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

Suzanne Germano sgermano at asu.edu
Fri Sep 11 15:58:05 UTC 2015


Email lists and FaceBook groups are only valuable if people can be free to
give positive and negative opinions and comments. How can people make
informed decisions if they only get one sided information? I personally
value all opinions even if they differ from my own.

Suzanne

On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 7:31 AM, Elizabeth Mohnke via nabs-l <
nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hello Kathryn,
>
> I find it interesting that you are only responding to Tyler's message and
> not Hope's message when they both appear to contain information about
> something they do not like about the NFB training centers. Even though the
> email could have been worded differently to convey a different attitude, I
> found Tyler's email to be rather meaningful to the discussion of using
> guide dogs at NFB training centers. I do not believe a person's experience
> should be any less significant simply because it happens to be negative
> rather than positive. If anything, I think people should be willing to hear
> both negative and positive experiences regarding NFB training centers
> before making the decision to attend an NFB training center. Therefore, I
> do not believe you have the right to ban someone from expressing their
> opinions regarding their own personal experience simply because you do not
> happen to agree with it.
>
> Warm regards,
> Elizabeth
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kathryn
> Webster via nabs-l
> Sent: Friday, September 11, 2015 9:00 AM
> To: tyler at tysdomain.com; National Association of Blind Students mailing
> list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Kathryn Webster <kathrynwebster.nfb at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] my blog about my experiences at LCB
>
> Tyler,
>   Please refrain from posting negative, unnecessary, and insignificant
> comments to the list. We request that all posts contribute to given
> discussions in a meaningful way.
> Thank you in advance for understanding.
>
> Best,
> Kathryn Webster
> NABS Treasurer/Secretary
>
>
> Kathryn C. Webster
> (203) 273-8463
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > 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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> > - --
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> > Ty
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