[nfbwatlk] [DISABILITY] IMPORTANT: Fwd: Recruiting Consultants with Disability and Cultural Expertise

Mike Freeman k7uij at panix.com
Mon Jul 22 15:08:54 UTC 2013


t hurts! :-)
Mike

On Jul 21, 2013, at 21:41, Debby Phillips <semisweetdebby at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Mike,  I agree that we don't need segregated shelters but I do feel more vulnerable as a blind woman. Mostly because I am a woman, perhaps, but in situations where I am in an unfamiliar environment I do feel more vulnerable. When I was in college, I was at a basketball game when two guys got into a fight. By the time I figured out what was going on, everyone around me had gotten out of the way. The two guys were fighting over the top of me. So yes in some ways we are vulnerable and more so than sighted folks. I know other blind women who feel the same way. I am not a gung go feminist but I think having a discussion with other blind women about ways and strategies to deal with this issue might be helpful.    Peace,    Debby
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Jul 20, 2013, at 2:22 PM, mjc59 at q.com wrote:
> 
>> I agree with you, Mike. And we don't want them to plan a "special" disaster shelter for blind people. 
>> 
>> Marci
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com>
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>> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] [DISABILITY] IMPORTANT: Fwd: Recruiting    Consultants    with Disability and Cultural Expertise
>> 
>> Debby:
>> 
>> I'm not sure whether the recruitment is for people to advise on emergency evacuation shelter protocols or whether it's talking about shelters for, say, women or others who have families and who either end up on the streets or are subject, for example, to CPS or police protection and who are moved out of their homes due to danger etc.
>> 
>> If we're dealing with emergency evacuations, one thing we must guard against is the sort of situation wherein authorities feel they must have a list of "vulnerable" people whom they must be especially responsible for. This is custodialism at its worst.
>> 
>> As you say, transportation is often a problem for us but IMO it's no worse for us than for anyone else who from eitherchoice or necessity doesn't drive. In that, I don't see that blindness enters in at all.
>> 
>> And do you truly feel less safe as a blind person than you would be as a sighted person?
>> 
>> Mike
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