[nabs-l] my blog about my experiences at LCB

justin williams justin.williams2 at gmail.com
Fri Sep 11 12:47:40 UTC 2015


>From what I understand, Colorado is a little more forgiving; I've taok to the people who both work and who have attended.  
I just figured I'd point that out.  I've heard the same thing you just said about LCB however.
 Justin.

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From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Hope Paulos via nabs-l
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] my blog about my experiences at LCB

I have to chime in here.  I also have a dog and won't attend a training center because I can't use him. I understand not being able to use them for travel classes, that makes sense, but not being able to use him for cooking, shop, and braille classes? I am also put off by the arrogance of some of the NFB center instructors. I was working the booth as a trainer at the convention for an assistive technology company.  A center instructor came up wanting to look at some of the products we had on display. I showed them the products, and then proceeded to ask them a question. Because I have a graduate certificate in assistive technology, as well as a graduate certificate in technical support, I wanted to know if my technology classes would be tailored to my advanced needs. The instructor proceeded to laugh at me, and told me "graduate certificate or not, you will go through the same class as everyone else, starting with keyboarding." My colleague, who was sitting beside me, and I were shocked at this person's attitude… keep in mind, I am a trainer for an assistive technology company, and I have to start with keyboarding? I also have a bachelors degree in education… The first thing that you learned about teaching is that everybody learns differently, and everybody is on different levels… Education cannot be "One-size-fits-all." Unfortunately, this seems to be the philosophy of the NFB centers. 
Sorry for the rant! On a more positive note, I look forward to reading your blog, and hope that you have A wonderful time and learn a lot. 

Hope Paulos

> On Sep 11, 2015, at 8:29 AM, Littlefield, Tyler via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> I was going to ask about your experience with a dog, given the name of 
> your blog. I find it rather amusing that NFB-associated centers 
> discrimenate so hard against dogs, yet they're the first to scream 
> discrimenation. I was not hired to a program last summer and it was 
> mostly because I didn't answer the rather pointed questions about what 
> I would do with my dog (like if he could stay in a room) for classes, 
> quite the way they wanted. There I think my hope in the NFB, at least 
> what remained of it shattered to pieces. We're the first to ask for 
> equal access, yet equal access is not provided unless you have a 
> straight white cane and drink the Cool-Aid.
>> On 9/11/2015 8:17 AM, Aleeha Dudley via nabs-l wrote:
>> Hey all, If you’d like to read about my experiences at LCB, here is a 
>> link to my blog. http://4pawsatmyside.wordpress.com
>> <http://4pawsatmyside.wordpress.com/> I will be detailing my 
>> experiences in class, as well as those with my guide dog, Dallas, 
>> especially given the center’s policies about guide dogs. I apologize 
>> if this is off topic for the list. Feel free to write me off list 
>> with questions. Aleeha Dudley 
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