[nabs-l] research paper assistance

[Ashley Bramlett]

Nathan,

Wow, what an interesting project! And, you are pretty near me as I'm in 
northern va and graduated years back from Marymount University.

Anyway, great topic, but I believe it will be hard to find sources. I hope 
you don't need many scholarly sources as there are few discussing 
specifically blindisms on interaction. Many studies have been done on 
socialization in general though.

The one scholarly source I can think of is the Journal of Visual Impairment 
put out by AFB.
I do not know  how you'd access the journal though as it is subscription 
based; my advice would be to read abstracts and perhaps purchase individual 
articles if needed. Other sources could be interviews, if you are allowed to 
use them, with blindness professionals such as teachers of the vision 
impaired and O&M teachers. Most professionals recognize the negative impact 
of blindisms and discourage it among students.

I also think you could use sources about conformity to social norms in 
general and the negative consequences of failing to conform. Certainly 
blindisms are abnormal and are not conforming to social norms.

In terms of websites
here are some ideas off the top of my head.

Texas School for the blind www.tsbvi.edu
I've seen many articles on there about teaching kids, and surely there is 
bound to be some on social interaction
Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu
Overbrook School for the blind

Also, I highly recommend Future reflections put out by NFB.
This publication is for parents of blind children grounded in NFB 
philosophy; it has tons  of articles  about social interaction.

Here are some articles with their direct urls that you might find helpful. 
Note, there is a whole issue of the magazine about extra curricular 
activities. While not addressing blindisms specifically, it does address the 
interactions in a sighted world and how important learning social norms are.

Here they are.

Future Reflections Fall 2015
Manners Matter

“We are all impressed when we meet children who are well-behaved and 
well-mannered. It's easier to like children who conform to our social 
expectations. They seem less strange to us.”

https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/fr/fr34/3/fr340304.htm

Standing on My Own Two Feet
https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/fr/fr34/3/fr340316.htm

Special Issue 2015 Extra Curricular Activities

Cheering Blind

Good luck, and if you need more ideas, I'll look around and ask my TVI from 
senior year who I keep in touch with.
Ashley
-----Original Message----- 
From: Nathan Clark via nabs-l
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2015 9:13 PM
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Cc: Nathan Clark
Subject: [nabs-l] research paper assistance

Dear Nabs,
My name is Nathan Clark and I am a junior at the University of Towson
in Towson, Maryland. For my Sociology Social Problems class we have to
research a social problem in society. I have selected my topic to be
how blindisms negatively impact blind people in terms of social
interaction with their sighted peers. I am writing my paper from a
social interactionists perspective. I was wondering if anyone could
give me some website or sources that I could use to base my research
on. Thanks for any help that anyone could provide me.
Sincerely,
Nathan Clark

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