[Nfbf-l] Reaching our youth; blindness and disability awareness

[petercerullo at aol.com]

NFB way to go! 

Mr. Outman a job well done.  The Greater Daytona Beach Chapter along with  the FL affilate membeship appreciates your hard work and proactive approach on educating the community.


Peter Cerullo 
NFBF First Vice President


Encouragement Can Engage Effective Empowerment.




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From: Bill Outman via Nfbf-l <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
To: 'NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List' <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sat, Dec 20, 2014 08:13 AM
Subject: [Nfbf-l] Reaching our youth; blindness and disability awareness



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<pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt>Hello, list members.  

 

I would like to share a positive way we can impact the topic of diversity,
disability awareness in general and blindness awareness in particular.  

 

A couple weeks ago I was wrapping up a Thanksgiving visit with my mother and
other relatives here in Florida and I had a chance to give a presentation
about disability.  

 

It occurred following the last service at my mom's Episcopal church on the
Sunday following Thanksgiving, November 30.  I was speaking to the Cub Scout
den at the church about blindness and the overall topic of disability.  The
scouts have been learning about disability in their program for a number of
weeks, and I had been asked to speak to this particular group so they would
have a personal experience with this subject.  I showed my iPhone with
VoiceOver and my laptop with Jaws.  I also showed my cane and talked about
pedestrian safety for all with mobility challenges.  The scouts asked a
number of questions.  One thing they asked about is how a blind person
handles money, as it occurred to them that all the bills are the same.  The
scouts had a chance to participate by doing sighted guide drills with me.
What was originally envisioned as about a 15 minute talk turned into an hour
program.  

 

I had been a scout myself at the age of these children.  I think it is
important for all the blindness and disability organizations to reach out to
such youth organizations whenever possible.  This helps build awareness from
the ground up.  

 

Bill Outman 

 

 

 

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