[nabs-l] What do you think: does getting involved with a blindness organization or society involve working in the real world?

[Darian Smith]

Hello,
  I would say that involvement in the  National Federation of the Blind (of  which the National Association of Blind  Students is a part of) is a  volunteer job, as we are mostly a  volunteer organization.   in the  corse of doing this work, you learn or stay in practice with things such as working as a team, working independently,   public speaking,   effectively communicating, networking and so-on.
 The skills you gain are most certainly  applicable to any job you were to apply for.  Of  corse the more well-rounded you are the more this helps your chances at  a job.
     we believe that  we as blind people can do just about everything a sighted person does, and succeeding in the so-called real world is a part of that.
 so, yes, involvement in a blindness organization  (specifically the NFB, as I can only speak to what I know) can certainly   translate into involvement in the  real  world if you  truly want it to.
   Darian 
                    
On Oct 1, 2014, at 6:51 PM, Sami Osborne via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm just curious to know your opinions on whether you consider getting involved with a blindness organization or society such as the Federation or NABS to be going out and working in the real world?
> 
> I'm just curious because not everybody in the world is blind, so working with a company that only involves blind people is, in my opinion, not really a job where you interact with everyone out there.
> I think it should be obvious to everyone on this list that about 70 percent of the people in this world are sighted and about 30 percent includes us, the blindness community.  Sorrmy if my math is off, but that's my estimate of how much of the world contains the sighted people and how much contains us.  Somebody else on this list might have a more accurate calculation of the actual percentages.
> 
> So, in your opinion, is getting involved with a blindness group going out and working in the real world or only in your "blindness" world?
> 
> I'm looking forward to hearing your views.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Sami.
> 
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