[nabs-l] Revisiting idea of division for students with multiple disabilities

[Darian]

Hello Angelina and all,
While I may not be a person who would necessarily identify with this demographic, I am certainly interested in working with interested individuals in order to help organize such a presence in our movement.  
Because I don't want to take the lead in organizing (nor should I), I would encourage someone who is very interested in seeing a group/division organized, and is willing to take on the responsibility/work that goes into spearheading the effort to gather names of individuals who might be interested. 
I suspect that you might be the person who gets the ball rolling here, as you  seem to be really interested and would almost seem to be the person most likely to be the most invested.  I think that you might informally reach out to people that you are aware of who might have the same level of interest in organizing and fits into the same demographic. 
Then you will want to talk to our national president to see if this type of thing might have a place in our movement.  When you talk with President Riccobono, it is important to know that he will want to know if there are a number of people who are like-minded in the organization of such a group or division.  Such numbers are helpful in helping him to gain an understanding of whether or not this might serve to benefit the Federation.  Another thing to think about is just why you want to have such a division/group. Making this known is also helpful.  
Going about the process of organizing a group/division is certainly not the most complicated thing in the world, but there are steps that need to be taken to ensure that such an effort is organized for the right reasons, with the right amount of care and consideration, and not gone into lightly. 
 Please feel free to contact me directly should you have any questions. My email address is:dsmithnfb at gmail.com 
Best of luck, and I hope that such an effort does in fact make it off of the drawing board.
  Darian 

> On Jul 13, 2014, at 4:58 PM, Anjelina via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Good evening all, I hope everyone is doing well after convention. A few months ago there was a thread about starting a division or group of students who are interested in advocating for people with multiple disabilities, whether they be intellectual, physical, or mental. Is there still interest? I'm still interested but was wondering if there are members who would like to have a conference call to further discuss ideas. Thank you for any responses.
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