[Sportsandrec] A question for you all

[Holly Scott-Gardner]

Hi,

I will still be going, it's held in a different country each year and 
this time it's in the Czech republic, I've never been there before so I 
think the cultural experience will be very good if nothing else. It's 
very frustrating and disappointing that the organisers don't see why 
what they're doing is wrong. They got back to one of the participants 
saying that blind people couldn't do the activity, which is poor 
planning on their part seeing as it is a camp for people with varying 
levels of visual impairment. I will be raising the issue when I get 
there as well as the emails I have already sent.

Audrey, I've been following the convention online and thought the range 
of activities on offer is really cool. Yes, self-defence is definitely 
accessible! So I don't understand why they are refusing to acknowledge 
this fact. I am bothered that they didn't make it clear that we would be 
separated according to our vision. This isn't the case for all 
activities but certainly for a fair few. It would have influenced my 
decision to go had I known that. It's not on their website and it was 
only because two participants were choosing activities together that we 
found out.

Holly

On 05/07/2013 16:26, hannibal8it at aol.com wrote:
> 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>
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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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