[Arizona-students] NFB National Convention

[Arielle Silverman]

It is interesting that you found it a relief to come back. I understand what
kinds of conveniences you could enjoy from the sighted world that you
couldn't get as easily at the convention. However, I usually have the
opposite reaction to NFB conventions, where it's an adjustment for me to go
back into the visual world. I guess because I identify so strongly with
blind culture, going from blind to heterogeneous is harder than the other
way around. How do you think that going to NFB convention affects your
confidence and skill at navigating the sighted world when you come back?

Arielle
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ben J. Bloomgren" <Ben.Bloomgren at asu.edu>
To: "Arizona Association of Blind Students List"
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Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 10:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Arizona-students] NFB National Convention


> Tony, it did overwhelm me at first, but once I figured out how things
went,
> it went well for me. Of course, it was a nightmare to navigate Circle
City,
> which is my term that I coined for the hotel. It was a blessing to
interpret
> the convention into Spanish. I interpreted the roll call of states. I am
> glad that I did not challenge myself to more sessions, for they were very
> fast and I needed to have had more experience with spontaneous
> interpretation. The most overwhelming of all was the sheer number of blind
> people in that concentrated area. I have never appreciated a person who
can
> see more than at the convention. It was a relief to go back into the
sighted
> world on Monday morning.
>
>
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