[blindkid] blindkid Digest, Vol 119, Issue 5
Arielle Silverman
arielle71 at gmail.com
Sun Mar 9 00:47:59 UTC 2014
I went on a couple of international trips during my freshman year of
college and had no special accommodations. I would ask another student
in my group for sighted guide or go with one of the supervisors. I did
experience some pushback when I wanted to join on hikes, but that's a
different problem.
Now that I've had structured-discovery training, if I went on another
trip like that I would probably be more comfortable just following the
group and exploring on my own during free time.
Arielle
On 3/8/14, Susan Polansky <polanskyse at gmail.com> wrote:
> Our teenage son has attended a private camp for 3 summers. He gets
> familiar with the cabin when he checks in then he gets from point A to
> point B by walking with the other kids either in a group or sometimes with
> another camper acting as sighted guide. The other kids are always willing
> to help, sometimes more than he needs or wants but then he politely informs
> them what he does or does not need and they go on from there.
>
> Susan Polansky
>
> Susan Polansky
>
>
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>> 1. Blind Student & The Sighted Band Camp (Crystal Schumacher)
>> 2. Re: Blind Student & The Sighted Band Camp (Deborah Kent Stein)
>> 3. Re: Blind Student & The Sighted Band Camp (Arielle Silverman)
>> 4. Re: Blind Student & The Sighted Band Camp (Crystal Schumacher)
>> 5. Re: Blind Student & The Sighted Band Camp (Bo Page)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 20:42:28 -0800
>> From: Crystal Schumacher <crystal_schu at hotmail.com>
>> To: blindkid ask <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: [blindkid] Blind Student & The Sighted Band Camp
>> Message-ID: <SNT153-W73B39566B1368C884F475BFF8B0 at phx.gbl>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>
>> My son Ben is 13 years old and is in 7th grade. He is blind with light
>> perception. He attends middle school with seven hundred other students.
>> He
>> has an aide in 3 of his classes, Science, Math, & English. His GPA is
>> 3.8.
>> He is in his second year of band and plays the trumpet by ear. He has
>> just
>> recently started learning the Braille music code. He wants to attend a
>> band
>> camp, which is a private camp that we would pay for. If you are a special
>> needs student, you must first get permission from the camp to register.
>>
>> I called and talked to the camp and in the 40 years of existence they
>> have
>> never had a blind student attend. The camp does not offer or is unwilling
>> to provide any additional support. I think the only support Ben would
>> need
>> is in navigating the camp, as it is very large. I have told them that Ben
>> would do orientation and mobility training before the camp starts, as
>> well
>> as create a tactile map, use a Braille copy of the schedule, and a
>> talking
>> watch to get to places on time. They are unwilling to allow Ben to attend
>> without an Aide. I was trying to avoid an Aide because it gets in the
>> place
>> of making friends and Ben wants to be as independent as possible. They
>> said
>> if he had a friend going, who would be his buddy, we may be able to avoid
>> the Aide. He really doesn't have that kind of a friend, more
>> acquaintances.
>> One point of him going was to try and make a friend or connection.
>>
>> I am wondering if anyone out there has been in this situation. What did
>> you do? Did you go as your child's Aide? Did you hire someone? Did you
>> pay
>> for another student to attend with your child? Did you give up? I have
>> already sent a dozen emails and on top of it his school found out about
>> his
>> desire to go to band camp. They made it a topic during his IEP meeting
>> and
>> wanted input from his teachers as to weather he should be allowed to
>> attend. But mind you, it is a private camp that I would be paying 100% of
>> the tuition, and has nothing to do with public school. Frustrated in
>> Oregon!
>>
>> Crystal
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 21:56:43 -0800
>> From: "Deborah Kent Stein" <dkent5817 at att.net>
>> To: "Blind Kid Mailing List, \(for parents of blind children\)"
>> <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [blindkid] Blind Student & The Sighted Band Camp
>> Message-ID: <E420BE44DE9B43CA9C8BD0D3FFAB9356 at debkentHP>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
>> reply-type=original
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear Crystal,
>>
>> This story is very disturbing to me! Back in the late Sixties my
>> brother,
>> who is also blind, applied to several music camps (including the famous
>> Interlocken in Michigan) and was told that they categorically did not
>> accept
>> blind students. I would like to think we've gotten beyond that level of
>> discrimination in the past 45 years, but clearly we have a ways to go.
>> Our
>> parents kept looking until they found a music camp that was very
>> receptive;
>> my brother had a great time and returned for several more summers. You
>> could try to fight this band camp and negotiate to get Ben accepted, but
>> it
>> may be a better bet to look for other options instead. Somewhere there
>> is
>> a camp where he will actually be welcome from the outset, where he can
>> make
>> friends and learn music and have fun without the stress of feeling that
>> people are constantly afraid he is going to cause them extra trouble.
>>
>> Debbie
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Crystal Schumacher
>> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 8:42 PM
>> To: blindkid ask
>> Subject: [blindkid] Blind Student & The Sighted Band Camp
>>
>> My son Ben is 13 years old and is in 7th grade. He is blind with light
>> perception. He attends middle school with seven hundred other students.
>> He
>> has an aide in 3 of his classes, Science, Math, & English. His GPA is
>> 3.8.
>> He is in his second year of band and plays the trumpet by ear. He has
>> just
>> recently started learning the Braille music code. He wants to attend a
>> band
>> camp, which is a private camp that we would pay for. If you are a special
>> needs student, you must first get permission from the camp to register.
>>
>> I called and talked to the camp and in the 40 years of existence they
>> have
>> never had a blind student attend. The camp does not offer or is unwilling
>> to
>> provide any additional support. I think the only support Ben would need
>> is
>> in navigating the camp, as it is very large. I have told them that Ben
>> would
>> do orientation and mobility training before the camp starts, as well as
>> create a tactile map, use a Braille copy of the schedule, and a talking
>> watch to get to places on time. They are unwilling to allow Ben to attend
>> without an Aide. I was trying to avoid an Aide because it gets in the
>> place
>> of making friends and Ben wants to be as independent as possible. They
>> said
>> if he had a friend going, who would be his buddy, we may be able to avoid
>> the Aide. He really doesn't have that kind of a friend, more
>> acquaintances.
>> One point of him going was to try and make a friend or connection.
>>
>> I am wondering if anyone out there has been in this situation. What did
>> you
>> do? Did you go as your child's Aide? Did you hire someone? Did you pay
>> for
>> another student to attend with your child? Did you give up? I have
>> already
>> sent a dozen emails and on top of it his school found out about his
>> desire
>> to go to band camp. They made it a topic during his IEP meeting and
>> wanted
>> input from his teachers as to weather he should be allowed to attend. But
>> mind you, it is a private camp that I would be paying 100% of the
>> tuition,
>> and has nothing to do with public school. Frustrated in Oregon!
>>
>> Crystal
>>
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 23:04:06 -0700
>> From: Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com>
>> To: "Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)"
>> <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [blindkid] Blind Student & The Sighted Band Camp
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>> I agree. I don't know if ADA covers private camps like this, but if
>> their attitude is so negative already, I'm not sure I would trust them
>> to treat Ben well even if you successfully get him accepted. Unless
>> there's something else special about this camp, I'd say keep looking.
>> When I was a kid I wasn't allowed to attend Jewish camp with my sister
>> because my mother was the one who thought I would need an aide and she
>> told me an aide would be too expensive. Good for you to trust that
>> your son can participate on his own.
>>
>> Arielle
>>
>> On 3/6/14, Deborah Kent Stein <dkent5817 at att.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > Dear Crystal,
>> >
>> > This story is very disturbing to me! Back in the late Sixties my
>> brother,
>> > who is also blind, applied to several music camps (including the famous
>> > Interlocken in Michigan) and was told that they categorically did not
>> accept
>> >
>> > blind students. I would like to think we've gotten beyond that level
>> > of
>> > discrimination in the past 45 years, but clearly we have a ways to go.
>> Our
>> >
>> > parents kept looking until they found a music camp that was very
>> receptive;
>> >
>> > my brother had a great time and returned for several more summers. You
>> > could try to fight this band camp and negotiate to get Ben accepted,
>> > but
>> it
>> >
>> > may be a better bet to look for other options instead. Somewhere
>> > there
>> is
>> >
>> > a camp where he will actually be welcome from the outset, where he can
>> make
>> >
>> > friends and learn music and have fun without the stress of feeling that
>> > people are constantly afraid he is going to cause them extra trouble.
>> >
>> > Debbie
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Crystal Schumacher
>> > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 8:42 PM
>> > To: blindkid ask
>> > Subject: [blindkid] Blind Student & The Sighted Band Camp
>> >
>> > My son Ben is 13 years old and is in 7th grade. He is blind with light
>> > perception. He attends middle school with seven hundred other students.
>> He
>> > has an aide in 3 of his classes, Science, Math, & English. His GPA is
>> 3.8.
>> > He is in his second year of band and plays the trumpet by ear. He has
>> just
>> > recently started learning the Braille music code. He wants to attend a
>> band
>> >
>> > camp, which is a private camp that we would pay for. If you are a
>> > special
>> > needs student, you must first get permission from the camp to register.
>> >
>> > I called and talked to the camp and in the 40 years of existence they
>> have
>> > never had a blind student attend. The camp does not offer or is
>> unwilling to
>> >
>> > provide any additional support. I think the only support Ben would need
>> is
>> > in navigating the camp, as it is very large. I have told them that Ben
>> would
>> >
>> > do orientation and mobility training before the camp starts, as well as
>> > create a tactile map, use a Braille copy of the schedule, and a talking
>> > watch to get to places on time. They are unwilling to allow Ben to
>> > attend
>> > without an Aide. I was trying to avoid an Aide because it gets in the
>> place
>> >
>> > of making friends and Ben wants to be as independent as possible. They
>> said
>> >
>> > if he had a friend going, who would be his buddy, we may be able to
>> > avoid
>> > the Aide. He really doesn't have that kind of a friend, more
>> acquaintances.
>> >
>> > One point of him going was to try and make a friend or connection.
>> >
>> > I am wondering if anyone out there has been in this situation. What did
>> you
>> >
>> > do? Did you go as your child's Aide? Did you hire someone? Did you pay
>> for
>> > another student to attend with your child? Did you give up? I have
>> already
>> > sent a dozen emails and on top of it his school found out about his
>> desire
>> > to go to band camp. They made it a topic during his IEP meeting and
>> wanted
>> > input from his teachers as to weather he should be allowed to attend.
>> > But
>> > mind you, it is a private camp that I would be paying 100% of the
>> tuition,
>> > and has nothing to do with public school. Frustrated in Oregon!
>> >
>> > Crystal
>> >
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>> ------------------------------
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>> Message: 4
>> Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 23:34:13 -0800
>> From: Crystal Schumacher <crystal_schu at hotmail.com>
>> To: blindkid ask <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [blindkid] Blind Student & The Sighted Band Camp
>> Message-ID: <SNT153-W4675D23F46A4712507D090FF8B0 at phx.gbl>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>
>> Yes, I am feeling like this camp is more work than it is worth. It is not
>> Ben that needs an aide, but the sighted camp, because they are afraid and
>> uncomfortable with blindness. However, I feel that I need to send Ben, so
>> they can see what a blind kid can do. If I don't send him, it will be
>> another 40 years and nothing will change. If he does attend, they may
>> learn
>> something and decide that blind kids aren't so scary. I want to change
>> what
>> it means to be blind in Oregon and does Ben!
>>
>>
>> > Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 23:04:06 -0700
>> > From: arielle71 at gmail.com
>> > To: blindkid at nfbnet.org
>> > Subject: Re: [blindkid] Blind Student & The Sighted Band Camp
>> >
>> > I agree. I don't know if ADA covers private camps like this, but if
>> > their attitude is so negative already, I'm not sure I would trust them
>> > to treat Ben well even if you successfully get him accepted. Unless
>> > there's something else special about this camp, I'd say keep looking.
>> > When I was a kid I wasn't allowed to attend Jewish camp with my sister
>> > because my mother was the one who thought I would need an aide and she
>> > told me an aide would be too expensive. Good for you to trust that
>> > your son can participate on his own.
>> >
>> > Arielle
>> >
>> > On 3/6/14, Deborah Kent Stein <dkent5817 at att.net> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Dear Crystal,
>> > >
>> > > This story is very disturbing to me! Back in the late Sixties my
>> brother,
>> > > who is also blind, applied to several music camps (including the
>> > > famous
>> > > Interlocken in Michigan) and was told that they categorically did not
>> accept
>> > >
>> > > blind students. I would like to think we've gotten beyond that level
>> of
>> > > discrimination in the past 45 years, but clearly we have a ways to
>> > > go.
>> Our
>> > >
>> > > parents kept looking until they found a music camp that was very
>> receptive;
>> > >
>> > > my brother had a great time and returned for several more summers.
>> > > You
>> > > could try to fight this band camp and negotiate to get Ben accepted,
>> but it
>> > >
>> > > may be a better bet to look for other options instead. Somewhere
>> there is
>> > >
>> > > a camp where he will actually be welcome from the outset, where he
>> > > can
>> make
>> > >
>> > > friends and learn music and have fun without the stress of feeling
>> > > that
>> > > people are constantly afraid he is going to cause them extra trouble.
>> > >
>> > > Debbie
>> > >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: Crystal Schumacher
>> > > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 8:42 PM
>> > > To: blindkid ask
>> > > Subject: [blindkid] Blind Student & The Sighted Band Camp
>> > >
>> > > My son Ben is 13 years old and is in 7th grade. He is blind with
>> > > light
>> > > perception. He attends middle school with seven hundred other
>> students. He
>> > > has an aide in 3 of his classes, Science, Math, & English. His GPA is
>> 3.8.
>> > > He is in his second year of band and plays the trumpet by ear. He has
>> just
>> > > recently started learning the Braille music code. He wants to attend
>> > > a
>> band
>> > >
>> > > camp, which is a private camp that we would pay for. If you are a
>> special
>> > > needs student, you must first get permission from the camp to
>> > > register.
>> > >
>> > > I called and talked to the camp and in the 40 years of existence they
>> have
>> > > never had a blind student attend. The camp does not offer or is
>> unwilling to
>> > >
>> > > provide any additional support. I think the only support Ben would
>> need is
>> > > in navigating the camp, as it is very large. I have told them that
>> > > Ben
>> would
>> > >
>> > > do orientation and mobility training before the camp starts, as well
>> > > as
>> > > create a tactile map, use a Braille copy of the schedule, and a
>> > > talking
>> > > watch to get to places on time. They are unwilling to allow Ben to
>> attend
>> > > without an Aide. I was trying to avoid an Aide because it gets in the
>> place
>> > >
>> > > of making friends and Ben wants to be as independent as possible.
>> > > They
>> said
>> > >
>> > > if he had a friend going, who would be his buddy, we may be able to
>> avoid
>> > > the Aide. He really doesn't have that kind of a friend, more
>> acquaintances.
>> > >
>> > > One point of him going was to try and make a friend or connection.
>> > >
>> > > I am wondering if anyone out there has been in this situation. What
>> did you
>> > >
>> > > do? Did you go as your child's Aide? Did you hire someone? Did you
>> > > pay
>> for
>> > > another student to attend with your child? Did you give up? I have
>> already
>> > > sent a dozen emails and on top of it his school found out about his
>> desire
>> > > to go to band camp. They made it a topic during his IEP meeting and
>> wanted
>> > > input from his teachers as to weather he should be allowed to attend.
>> But
>> > > mind you, it is a private camp that I would be paying 100% of the
>> tuition,
>> > > and has nothing to do with public school. Frustrated in Oregon!
>> > >
>> > > Crystal
>> > >
>> > > _______________________________________________
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>> Message: 5
>> Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 03:20:43 -0800 (PST)
>> From: Bo Page <bo.page at sbcglobal.net>
>> To: "Blind Kid Mailing List, \(for parents of blind children\)"
>> <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [blindkid] Blind Student & The Sighted Band Camp
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>>
>> You are in a situation with your son that many blind children find
>> themselves in. I don't think there is an easy answer.? Discrimination
>> among
>> the blind is alive an well, even in programs that NFB runs.? No one wants
>> to spend the time or money for kids like ours who need extra help.? Money
>> and budgets rule! Keep looking however, and I am sure you will find
>> something, but unfortunately, it may be not be close to home.
>>
>> Mother of blind 21 year old
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >________________________________
>> > From: Crystal Schumacher <crystal_schu at hotmail.com>
>> >To: blindkid ask <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
>> >Sent: Friday, March 7, 2014 2:34 AM
>> >Subject: Re: [blindkid] Blind Student & The Sighted Band Camp
>> >
>> >
>> >Yes, I am feeling like this camp is more work than it is worth. It is
>> > not
>> Ben that needs an aide, but the sighted camp, because they are afraid and
>> uncomfortable with blindness. However, I feel that I need to send Ben, so
>> they can see what a blind kid can do. If I don't send him, it will be
>> another 40 years and nothing will change. If he does attend, they may
>> learn
>> something and decide that blind kids aren't so scary. I want to change
>> what
>> it means to be blind in Oregon and does Ben!
>> >
>> >
>> >> Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 23:04:06 -0700
>> >> From: arielle71 at gmail.com
>> >> To: blindkid at nfbnet.org
>> >> Subject: Re: [blindkid] Blind Student & The Sighted Band Camp
>> >>
>> >> I agree. I don't know if ADA covers private camps like this, but if
>> >> their attitude is so negative already, I'm not sure I would trust them
>> >> to treat Ben well even if you successfully get him accepted. Unless
>> >> there's something else special about this camp, I'd say keep looking.
>> >> When I was a kid I wasn't allowed to attend Jewish camp with my sister
>> >> because my mother was the one who thought I would need an aide and she
>> >> told me an aide would be too expensive. Good for you to trust that
>> >> your son can participate on his own.
>> >>
>> >> Arielle
>> >>
>> >> On 3/6/14, Deborah Kent Stein <dkent5817 at att.net> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Dear Crystal,
>> >> >
>> >> > This story is very disturbing to me!? Back in the late Sixties my
>> brother,
>> >> > who is also blind, applied to several music camps (including the
>> famous
>> >> > Interlocken in Michigan) and was told that they categorically did
>> >> > not
>> accept
>> >> >
>> >> > blind students.? I would like to think we've gotten beyond that
>> >> > level
>> of
>> >> > discrimination in the past 45 years, but clearly we have a ways to
>> go.? Our
>> >> >
>> >> > parents kept looking until they found a music camp that was very
>> receptive;
>> >> >
>> >> > my brother had a great time and returned for several more summers.?
>> You
>> >> > could try to fight this band camp and negotiate to get Ben accepted,
>> but it
>> >> >
>> >> > may be a better bet to look for other options instead.? Somewhere
>> there is
>> >> >
>> >> > a camp where he will actually be welcome from the outset, where he
>> can make
>> >> >
>> >> > friends and learn music and have fun without the stress of feeling
>> that
>> >> > people are constantly afraid he is going to cause them extra
>> >> > trouble.
>> >> >
>> >> > Debbie
>> >> >
>> >> > -----Original Message-----
>> >> > From: Crystal Schumacher
>> >> > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 8:42 PM
>> >> > To: blindkid ask
>> >> > Subject: [blindkid] Blind Student & The Sighted Band Camp
>> >> >
>> >> > My son Ben is 13 years old and is in 7th grade. He is blind with
>> >> > light
>> >> > perception. He attends middle school with seven hundred other
>> students. He
>> >> > has an aide in 3 of his classes, Science, Math, & English. His GPA
>> >> > is
>> 3.8.
>> >> > He is in his second year of band and plays the trumpet by ear. He
>> >> > has
>> just
>> >> > recently started learning the Braille music code. He wants to attend
>> a band
>> >> >
>> >> > camp, which is a private camp that we would pay for. If you are a
>> special
>> >> > needs student, you must first get permission from the camp to
>> register.
>> >> >
>> >> > I called and talked to the camp and in the 40 years of existence
>> >> > they
>> have
>> >> > never had a blind student attend. The camp does not offer or is
>> unwilling to
>> >> >
>> >> > provide any additional support. I think the only support Ben would
>> need is
>> >> > in navigating the camp, as it is very large. I have told them that
>> Ben would
>> >> >
>> >> > do orientation and mobility training before the camp starts, as well
>> as
>> >> > create a tactile map, use a Braille copy of the schedule, and a
>> talking
>> >> > watch to get to places on time. They are unwilling to allow Ben to
>> attend
>> >> > without an Aide. I was trying to avoid an Aide because it gets in
>> >> > the
>> place
>> >> >
>> >> > of making friends and Ben wants to be as independent as possible.
>> They said
>> >> >
>> >> > if he had a friend going, who would be his buddy, we may be able to
>> avoid
>> >> > the Aide. He really doesn't have that kind of a friend, more
>> acquaintances.
>> >> >
>> >> > One point of him going was to try and make a friend or connection.
>> >> >
>> >> > I am wondering if anyone out there has been in this situation. What
>> did you
>> >> >
>> >> > do? Did you go as your child's Aide? Did you hire someone? Did you
>> pay for
>> >> > another student to attend with your child? Did you give up? I have
>> already
>> >> > sent a dozen emails and on top of it his school found out about his
>> desire
>> >> > to go to band camp. They made it a topic during his IEP meeting and
>> wanted
>> >> > input from his teachers as to weather he should be allowed to
>> >> > attend.
>> But
>> >> > mind you, it is a private camp that I would be paying 100% of the
>> tuition,
>> >> > and has nothing to do with public school. Frustrated in Oregon!
>> >> >
>> >> > Crystal
>> >> >
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