[NFBC-Info] Sky Diving

[Amy Jine]

I am sighted - I work with the blind community though and a few of my blind
friends went skydiving with me. The only thing that you might want to ask
about is being able to access the waiver in an accessible format. It will
take less time if they know to give you a digital form ahead of time. They
filmed a video for some parts instead of a written statement for my friends.

One of the jump masters was even giving a description of what was around to
my friend.

Have fun. You will love it.

Amy

On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 9:31 AM Brian Buhrow via NFBC-Info <
nfbc-info at nfbnet.org> wrote:

>         hello.  Many years ago, one of our members, Michael Bailiff, went
> sky
> diving.  He is totally blind.  He wrote an article about his experience in
> the Braille Monitor.  I don't remember which issue.  Michael now lives in
> Baltimore and is not in the NFB, but you can still find him and I'm sure he
> would be willing to tell you about his experience.  Or, if the search on
> the nfb.org site is good, perhaps the article can be found.  I'll see if I
> can find it.
> As I remember it, he didn't need any special accommodation.  The only thing
> that might be an issue, since I assume you're going with a trainer who will
> be jumping in tandem with you, is to ask the instructor to tell you when to
> prepare to hit the ground, so you don't  increase yor risk of breaking a
> limb.
>
> Have fun and, do, write a refreshed followup article on your experience for
> the Monitor.
>
> -Brian
>
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