[Nfb-seniors] Nfb-seniors Digest, Vol 2, Issue 4

David Evans drevans at bellsouth.net
Sat Jan 12 22:13:19 CST 2008 

Dear  pinkhawaii,


I think that we have a hard time communicating with seniors for a number of 
reasons.
Many seniors, of this generation, do not like to ask for help or are 
embarrassed to let other people know that there is something "wrong" with 
them.
They have false pride issues and denial  of what has happened to them.  They 
often try to hide from the stigma of blindness.
In their minds, the carrying of a white cane would be an admission of their 
being blind and they don't want to do that because then the World will know.
Also seniors of this generation have not all caught up to the use of the 
computer as yet.  They are slowly becoming "wired" in to the Internet.
Seniors communicate and let their hair down easier with other seniors. 
Therefore, if we are to reach seniors, we must use other seniors to do it. 
They just seem to have more in common that way.
I will be 61 years old this month, but still don't think of myself really as 
a senior yet.
I work with seniors all of the time in helping to provide transportation 
services to them everyday.
I can not say that I really understand them fully, but I do know that this 
generation of seniors still resist help and anything they feel is "charity." 
They have allot of pride and pride must always go before the fall.

David Evans, NFBF
Palm Beach County Florida
MV Transit
Consumer Advocate


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <pinkhawaii at gmail.com>
To: <nfb-seniors at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-seniors] Nfb-seniors Digest, Vol 2, Issue 4


> Aloha to All.
> Why is it so hard to communicate or correspond with any of our blind
> seniors? We have more than 50,000 members in the NFB, but very few on the
> Internet. With my Aloha to All 50,000 members. hg pink
> On Jan 11, 2008 8:00 AM, <nfb-seniors-request at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>>   1. Re: (no subject) (Charles Parker)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:47:11 -0500
>> From: "Charles Parker" <angusparker at suddenlink.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-seniors] (no subject)
>> To: "NFB Senior Division list" <nfb-seniors at nfbnet.org>
>> Message-ID: <001301c853eb$808d1a10$ee666e4b at sealawyer>
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>> To whom and where do I send membership dues for the senior division?
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Judy Sanders" <jsanders.nfb at comcast.net>
>> To: "NFB Senior Division list" <nfb-seniors at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 10:14 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-seniors] (no subject)
>>
>>
>> > We are, as our name says, a proud division of the National Federation 
>> > of
>> > the
>> > Blind.  We are blind seniors speaking for ourselves and we do not know
>> the
>> > meaning of submisive.  We do, however, think that we are imminently
>> > reasonable.
>> >
>> > Join us in Dallas.
>> >
>> > Judy Sanders, president
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: <pinkhawaii at gmail.com>
>> > To: <nfb-seniors at nfbnet.org>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 7:52 PM
>> > Subject: [Nfb-seniors] (no subject)
>> >
>> >
>> >> Aloha to all Senior and blind subscribers. I wonder weather this is a
>> >> submissive, outspoken or advocating group for those who cannot 
>> >> advocate
>> >> for
>> >> themselves. With
>> >> my Love of Aloha to All Heinz-Guenther Pink
>> >> pinkhawaii at gmail.com
>> >> --
>> >> Dr. Heinz-Guenther Pink
>> >> Advocate and program evaluator for the blind, deaf and handicapped.
>> >> Member: NFB Communication Council
>> >> and ATRC Advisory Council of the State
>> >> Member of Senator Chun Oakland's Deaf-Blind Task Force.
>> >> Founder: Computer College of Hawaii since 1963,
>> pinkhawaii at gmail.com
>> >> 410 Magellan Ave. Apt.1002, Honolulu, HI. 96813 ,   Tel 808: 537-1875
>> >>
>> >
>> >
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:04:57 -0600
>> From: "Judy Sanders" <jsanders.nfb at comcast.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-seniors] (no subject)
>> To: "NFB Senior Division list" <nfb-seniors at nfbnet.org>
>> Message-ID: <013201c85407$217b1d80$3a67484b at Minneapolis.RENT411.Local>
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>> Charles and others,
>>
>> We welcome your dues and your participation.  Make checks payable to NFB
>> Senior Division and send them to
>>
>> Paul Dressell
>> 2714 Ruberg Ave.
>> Cincinnati, OH 45211
>>
>> Thanks, everyone.
>>
>> Judy Sanders, President
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Charles Parker" <angusparker at suddenlink.net>
>> To: "NFB Senior Division list" <nfb-seniors at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 6:47 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-seniors] (no subject)
>>
>>
>> > To whom and where do I send membership dues for the senior division?
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Judy Sanders" <jsanders.nfb at comcast.net>
>> > To: "NFB Senior Division list" <nfb-seniors at nfbnet.org>
>> > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 10:14 AM
>> > Subject: Re: [Nfb-seniors] (no subject)
>> >
>> >
>> >> We are, as our name says, a proud division of the National Federation
>> of
>> >> the
>> >> Blind.  We are blind seniors speaking for ourselves and we do not know
>> >> the
>> >> meaning of submisive.  We do, however, think that we are imminently
>> >> reasonable.
>> >>
>> >> Join us in Dallas.
>> >>
>> >> Judy Sanders, president
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: <pinkhawaii at gmail.com>
>> >> To: <nfb-seniors at nfbnet.org>
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 7:52 PM
>> >> Subject: [Nfb-seniors] (no subject)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> Aloha to all Senior and blind subscribers. I wonder weather this is a
>> >>> submissive, outspoken or advocating group for those who cannot
>> advocate
>> >>> for
>> >>> themselves. With
>> >>> my Love of Aloha to All Heinz-Guenther Pink
>> >>> pinkhawaii at gmail.com
>> >>> --
>> >>> Dr. Heinz-Guenther Pink
>> >>> Advocate and program evaluator for the blind, deaf and handicapped.
>> >>> Member: NFB Communication Council
>> >>> and ATRC Advisory Council of the State
>> >>> Member of Senator Chun Oakland's Deaf-Blind Task Force.
>> >>> Founder: Computer College of Hawaii since 1963,
>> pinkhawaii at gmail.com
>> >>> 410 Magellan Ave. Apt.1002, Honolulu, HI. 96813 ,   Tel 808: 537-1875
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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>
>
> -- 
> Dr. Heinz-Guenther Pink
> Advocate and program evaluator for the blind, deaf and handicapped.
> Member: NFB Communication Council
> and ATRC Advisory Council of the State
> Member of Senator Chun Oakland's Deaf-Blind Task Force.
> Founder: Computer College of Hawaii since 1963,     pinkhawaii at gmail.com
> 410 Magellan Ave. Apt.1002, Honolulu, HI. 96813 ,   Tel 808: 537-1875
>


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