[Ohio-talk] Comment on an error that was posted to this list

[Marianne Denning]

I agree with Kaity.  If there is a problem with an agency or organization
that provides employment, services and training to people who are blind we
need to hold their feet to the fire rather than stay away.  If we don't ask
the hard questions who will do it?


On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Kaiti Shelton <kaiti.shelton at gmail.com>wrote:

> I think it is important to note since convention is coming up in a matter
> of
> weeks now that one of the major points of convention is to address concerns
> or to see what we as an organization can do to fix these problems.  There
> are several things regarding blindness that are not perfect, but we can
> never address the concerns an NFB member might have about them if those
> concerns are not brought to our attention and the attention of the person
> representing the thing or organization with the problem in question.  In
> fact, convention gives us the opportunity not to just share information
> amongst other members to make sure our concerns are valid, but it also
> gives
> us the chance to ask speakers about these issues directly.  It happened
> last
> year with the speaker from BSVI and the state Voc Rehab program, as well as
> with a few other speakers if I remember correctly.  I would encourage you
> to
> not shy away from speakers you don't like.  Listen to what they have to
> say,
> then if you feel there is a problem that needs to be addressed ask them
> about it.  That is the only way to start things in motion and get things
> fixed.
>
> Personally as someone who has grown up with CABVI and who has served in a
> volunteer capacity for a number of years there, I think they do a pretty
> good job of hiring blind people for their industries program.  CABVI seems
> to have a very positive philosophy on blindness and believes that if given
> the proper training blind people can be independent.  That is why they have
> their industries program, and why their employees in it have not been paid
> subminimum wages for well over a decade.  It is also why some of the people
> in the industries program have chosen to participate in some of the other
> programs CABVI offers.  I know a few participate in the music program,
> where
> they are taught leisure skills including playing the guitar, singing, and
> how to play other musical instruments.
>
> Kaiti Shelton
> University of Dayton---2016
> Music Therapy Major, Psychology Minor, Clarinet
> Ohio Association of Blind Students, Secretary
> NFB Community Service Group, Service Project Committee Chair
> Sigma Alpha Iota-Delta Sigma, Usher Coordinator
> UD Music Therapy Club
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohio-talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Deborah
> Kendrick
> Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 11:49 AM
> To: 'NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List'
> Subject: [Ohio-talk] Comment on an error that was posted to this list
>
> Greetings everyone,
> I was troubled to read Vince Fugate's comment yesterday.  He said that he
> opted not to attend convention last year because CABVI director, John
> Mitchell was speaking, and that he, Vince, disapproved of CABVI's policy
> not
> to hire blind forepeople.
> It troubled me, so I asked John about it.  Here is his reply:
>
> "I have no idea what this person is talking about.  Was he a former
> employee
> in our Industries Program?  We don't have Forman positions, actually we
> only
> have one supervisor for the whole IP, Clarence Brooks who is legally blind
> and has worked for CABVI since 1979."
> Sometimes, when we read a comment on a list, we assume that it is rooted in
> fact.  I wanted to set this record straight.
> Deborah
>
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Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
(513) 607-6053