[nfb-db] affiliate president's survey of deaf-blind

[Danielle Burton]

Hi, Marsha. My name's Danielle burton. I'm one of the deaf-blind scholarship winners. I'm not sure who the other one was unless they were mistakenough and seen me a couple times. I am totally blind with mild hearing loss in my left ear and moderate in my right. I wear hearing aids for both ears. I do not use sign or an SSP but during Convention sometimes my friend who was also a scholarship winner would have to repeat what was being said because the speaker was too far away from me. Also, when I was with my mentors I would explain that they needed to stay close to me because I wouldn't hear them in crowds. They were all very understanding and we would minstly stay in contact with each other while using canes. They also made a point to find places that were quieter to eat so that I could hear better. 

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On Jul 15, 2013, at 7:59 PM, Marsha Drenth <marsha.drenth at gmail.com> wrote:

> Janice,
> I am so very very hapy to hear about this. I remember hearing on the stream of the general session that Alaska, was deafblind. I also noticed that Dr. Mauer was not very nice in giving the ALaska person to respond. This made me mad. How inconsiderate. I know of 4 federationists in my state who are DB, I know of other DB people, who are not NFB'ers too. I am glad that the search for more DB persons is being done. I am curious about the scholarship winners, who were the DB winners? How much or little hearing did they have? Did they need an SSp? I wonder if a person who was totally blind and deaf, who required an SSP would be given the chance to be a scholarship winner. I also wonder if there is some discimination in the scholarship process in this regard. 
> 
> Marsha drenth  
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> On Jul 15, 2013, at 12:07 PM, Janice Toothman <janice.toothman at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Everyone,
>> I wanted to let you know that the Deaf-Blind Division gave letters to all 51 Affiliate president's or alternate delegates asking their cooperation in identifying deaf-blind in their state.  We learned that Alaska Affiliate president was Deaf-Blind and required an SSP to during session to respond.  Also the Alternate Delegate for Delaware was also Deaf-Blind.  There were several other states affiliate who had spouses that were Deaf-Blind. Finally, two of the Nationally Scholarship winners were Deaf-Blind.  While HKNC does compile a list of Deaf-Blind in the United States, the division is specifically looking for a Federationists, who are Deaf-Blind.
>> Janice
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