[Travelandtourism] New Facebook Group Dedicated to those people who have a Medical Condition or Special Needs that Are Active Independent Travelers

[Peter Donahue]

Good morning everyone,

	This is exactly why we've stayed away from using Facebook especially
for forums like this. To prevent access and other issues it would have been
better if the forum was set up on Google Groups or another list management
platform to prevent issues like this from happening.

Peter Donahue



-----Original Message-----
From: TravelAndTourism [mailto:travelandtourism-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Lynn Zelvin via TravelAndTourism
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2017 11:24 PM
To: NFB Travel and Tourism Division List
Cc: Lynn Zelvin
Subject: Re: [Travelandtourism] New Facebook Group Dedicated to those people
who have a Medical Condition or Special Needs that Are Active Independent
Travelers

Um, I am not clear what you want me to get out of this response. I reported
an access issue. I would have reported an access issue if I were joining a
group that had nothing to do with disability. Surely you are not saying that
the access problem exists but as the other blind people who faced it had no
problem processing the questions as they were because they are better than I
am and that I, having other disabilities besides blindness don't belong in
the group? Or maybe you are saying that. Or is the point that in a group for
people who have disabilities one is supposed to shut up and not report
access issues. Or maybe you should tell me what the purpose of that response
was because it just completely stunned me. 

Sent from my iPhone

On Oct 2, 2017, at 5:24 PM, cheryl echevarria via TravelAndTourism
<travelandtourism at nfbnet.org> wrote:

Just to let you know that the 5 people who have joined alteady are blind and
had no issues. This group isn't just for the blind

Cheryl and Nelson Echevarria

________________________________
From: TravelAndTourism <travelandtourism-bounces at nfbnet.org> on behalf of
Lynn Zelvin via TravelAndTourism <travelandtourism at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, October 2, 2017 5:18:25 PM
To: NFB Travel and Tourism Division List
Cc: Lynn Zelvin
Subject: Re: [Travelandtourism] New Facebook Group Dedicated to those people
who have a Medical Condition or Special Needs that Are Active Independent
Travelers

Just to let you know that the questions one must answer to join the group
are not very accessible. Using VoiceOver, and presumably other screen
readers, one can hear them spelled out. Not being someone who can process
letter-by-letter sentences, I tried to review the questions but the text was
not available. Finally, I used a VO feature that captures the last spoken
phrase, pasted it into a note, and reviewed each question that way, going
letter by letter with "soft hyphen" in between each.


Sent from my iPhone

On Oct 2, 2017, at 11:11 AM, cheryl echevarria via TravelAndTourism
<travelandtourism at nfbnet.org> wrote:

Good morning everyone:

I have created a new Facebook Group Dedicate to those of us who have a
Medical Condition or a Disability! This group is opened to those who can
travel independently or with the assistance of family and friends.

Description of this Group.

Are you a person who has a medical condition (such as a sever allergy;
medical condition that might affect your traveling for whatever issue. You
are also a person who has a disability or has a special need from walking
slower or uses a scooter and wheelchair to get around, to those who blind;
have autism, and or who have come through a medical issue and wants to
celebrate life, or a parent; husband or care taker of someone describe here.

This group is for those who have traveled before, those who want to travel
more, and those that might not know how to travel but want to with the
correct information out there and not a myth or incorrect information.

This group is for those who want to be active and partake and not just like
a posting or other information. This is not for liking it is for commenting
and being involved.

I will also be having live facebook chats, so if you can post in the comment
areas of Facebook, you can partake in the Facebook Live Chats. I will also
have my Travel Partners and Suppliers on future live chats, as long as
members participate.

To join this group which is a closed group and your will be approved prior
to being allowed to join. Link to this group is -
http://tinyurl.com/y7qp9bej

Thank you.



Cheryl and Nelson Echevarria
cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com<mailto:cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
407-910-6469 home number


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