[nfbwatlk] Fw: [S and R extravaganza
Mike Freeman
k7uij at panix.com
Wed Sep 19 22:05:21 CDT 2007
Intellectuals of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your
barbells! <g>
Mike
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Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Fw: [S and R extravaganza
?
Andrea,
?
You got me to thinking, a somewhat dangerous thing.? Perhaps one of
the out reach efforts of the S and R division would be to work with the
parents division in setting up a similar division within their
organization, if one does not already exist, and to dialog with parents
of blind children about the physical and social skills gained by early
and consistent interaction with sports and other body movement
activities.?
Last summer while riding the bus I met a young man with RP who was
getting his doctorate degree, at the U Dub,?in occupational therapy,
specializing in sports activities for children with disabilities.? His
favorite actiites were running and kayaking, but he?also ?enjoyed
?biking as well.? Perhaps universities that offer such degrees would be
a good resource for you group.
There may be little change is those of us who are older, or obese, or
with arthritic joints, but younger people and children, unfortunately,
?may learn from our negative examples.? If I tried to arm wrestle with
one of you guys I would end up at the physical therapist trying to gain
reuse of my arm from a shoulder injury.? (grin)
KB
interesting discussion topics regarding various sports activities, and
also, if
you'd like to write an article for our E-Newsletter, Competition
Corner, we'd be
thrilled.
I will reiterate the point made by most of you, that we are not
encouraged to be
very physically active. I recently led a breakout session for parents
at the
National Convention regarding social skills in early childhood. In
preparing, I
talked to my mother about social skills and what she finds important.
I asked
what she might have done differently, and her first reaction was that
she would
have tried to get me involved in gymnastics or dance. Otherwise, I was
an active
child, also running into cement walls and poles on the playground. I
rode my
bike all over my neighborhood, even though my mom was always
terrified!
The point is, many blind people, from an early age, are not encouraged
to play
and run and be active. The same can be said about sighted children who
spend all
their time in front of the TV or X-BOX, and I think it's important we
don't
forget that this isn't just a blindness thing.
Still, the purpose of the NFB is to support and encourage our fellow
blind
people and that is the point of S&R. We are encouraging people to try
new
activities they may never have thought possible and then tell others
about the
experience. We're all about making life as fun and adventurous as
possible!
Please feel free to contact me at mailto:andrea.travis at gmail.com
andrea.travis at gmail.com
if I can pvovide any further information. Thanks again for responding
to my
comments!
Andrea
S&R Secretary
On 9/19/07,
Carl Jarvis
< mailto:carjar at olypen.com carjar at olypen.com
> wrote:
Very well said Mary Ellen.
Even newly blinded adults quickly learn to sit and stay put, if they
do not
have good blind mentors.
And I'm glad you dropped the word Lazy.??Sedentary behavior is not
hand in
hand with lazy.
It is learned behavior, often forced upon us by well intentioned,
misinformed family and friends.
When I first became totally blind I was suddenly treated like the big,
friendly Sheep Dog.
"Sit, stay.??Yere is your reward, a??big plate of food.??Want seconds
on
dessert"?
In the eyes of my family I quickly morfed from a strapping,
hard-working,
independent fellow, into a Three Toe'd Sloth.
When I entered my in-laws home they had a chair right by the
door.??"That's
Carl's chair", they told everyone.??And I couldn't dream of sitting
anywhere
else.??If I stood to go to the bath room at least three people would
leap to
their feet, "Where are you going?"
Later, as I did receive mobility training and began to travel about
independently, I would clamber aboard a bus, only to have several
folks
spring up and shove me into their seat.??When I could see, these same
folks
would have poked me with their umbrellas and stomped on my toes to get
to
those seats ahead of me.
Every message was a loud, clear shout, "Sit down and stay put".
Over the years, as a blind man, I've broken my nose at least three
times.
Usually it's from running down the county road and slamming into a
Cedar
tree.??I've broken my ribs twice, cut myself with axes and saws and
tried
taking off my foot with a sixty pound steel bar.??But today, when we
return
from visiting clients, I'll grab the brush ax and head into the
pasture,
beating back the Elderberry bushes and Salmon Berries.
Whatever it takes to convince blind folks to get up and get active is
worth
trying.??We live in a fat land and maybe we could lead the way to a
more
healthy nation.
Carl Jarvis
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Mike
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Wednesday, September 19, 2007 12:41 PM
Subject:
Re: [nfbwatlk] Fw: [S and R extravaganza
?
Andrea,
?
You got me to thinking, a somewhat dangerous thing.? Perhaps one of the out reach efforts of the S and R division would be to work with the parents division in setting up a similar division within their organization, if one does not already exist, and to dialog with parents of blind children about the physical and social skills gained by early and consistent interaction with sports and other body movement activities.?
Last summer while riding the bus I met a young man with RP who was getting his doctorate degree, at the U Dub,?in occupational therapy, specializing in sports activities for children with disabilities.? His favorite actiites were running and kayaking, but he?also ?enjoyed ?biking as well.? Perhaps universities that offer such degrees would be a good resource for you group.
There may be little change is those of us who are older, or obese, or with arthritic joints, but younger people and children, unfortunately, ?may learn from our negative examples.? If I tried to arm wrestle with one of you guys I would end up at the physical therapist trying to gain reuse of my arm from a shoulder injury.? (grin)
KB
interesting discussion topics regarding various sports activities, and also, if
you'd like to write an article for our E-Newsletter, Competition Corner, we'd be
thrilled.
I will reiterate the point made by most of you, that we are not encouraged to be
very physically active. I recently led a breakout session for parents at the
National Convention regarding social skills in early childhood. In preparing, I
talked to my mother about social skills and what she finds important. I asked
what she might have done differently, and her first reaction was that she would
have tried to get me involved in gymnastics or dance. Otherwise, I was an active
child, also running into cement walls and poles on the playground. I rode my
bike all over my neighborhood, even though my mom was always terrified!
The point is, many blind people, from an early age, are not encouraged to play
and run and be active. The same can be said about sighted children who spend all
their time in front of the TV or X-BOX, and I think it's important we don't
forget that this isn't just a blindness thing.
Still, the purpose of the NFB is to support and encourage our fellow blind
people and that is the point of S&R. We are encouraging people to try new
activities they may never have thought possible and then tell others about the
experience. We're all about making life as fun and adventurous as possible!
Please feel free to contact me at mailto:andrea.travis at gmail.com mailto:andrea.travis at gmail.com
mailto:andrea.travis at gmail.com andrea.travis at gmail.com
if I can pvovide any further information. Thanks again for responding to my
comments!
Andrea
S&R Secretary
On 9/19/07,
Carl Jarvis
< mailto:carjar at olypen.com mailto:carjar at olypen.com
mailto:carjar at olypen.com carjar at olypen.com
> wrote:
Very well said Mary Ellen.
Even newly blinded adults quickly learn to sit and stay put, if they do not
have good blind mentors.
And I'm glad you dropped the word Lazy.??Sedentary behavior is not hand in
hand with lazy.
It is learned behavior, often forced upon us by well intentioned,
misinformed family and friends.
When I first became totally blind I was suddenly treated like the big,
friendly Sheep Dog.
"Sit, stay.??Yere is your reward, a??big plate of food.??Want seconds on
dessert"?
In the eyes of my family I quickly morfed from a strapping, hard-working,
independent fellow, into a Three Toe'd Sloth.
When I entered my in-laws home they had a chair right by the door.??"That's
Carl's chair", they told everyone.??And I couldn't dream of sitting anywhere
else.??If I stood to go to the bath room at least three people would leap to
their feet, "Where are you going?"
Later, as I did receive mobility training and began to travel about
independently, I would clamber aboard a bus, only to have several folks
spring up and shove me into their seat.??When I could see, these same folks
would have poked me with their umbrellas and stomped on my toes to get to
those seats ahead of me.
Every message was a loud, clear shout, "Sit down and stay put".
Over the years, as a blind man, I've broken my nose at least three times.
Usually it's from running down the county road and slamming into a Cedar
tree.??I've broken my ribs twice, cut myself with axes and saws and tried
taking off my foot with a sixty pound steel bar.??But today, when we return
from visiting clients, I'll grab the brush ax and head into the pasture,
beating back the Elderberry bushes and Salmon Berries.
Whatever it takes to convince blind folks to get up and get active is worth
trying.??We live in a fat land and maybe we could lead the way to a more
healthy nation.
Carl Jarvis
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