[Nfbf-l] Engineer who is blind

[Holly]

Thank you Tara,
I sent Asli an email yesterday to see if she would be willing to speak to my
student or knew anyone who would.
Holly

On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:53 PM, TaraPrakash <taraprakash at gmail.com> wrote:

> I remember there was a blind guy from Florida who spoke briefly in one of
> the conventions, not sure state or national, that he was assembling a car.
> I also remember reading about a person who worked for NASA and he was
> blind.
>
> Our own Asli is some sort of engineer too. Probably she knows about more.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Holly" <hbeanie at gmail.com>
>
> To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 9:11 PM
>
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Engineer who is blind
>
>
>  I tried to send an email out all over the NFB. However, I was told that
>> there were several blind engineers in Florida and I should ask here first.
>> Thanks guys,
>> Holly
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 8:57 PM, Denise Valkema <valkemadenise at aol.com
>> >wrote:
>>
>>  NFB HAS A SCIENCE & engineering division. Put engineers in 
>>> nfb.org search & many articles/links come up.
>>>
>>> Contact Jerrnigan institute for mentors program.
>>>
>>> Mark Schmidt did something with youth slam. You can type blind engineers
>>> in
>>> google.
>>>
>>> Betty mentioned David Evans but search engines & division should
>>> help.
>>>
>>> Thanks, Denise
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -- Sent from my Palm Pre
>>> On Jan 25, 2011 8:39 PM, Holly <hbeanie at gmail.com<lt%3Bhbeanie at gmail.com>
>>> <lt%3Bhbeanie at gmail.com <lt%253Bhbeanie at gmail.com>>>
>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello list,
>>>
>>> I have a client who is interested in being an engineer. I am not sure
>>> what
>>>
>>> type but he has been told that he cannot be an engineer because he is
>>> blind.
>>>
>>> I was showing videos from the Blind Drivers Challange and he got real
>>>
>>> interested when he found out that one of the presenters was a blind
>>>
>>> engineer. He would love to talk to someone who is currently in any
>>>
>>> engineering career.
>>>
>>> If you know anyone, please let me know.
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Holly
>>>
>>>
>>>
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