[nabs-l] Sex Education Curriculum

Fri Jul 13 15:49:34 UTC 2012

Ashley,
When lectures and such become visual in classes, I start asking questions.
That's how I learn because if we don't ask, then we won't know and the
teachers probably would have forgotten about us. I think that self-advocacy
plays a huge role in our schooling and in work environments.
hannah

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Of Ashley Bramlett
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 4:38 AM
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Sex Education Curriculum

Sophie,
Well, my class was real visual. I did get some out of it but not
equalivalent access.
My teachers lectured some. They covered aids and STDs for one thing.
Our curriculum though had videos and diagrams. I'm not sure the solution. 
Maybe a model of a human could be used to show a blind student where the
parts are at least. To me, diagrams don't convey the process well; you need
something more concrete and two or 3 dimentional.
It depends on the teacher and their requirements. I think many of them are
reqired to show videos to us.
Ashley
-----Original Message-----
From: Sophie Trist
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 12:16 AM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Sex Education Curriculum

Ashley, I think it depends on the teacher you have for sex ed. My teacher
was super duper good about explaining everything. Plus, we had notes to read
that described it very well.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:21:22 -0400
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Sex Education Curriculum

Sophie,
I, too, took a sex ed class and it was useful. But, we still lack knowledge
usually. I don't think this replaces school education, it supplements it.
Having nonvisual access such as a description, diagrams, or model would
further aide in  our understanding of such a matter.
Guys you may want to skip the next paragraph.

For instance, My brother's wife just had a baby; having not seen or been
explained what the birth process is, I don't have a clue what its about.
What are contractions? What is ambiotic fluid and what is its role in
supporting the fetus? I still don't understand how a baby gets nurishment as
its in the mother. I know from the mother's food, but just how I don't
understand.
They told me Steve, my brother, cut the umbilical cord.
But where is that on the baby and mother? Kasey told me she started labour
in the evening and went to the hospital; she did not have the baby til next
afternoon! I asked her how she managed it; wasn't she tired? She informed me
she slept a little during the night. She told me the baby's head came out
first which was normal. I did not know this. I learned from her as I held my
nephew that the head came out first and then the trunk and limbs.
I learned
that babies cried after they came out of the womb. I learned that infants
needed to get milk very often. I am hoping Kasey will tell me more about her
pregnancy and the beginnings of it, AKA, the sex part sometime.

I think I'll take that survey that started this.
Ashley

-----Original Message-----
From: Sophie Trist
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 1:37 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Sex Education Curriculum

Dave, I'm a little confused. I'm going into tenth grade, and I took a sex ed
class in seventh grade. I found it to be very informative despite my
blindness. I don't understand why we need a special curriculum for sex ed.

----- Original Message -----
From: David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com
To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:52:03 -0500
Subject: [nabs-l] Sex Education Curriculum

I have been asked to circulate the following:

Dave

Dear NFB Member,
The National Federation of the Blind has been gracious enough to help us
with a current project.

We are currently seeking your opinion in a survey that will help us write a
curriculum for students with low vision and blindness in the area of sex
education.  Currently no curriculum exists for students with low vision and
blindness that reflect current education standards.  Young people,
educators, and professionals have all indicated that there is a desperate
need for such a curriculum.
We want your voice to impact our work!
Please take the time to fill out the survey at the link found
below:
<https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/sexeducationsurvey>https://www.su
rveymonkey.com/s/sexeducationsurvey
<https://maverick.hec.ohio-state.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=ht
tps://www.surveymonkey.com/s/sexeducationsurvey

Thank you for your time and consideration of this project!
Tiffany Wild, Mollie Blackburn, Stacy Kelly, and Caitlin Ryan

Thank you,
Mika Baugh
National Federation of the Blind
200 East Wells Street
      at Jernigan Place
Baltimore, MD 21230
P: (410) 659 9314 ext. 2371
E: <mailto:mbaugh at nfb.org>mbaugh at nfb.org
W: <http://www.nfb.org>www.nfb.org

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