[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Maybe OT

[Tammy Freitag]

Betty,
As President of this Division, I did not receive a message from you.
If anyone contacts you about this wonderful project, please take this
off list.

Thank you & Best Wishes!
Tammy Freitag

On 2/20/20, Lovette Yewchan via NFB-Krafters-Korner
<nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi there,
> I did try to contact the owner to get permission for an announcement but
> never heard back.
> If this is not acceptable, please forgive me.
>
> Do you wish sighted people understood us better? Do you wish you could tell
> a story to demonstrate who you are aside from blindness but using what you
> need to do to get things done? Do you wish people would see that you are not
> just amazing or a freak? But you are just trying to live your life like
> everyone else does.
>
> Betty Nobel and I, Lovette Yewchan, are embarking on a project to write such
> a book. But we need your help. We need your stories two to three pages at
> the most, depicting your experiences in the following areas:
> Childhood
> School Experiences
> Going to College and University
> Independent Travel
> Finding a partner
> Managing a home
> Caring for children
> Employment
> Hobbies and Sports
> Technology: How it helps and when it doesn’t
> Dealing with professionals the public
> Losing your sight
>
> This is a book we hope will help sighted people understand our lives better
> and debunk some of the myths or stereotypes of blindness.
> If you would like to contribute your story, please contact:
> please contact
> Betty Nobel at singerbettyn at outlook.com <mailto:singerbettyn at outlook.com> or
> Lovette Yewchan at lyewchan at telus.net <mailto:lyewchan at telus.net>
>
> Also we must state that we may not use all stories contributed due to
> similarities with other stories. There will be no paid compensation for
> these stories, but we hope that the desire for people to see into our lives
> more realistically will be reward enough.
> Please feel free to post this far and wide to people who are blind.
>
> We’d like to have the stories in by the end of April, 2020..
>
> Feel free to ask any questions you may have regarding these stories, and
> thanks for any and all contributions.
> Lovette and Betty
>
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Tammy