[Oabs] Fwd: [Ohio-talk] Fwd: [Nfbnet-members-list] Grad student looking for research oortunities.

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> From: Marianne Denning via Ohio-talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Date: June 6, 2014 at 12:17:41 PM EDT
> To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [Ohio-talk] Fwd: [Nfbnet-members-list] Grad student looking for research oortunities.
> Reply-To: Marianne Denning <marianne at denningweb.com>, NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
> 
> I completed this survey and hope many of you will consider it too.  It
> was accessible with JAWS.  It is asking our opinions about how we are
> treated as blind people and our level of confidence.  You must be over
> 18 to complete it.  I know you received it as a member of an NFB group
> but this is extra encouragement.
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Bobby Dixon via Nfbnet-members-list <nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 23:32:39 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Nfbnet-members-list] Grad student looking for research
> oortunities.
> To: nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org
> 
> We have been asked to circulate the following:
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> 
> Hello! My name is Bobby Dixon and I am a legally blind graduate
> student at Southeastern Louisiana University as well as a member of
> the National Federation of the blind. I have been legally blind all
> of my life due to an exceptionally small optic nerve. I have lived
> for 45 years with this condition and have quite a bit of experience
> involving how we are treated by society in education, employment, as
> well as everyday life. These experiences inspired me to study others
> to see if they too have had similar familiarity with these situations
> and to find out if the way society treats other legally blind people
> may be affecting our self confidence and well-being and to promote
> more awareness
> The participants in this study will be contributing to a larger body
> of knowledge and awareness of what legally blind people are truly
> capable of. The data gathered in this study will not only be used to
> help legally blind people reach their true potential, it will also be
> used to help sighted people realize that legally blind people are
> just as capable as they are.
> 
> NOTE: 1) Only people aged 18 and older may participate in this study.
> 2) legal blindness covers all people with a visual acuity of 20/200
> to those who are totally blind.
> This survey is designed to measure how legally blind people feel they
> are treated by society. Furthermore, the study also examines how
> legally blind people feel about themselves and the beliefs of legally
> blind people about the way others feel about them.
> 
> The survey can be found at:
> 
>> <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Wc2wSKnne2-RRcMgsGgKJRwgGrkgNfLGZQ9Wx4Ngf50/viewform?usp=send_form>https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Wc2wSKnne2-RRcMgsGgKJRwgGrkgNfLGZQ9Wx4Ngf50/viewform?usp=send_form
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
> Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
> (513) 607-6053
> 
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