[nabs-l] Study-abroad and Accessible Blogging Sites

[KENNEDY STOMBERG]

Thank you all for your amazing feedback! I will definitely check out Mobility International, and it sounds like WordPress is the way to go for blogging. Thank you again! You all rock! :) 

Kennedy Stomberg 
(218)295-2391 

> On Dec 21, 2016, at 2:22 PM, Elif Emir Öksüz via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello Keneddy and all,
> Although it is little bit different than what you are asking, I am
> currently studying abroad here in the United States.
> Cultural adoptation, knowing health and education system, language,
> food and accessible materials can be challenging.
> I find pretty useful to contact blind people especially students who
> are living in that country.
> I learned a lot from my NFB friends about how the system works here in
> terms of blind life. Beyond this, NFB provides me a various group of
> friends that
> I probably would not have as just a student.
> If you want to hear more, please contact me, so we can skype or call each other.
> It sounds exciting. Good luck.
> 
> 
> 
> 2016-12-19 17:20 GMT-05:00, Jameyanne Fuller via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>:
>> Hi Kenedy,
>> Definitely check out Mobility International USA. I didn't know they existed
>> before I went abroad, and everything I've read about them since indicates
>> that they're really helpful. The biggest problem I had in rural Italy is I
>> faced a lot of discrimination. People were very unwilling to let me enter
>> shops or restaurants with my dog, even though Italy has access laws like
>> the
>> ADA. People were also generally angry at my nerve to live independently so
>> far from home. Obviously this is not true of all European countries though,
>> so you may not have this problem.
>> And I second the recommendation about wordpress. It's free and very good.
>> Feel free to email me off list if you have other questions about either
>> studying abroad or blogging.
>> Best,
>> Jameyanne
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NABS-L [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Miso Kwak via
>> NABS-L
>> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2016 3:11 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Miso Kwak <misokwak12 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Study-abroad and Accessible Blogging Sites
>> 
>> How exciting!
>> Have you checked out www.miusa.org ?
>> As for blogging platform, word press is pretty accessible.
>> --Miso
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Dec 19, 2016, at 8:45 AM, KENNEDY STOMBERG via NABS-L
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Good morning, friends,
>>> 
>>> I will be studying abroad in Denmark next semester, starting in January.
>> Is there anyone on this mailing list who has studied abroad? What was the
>> experience like for you? What challenges did you face, particularly when it
>> came to your blindness? You can feel free to e-mail me off-list, or you can
>> share with everyone on the list if you feeel others would benefit.
>>> 
>>> While studying abroad, I would like to start a blog, and talk about my
>> adventures. Does anyone know of some accessible blogging sites that you
>> have
>> had success with?
>>> 
>>> Thank you so much!
>>> Kennedy
>>> 
>>> Kennedy Stomberg
>>> (218)295-2391
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