>>>>> being international student. This may be lack of the information and
>>>>>> resources that are available to American sitizens with
>>> disabilities. I
>>>>>> know that being a strong self-advocate is always what we would like,
>>>>>> however, we need support from native students sometimes.  I would
>>> like
>>>>>> to know, if any of the NABS members have any idea on that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> Zeynep
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2014-11-10 13:02 GMT-06:00, Darian Smith via nabs-l
>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>:
>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>  We have an "International Students" E-mail list that can be found
>>>>>>> among
>>>>>>> the  collection of list serves  of the NFB at www.nfbnet.org
>>>>>>> <http://www.nfbnet.org/>.
>>>>>>>  I'm sure there are international students on the NABS list, but I
>>>>>>> suspect
>>>>>>> there are more of them on the International  Students List.
>>>>>>>   Hope this is helpful to you.
>>>>>>>  Best,
>>>>>>>  Darian
>>>>>>>> On Nov 10, 2014, at 10:05 AM, Elif Emir via nabs-l
>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>> My name is Elif.
>>>>>>>> I'm a graduate student from Turkey.
>>>>>>>> I'm wondering how many international students are we in this
>>> group?
>>>>>>>> Or is there anyone who knows about an international blind student
>>> who
>>>>>>>> is not a member of this e-mail group?
>>>>>>>> Could you contact me from here my personal e-mail to discuss
>>> about the
>>>>>>>> accommodation's we have, problems spessific to international
>>> students
>>>>>>>> and adjustment issues.
>>>>>>>> I want to get together online, and talk to each other and support
>>> each
>>>>>>>> other about these internationally spessific issues.
>>>>>>>> Best
>>>>>>>> Elif Emir Oksuz
>>>>>>>> filerime at gmail.com
>>>>>>>>
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