[nabs-l] Regarding Another Blind Student on Campus

[Miso Kwak]

Hi Vejas, I think you have a good idea that casual lunch may be a good
way to bring the subject up. Given that this student may not be open
to receiving such training at this point I think the best thing you
could do may be just become good friends with him/her and show rather
than tell nonvisual techniques you use on daily basis. If she/he feels
that how you do your daily task could benefit him/her I think that
he/she will naturally become curious and interested.

I feel that NFB does a great job promoting independence and use of
nonvisual skills for blind people but I think in the end each person
needs to decide for himself or herself that they want to pursue these
things especially as adults. Others simply may not feel the need to
learn nonvisual techniques for one reason or another and I think just
as good people we should respect others' choice.

Best,
Miso

On 11/15/16, Vejas Vasiliauskas via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi,
> I had known there were 2 other blind students on my campus, which
> is fairly small, and met one of them last week.
> This student is still very high-vision but uses a cane.  He can
> travel quite well during the daytime, but not in the dark.  He
> uses magnification, and although learned Braille as a high-school
> student when his mother wanted him to, does not use it anymore.
> This I consider mostly fairly normal for a student with lots of
> functioning vision.  The main concern that I have, though, is
> that he still looks at the screen on his phone and, when it gets
> too sunny, avoids use of it altogether.  This could land him in
> potential problems in the future if it has not already.
> Although he would definitely benefit from learning about
> Voice-Over and training center opportunities, I barely know him.
> What approach would you use to tell them about the help they can
> get, knowing that they may not even want the help?
> The only idea I can think of is to take him somewhere for lunch
> on campus and casually bring things like how to use Voice-Over up
> without making it sound like a big deal.
> What are your thoughts?
> Vejas
>
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Mi So Kwak
University of California, Los Angeles | 2017
Psychology B.A. | Education Studies Minor | Disability Studies Minor
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