[NFBF-Tampa] Caring for our NFB family

Tue May 20 18:12:19 UTC 2025

Point of clarification on my last message. I was speaking in generalities. I was not discussing one person‘s needs in particular. I also want to say I have had several good conversations with Aniko and we were able to communicate very well without any difficulty. I believe our chapter has many caring and thoughtful people who would do their best to accommodate those who need help. We are a very compassionate and caring group. Go Tampa Bay.  
Sherri

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slbrun4 at gmail.com

> On May 20, 2025, at 2:02 PM, Paul Lewis via NFBF-Tampa <nfbf-tampa at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear Barbara,
>          Wonderful thoughts and sentiments! As a group, we should certainly=
> be inclusive to all of our members justice we asked for inclusiveness and e=
> very day life and activities by the general population and society. Due to t=
> he fact that I do not live in the Tampa area, I am unaware of the resources t=
> hat may be available in the Community.. however, in the Fort/Cape Coral Mark=
> et there is at least one and probably more organisations for the death famil=
> y heart of hearing. Since I know the director of one of the organisations in=
> the Fort Myers Lions Club Resources might be available in the Tampa market.=
> . also, I was wondering if the local CIL might have some options for you. If=
> he wears hearing aids, possibly where he may sit from the main speakers mig=
> ht be important. It might be possible that he might need his hearing reevalu=
> ated, unless of course he has none. and/or you may need some adjust. If that=
> might be the case and funds are an issue, Lions might be able to offer some=
> assistance. While I do not know everybody in the NFB.-Fl who may be deaf fi=
> ne, I am aware of a couple and you might want to contact one of them. There i=
> s someone in the local area, that could be ideal..
>        However, for a person to receive assistance with an issue and especi=
> ally a health issue, they must first be willing to accept sex assistance and=
> even more important and a better scenario as if they ask for assistance wit=
> h the issues that they have. I am not sure what an individual who is staff l=
> ine and hearing aids do not work for them would need to do.. also, had a rec=
> ent event I attended the Florida deafen blind school at Saint Augustine was t=
> here and maybe they may be worth a consultation. In the past, I know they ha=
> ve attended the NFB.-Fl convention, the school has been there and probably w=
> ill be at the next one so that contact information should definitely be avai=
> lable. Whatever the case,Ineligible my Swann and be going to accept whatever=
> assistance can or would be offered. Of course, there is the possibility tha=
> t whatever issues or concerns he may have going on in his life, they have no=
> thing to do with being deaf line.. my apologies if I may have overstep, even=
> though I am a member I am not resigning in the Tampa area at this time and d=
> on=E2=80=99t have the knowledge of the community like everybody else in the c=
> hapter may have.
> Thanks, Paul
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>>> On May 20, 2025, at 12:44=E2=80=AFPM, Barbara Gaw via NFBF-Tampa <nfbf-tam=
>> pa at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> =20
>> =EF=BB=BF Good afternoon,
>> =20
>> I=E2=80=99m sending this email to everyone because I think we should all b=
> e part of this conversation.
>> =20
>> Ineko, I apologize for not ever, bothering to ask why you had quit coming t=
> o the meetings. Maybe you told others, or maybe you kept it to yourself. Sti=
> ll, I should have reached out to you. I had wondered why we didn=E2=80=99t s=
> ee you at the meetings, but I=E2=80=99m sorry I never asked.
>> =20
>> Now I would like to ask the leaders of our NFB chapter if what Ineko=E2=80=
> =99s friend has told her is true. I am aware that there is a deaf, blind div=
> ision as a part of the NFB, but that doesn=E2=80=99t solve the problem of ho=
> w we can have people who are deaf, blind attend our meeting and be able to p=
> articipate in person. Is it true that we can=E2=80=99t afford an interpreter=
> for the two hours that we meet once a month? How can we feel comfortable ha=
> ving social outings if we exclude people due to accessibility issues? Has an=
> ybody ever bothered to find out how much that would cost?
>> =20
>> The bottom line to be is, if we say the pledge every week about how we wan=
> t to advance and raise up our lives to be what we want them to be. How can w=
> e exclude other members of our group for lack of accessibility?
>> =20
>> =20
>> If we are truly to be stronger together, then that means everybody.
>> =20
>> Barbara Gaw
>> =20
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