[Ohio-talk] Picking and choosing battles

[Deborah Kendrick]

All,
I've been away and am catching up with mail, newest to oldest.  
Kaiti, I completely agree with Marianne on this.  Keep pressing.  They need
to get it right.  
And mariane, your experience is exactly why I told you I stoppped going to
AER years ago.  They don't like blind people much!
I remember walking up to groups of people and asking questions like, "Where
is this or that?'  And people would go silent, staring at me, much in the
worst way we sometimes experience in public places where we expect people to
know nothing about blindness.  
Maybe you can change their ways.  I hope so!

Deborah


-----Original Message-----
From: Ohio-talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Marianne
Denning via Ohio-talk
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2014 10:59 AM
To: Kaiti Shelton; NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Picking and choosing battles

Kaity, as I mentioned in an email a few minutes ago, I attended the AER
conference and I assumed there would be braille information since it is the
Association that provides education and rehabilitation to people who are
blind and visually impaired.  I did receive an electronic copy of the agenda
but a braille copy is so much better.  I need to follow up with that concern
and I hope all attendees who need braille will also register their concerns.
I will stop asking for hard copy braille wne they don't provide hard copy
print documents.

I also must say that most of the conference attendees were helpful but many
of them just kept walking when I needed some assistance.

On 11/7/14, Kaiti Shelton via Ohio-talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am at the American Music Therapy Association National Conference. 
> When I went two years ago, I didn't know that I could receive 
> accommodations. Paula Jordan advised me to ask for a Braille agenda 
> and guide services so I can make sure to get where I want to go 
> without missing a session to walk around the hotel. I did these things 
> when I registered online, but I couldn't get AMTA to return calls 
> about it. I just found out that AMTA doesn't braille agendas, but they do
have large print and a web-based app.
>
> The app does work, but having the agenda in Braille would be so much 
> more convenient. At the least, I would have embossed the agenda or put 
> it on my notetaker myself had they responded to me in advance. 
> Needless to say, I'm wondering if I should try to get AMTA to improve 
> on this, or just suck it up.
>
> Thoughts? Suggestions?
> Kaiti
>
>
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Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
(513) 607-6053

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