[nfb-db] nadb

[Randall Pope]

Hi Scott and all,

I welcome the opportunity to speak with you.  Just let me know when you will
be in Baltimore.

Janice, I'm sorry that I was not able to be in touch with you as I have a
lot on my plate at the moment in rebuilding AADB, plus I'm with decline
vision loss in the past two years. It's no fun, especially when I used ASL
most of the time.  At the moment, I have been working on ASL tactile plus
picking up on Pro Tactile.  It's not easy for me.   Nevertheless, I'm
willing to free up some time with you if you want to try again.

All, I'm sure that the SSP resolution was created with good intentions.
However I see one or two provision that left me wondering if the DB division
of the NFB really want to work with the ASL DB people.  As many may have
read it, this probably the reasons why most on AADB-L did not responded.  

Being hard of hearing myself, I fully understand the plight that many of you
gone through as DB people, including having some issues with DB people who
use ASL as their native language.    At the same, I see that the DB people
using ASL are having basically the very same issues with the HOH DB people.
Keep in mind that the culturally ASL DB live in a different culture world
than the hoh DB, similar to the English and Hispanic people, two different
set of people living in two different cultures.  In a nutshell, it's simply
a lack of understand of each other is the heart of the problem.

Lastly, I would like to leave with you this thought:  "To understand a
person, one must walk in his or her shoes."

Randy Pope

-----Original Message-----
From: nfb-db [mailto:nfb-db-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Scott Davert
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 4:36 AM
To: NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfb-db] nadb

Hello.
AADB no longer has an official office, though they did have paid staff in
the past, along with an office in Silver Springs. They have a newly
appointed president, so it'll be interesting to see if he can pull the
sambles the organization has been left in back together. I really hope the
board and its membership can get back on their feet. I did post the
resolution to the AADB membership mailing list, and there was not much of a
reaction. in fact, those who replied simply criticized the grammar of the
resolution instead of thinking that perhaps getting involved would be more
productive. It's quite sad actually. I was hoping that this could be some
sort of way that the NFB DB Devision and AADB could collaborate. I need to
speak with Randy, the new president, on some other advocacy work he and I
are doing, and will see if I can still get more than semantic type debates
out of him in private.

Take care,
Scott

On 7/22/13, Lydia Roth <lrroth55 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just checked their site and they're now in Kensington, MD.
>
> The website is:
>
> www.aadb.org
>
>
>
> On 7/22/13, Lydia Roth <lrroth55 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I know some of the people in AADB.  Last I heard, the headquarters 
>> were in Silver Spring, MD.  Not sure if they're still there.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 7/22/13, Sheila Leigland <sleigland at bresnan.net> wrote:
>>> hi is anyone familiar with the american association of deafblind? I 
>>> understand they are out of Oregon.
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> "For we walk by faith, not by sight"
>> 2 Corinthians 5:7
>>
>
>
> --
> "For we walk by faith, not by sight"
> 2 Corinthians 5:7
>
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