[nfb-db] Deaf Inclusion Training

Fri Feb 21 01:41:32 UTC 2014

Hello Cheri and all,

I am not deaf blind. I am just blind, and I like talking with deaf blind people and hearing their stories.  Meeting a few deaf blind people myself, I know that there is a range, but I do not want to drown out someone else's voice. I do not know what it is like to be deaf blind, but I am an ally. For me, I accept deaf blind people as people, and I would like others to know about the deaf blind community so that they can become allies as well.

Four the Deaf Inclusion Training, I want there to also be a critical dialogue about deaf blindness as well that more people are aware. I write to this list so that I an bring many voices of the deaf blind to a training so that they may be heard as well.part of the reason for the training is to bring awareness to some of the difficulties that deaf and deaf blind people face and that others can learn about the struggles and reach out their hands and offer help.

Best,

Keitei Colton

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> Date: Feb. 18, 2014
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> Attention! Attention! Attention!
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> Hi, my name is Cheryl R. Brown, I am a National Representative of the NY Deaf-Blind Division of the NFB. Yes, I need you that right you who represent of all areas New York State and New York City as well as others county of New York State. JOIN me in forming a small committees of the NY Deaf-Blind??of the National Federation of the Blind. Please stand up for Deaf-Blind concern. I need you such as NFB Deaf-Blind Group, American Deaf Blind Association, and others Deaf-Blind Group can WORK together to learn how ?I Can Connect Program? may help you, establish and to get support for SSP (Service Support Provider, and advocate for Deaf-Blind issues. Unified together let the community know we Deaf-Blind are active. I am looking for any person who want to get involve in the committee??position as following:
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> First Vice President
> Second Vice President
> Secretary
> Secretary of the Treasure
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> 5 Board Members:
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> First Board: ?I Can Connect Program?
> Second Board SSP
> Third Board: Deaf-Blind Concerns
> Fourth Board: Seminar and guest speaker
> Fifth Board: Fund Raiser
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> Please email if you want to be apart of the NY Deaf-Blind Committees of the NFB. I really need you, please. We can make a different.
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> The selection will be a (First Come First Serve basis). If more than one person express interest in the position above then I will put each person name on a paper folded in square. Place name in jar with 5 blank paper in folded in square in jar. I will have a sighted-person will help me. I will take out the first name that????appear for that position that you express.??The position will be held for 2 years until reelection . Please JOIN me in making this happening. I need you!
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> At the moment, I will be holding??the President position. Please, join me in building this small New York committees.
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> Contact:
> Cheryl R. Brown
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> Home Phone Numbers: (631) 952-0989
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> e-mail:?cheryl9rb at gmail.com
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> Please put your full name and full E-mail address in the body of the E-mail. So, I can E-mail back to you. I also need your full name and your home/apt. address, and phone numbers. I really appreciate that very much.
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> From: Keitei Colton <kekiangeles111 at gmail.com>
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> Hello all,
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> I am putting on a presentation/training for a few student groups at the University of Utah. I am wanting to include Deaf-Blind perspectives to help with the presentation/training. Could anyone help me?  Some questions that I would like to share answers for at the presentation/training are as following:
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> 1. Is there a Deaf-Blind community?
> 2. What are some methods of communicating with a Deaf-blind person?
> 3. What is tactile sign language?
> 4. Is Braille helpful?
> 5. Did you learn ASL as your first language?
> 6. What are some of the struggles that you personally face?
> 7. How can someone best help you?
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> If you want to help, please email me with any suggestions/tips and answer the questions to the questions from your personal experience.
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> Best,
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> Keitei Colton
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> Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 01:49:17 -0500 (EST)
> From: Cherifields at aol.com
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> Hello Keitei,
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> If you are considered deaf-blind, then you must know that not all  
> deaf-blind are not all deaf-blind.  The term is loosely used to include all  degrees 
> of persons with hearing and vision loss.  Those of us who are  considered 
> blind have varying degrees of blindness.  And the same goes for  deafness.  
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> Obviously, if you could not hear at birth, you would most likely have been  
> educated in the ASL.  If you are educated with the deaf environment you are 
> better served with the deaf culture.  If you are raised with the blind  
> environment you will most likely stay with the hearing community, even if you  
> use ASL.  
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> The deaf-blind who are tactile only, have other organizations that serve  
> them.  This is primarily their community.  Since there are not a large  
> enough number in any one location, they will involved themselves with  
> associations that meet their needs.    
> The reality is, will society accept and include the deaf-blind?  How  can 
> we expect society to accept deaf-blind if as a whole the blind community  
> does not accept them or the deaf does not accept them?  Inclusion must come  
> from those who are NOT deaf-blind.  And not the other way around.  
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> With the advent of new technology and education changing to include rather  
> than exclude society will change as we integrate disabilities.   Just as 
> years ago the children with disabilities were all segregated  in  their own 
> disability.  This would make it harder for others without those  disabilities 
> to accept them.  
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> Best Regards
> 
> Cheri Fields
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