[Sportsandrec] A question for you all

[hannibal8it at aol.com]

Hi Holly;

I agree.  for such events, it is at least ultimately up to the 
organizers to complete their due diligence to avoid such situations.
Sounds like they may have taken the path of least resistance, which is 
disappointing.
I'd show up anyway if it were me, and perhaps provide some 
reverse-education.
good luck.
Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: Holly Scott-Gardner <holly.lsg at hotmail.co.uk>
To: Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List 
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Sent: Fri, Jul 5, 2013 9:55 am
Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] A question for you all

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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