[nfb-talk] NFB beginnings

adrijana prokopenko adrijana.prokopenko at gmail.com
Tue Aug 8 13:10:02 UTC 2017


I live in a small country and the blind people are all scattered
around. There is a state blindness association, but I think time came
for us to do something different. it proves hard because for many
transportation and financial matters are a problem to keep meeting
others more often.

On 8/8/17, Star Gazer via nfb-talk <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 			I haven't read NFB's book.
> Some you may enjoy are My Eyes Have A Cold Nose
> And Meet My Girls.
> Both involve dog users, but the take-away at least for me is that like with
> all things, those who have the will and the support network and the good
> timing to be born at the right time can do just about anything. Get enough
> of those people together and change happens.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ringlein,
> Ellen via nfb-talk
> Sent: Tuesday, August 8, 2017 8:24 AM
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> Cc: Ringlein, Ellen <ERinglein at nfb.org>
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] NFB beginnings
>
> Adrijana,
>
> You may find it interesting to read part or all of the book Walking Alone
> and Marching Together, which covers the first fifty years of NFB history.
> Here are link to the book online.
>
> HTML version:
> https://nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/books/books1/wamtc.htm
>
> Audio version
> https://nfb.org/WAMT
>
> Cordially,
>
> Ellen
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of adrijana
> prokopenko via nfb-talk
> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2017 5:19 AM
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> Cc: adrijana prokopenko
> Subject: [nfb-talk] NFB beginnings
>
>  Hi all,
>
>  Wondering if anyone here has ever been in contact with the NFB founders or
> anyone else who was greatly involved since the Federation's beginnings and
> how it all started? I found the basics on the NFB site, but I am getting to
> wonder what things were like then for the blind on a daily basis, how it
> was
> that they could meet and hold meetings and make arrangements of all kinds
> at
> that time when orientation and mobility and other blindness skills were not
> much known or taught to the blind. I am sure that the founders and others
> who were involved have already proved themselves and their abilities, but I
> guess it is always nice to hear stories of all kinds that may lead someone
> somewhere. Not everywhere in the world the blind have equal opportunities
> and I hope it would be of help to some of us.
>
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