[Arizona-students] Fw: [nabs-l] NFB and other blindness phylosophies?

[Arielle Silverman]

If you've always wanted to read Walking Alone and Marching Together, here's 
your chance!

Arielle
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Merritt" <wcmerritt at sbcglobal.net>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 9:35 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] NFB and other blindness phylosophies?


> Ok, here you go, the entire book on the NFB website in web format:
> http://www.nfb.org/books/books1/wamtc.htm
>
> This page contains the table of contents, and the various chapters are 
> linked. On some of the chapter pages, there are headings for sections, so 
> you can move about with the H key in JFW between the headings. Its 
> definitely worth bookmarking, for the first or successive, time.
>
> Enjoy,
> Wayne
> www.wayneism.com
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Everett Gavel" <everettg at successfuladaptations.com>
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 9:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] NFB and other blindness phylosophies?
>
>
>> Now would be a perfect time to once again post that
>> link to the online version of Walking Alone & Marching
>> Together.  There was one, wasn't there?  If so, I know
>> I bookmarked it, but that's on my inaccessible computer
>> right now. *smile*
>>
>> Anyone care to share it, again?
>>
>> Everett
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> Walking Alone and Marching Together would be an
>> excellent source to learn
>>> about the philosophies of different blindness related
>> groups and
>>> organizations. In fact, that would be my first
>> recommended source for you to
>>> read up on. After that, you might order some of the
>> various publications or
>>> articles from the National Center dealing with other
>> organizations as they
>>> have had interactions with the NFB.
>>>
>>> Good luck,
>>> Wayne
>>> www.wayneism.com
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Gerardo Corripio"
>> <gera1027 at phoenix.intermatsa.com.mx>
>>> To: "Nabs list" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 6:09 PM
>>> Subject: [nabs-l] NFB and other blindness
>> phylosophies?
>>>
>>>
>>> > Hi guys:
>>> > I'm curious to the fact that NFB has a blindness
>> phylosophy that blindness
>>> > is only a physical characteristic and that with
>> proper
>>> > training/opportunities we can do the average task
>> as sighted folks, right?
>>> > How do theWorld Blind Union, Spain's ONCE and other
>> blindness
>>> > organizations
>>> > differ in theirphylosophies of blindness? Any ideas
>> would be appreciated
>>> > to
>>> > satisfy my curiosity and because I'm part of a
>> Spanish-speaking blindness
>>> > list and want to send off some ideas on the NFB
>> phylosophy to help better
>>> > the quality of life of blind folks in my country as
>> well as in other
>>> > Latinamerican countries becauseunfortunately I see
>> that the blindness
>>> > prevails as being helpless and needing assistance
>> in this part of the
>>> > woods.
>>> > I'm changing this little by little by demonstrating
>> in a radio station I
>>> > go
>>> > to that blindness doesn't stop me from doing
>> anything, to the point that
>>> > the
>>> > station manager wants to start airing a talk
>> program on blindness and
>>> > other
>>> > topics I'm recording, so the more info I have the
>> better prepared I'll be.
>>> > What books or NFB literature do you guys recommend
>> I read up on? I've got
>>> > the book "Walking Alone and Marching Together on my
>> system" is this a good
>>> > book to read?
>>> > Thanks in advanced for any info and
>> ideas/suggestions you guys can give so
>>> > I
>>> > can start changing what it means to be blind in my
>> part of the woods and
>>> > to
>>> > better the quality of life of others.
>>> > Gerardo
>>> >
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