[nabs-l] Roller Coasters

[Sarah]

Hi Jonhn.  My name is Sarah and I'm a roller coaster enthusiast.

 ----- Original Message -----
From: John Moore <coasterfreak88 at me.com
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:18:24 -0500
Subject: [nabs-l] Opinions wanted on an event.

Hi all.  I know it has been a while since I have posted on this 
list.  On October 25th, my college is hosting an event to raise 
awareness about people with various disabilities.  We are calling 
it Ability Awareness Day.  This is because we want to educate 
people about what people with disabilities can do, not on what 
they can't.  What I'm looking for is ideas.  I'm helping our 
disability support services office organize the event.  We're 
going to have, among other things, simulations of various things 
such as a wheelchair ride where the person will have to ride in a 
wheelchair to a certain point.  We are looking for ideas about a 
blindness simulation.  A cane walk would be cool, but we don't 
have enough people to assist with one.  I was thinking a display 
with various things in Braille and various braille writing 
devices.  Last year, I did that in addition to having an event 
where people would be blindfolded and would be given headphones.  
They would have to listen to something and then answer questions 
about it.  THe idea was to show that blind people just used there 
other senses more and people were impacted by it.  I could tell a 
lot of people got stereotypes about enhanced hearing shattered.  
What do all of you think would be a good way to educate people 
about blindness that would also be interactive? Any suggestions 
would be welcome and appreciated.
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