[Sportsandrec] A question for you all

[Holly Scott-Gardner]

Hi,

In general I'd agree with you here, as I have been to places where 
someone doesn't know how to work with a blind person, rather than not 
wanting to. But most of the people at ICC are either past participants 
who are blind or people who work with the blind. For example the person 
leading the goalball workshop is a student from the UK who attended in 
previous years.

Also, as the camp is specifically for students who have some kind of 
vision problem I would have expected workshop leaders to be prepared.

Holly

On 05/07/2013 14:51, Anne Günther wrote:
> Hi Holly
> It's not necessarily the organizers. It's probably the ones who will 
> lead the workshop. It's not easy to find folks who will do such 
> workshops for free or a fairly cheap price. Most of these people have 
> never worked with blind people, so it's possible they can't imagine 
> it. I'd advise you to go to the workshop leaders once you're there and 
> talk to them personally. Often enough it's not that they can't imagine 
> blind people learning certain skills. But they can't imagine teaching 
> them to blind folks.
> Guenni
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