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Here is how to contact us for more information, to get to know us better, or to give us your ideas.
Contacts for the blind-dragon.com, The National Federation of the Blind of Iowa, The Siouxland Chapter of the NFBI and the Siouxland Informational Group for the Blind:
The blind-dragon.com webmaster, designer and fellow blind guy:
Gregory A. Hanson 721 Noltze Drive Apartment 3 Sioux City IA 51103 Phone: (712) 258-1311 E-mail: gregory@blind-dragon.com Personal e-mail: blindjudoka@earthlink.net
Contact Information for the National Federation of the Blind of Iowa:
President: Peggy Elliot Grinnel IA Phone: (515) 236-3366 e-mail: delliot@pcpartner.net
Contact for the Siouxland Chapter of the NFBI: President: Karen Clayton 2300 Rebecca Street Sioux City IA 51103 Phone: (712) 255-6124 e-mail: karen@simpco.org
Contact information for the Siouxland Informational Group for the Blind:
President: Larry Frohman 221 21st Street Sioux City IA 51104 Phone: (712) 258-8151 E-mail: lfrohman@earthlink.net
SIG-B informational Line: Has meeting times, news updates and the newsletter live Phone: (712) 266-8926 SIG-B E-mail: sig_b@hotmail.con
If you have a need, a problem with blindness related issues, or just want someone to visit with, we are available.
COURTESY
RULES OF BLINDNESS When
you meet me don't be ill at ease. It will help both of us if you remember these
simple points of courtesy: 1.
I'm an ordinary person, just
blind. You don't need to raise your voice or address me as if I were a child.
Don't ask my spouse what I want-"Cream in the coffee?"-ask me. 2.
If I am walking with you, don't
grab my arm; let me take yours. I'll keep a half-step behind, to anticipate
curbs and steps. 3.
I want to know who's in the room with me. Speak when you enter. Introduce
meto the others. Include children, and tell me if there's a cat or dog. Guide my
hand to a chair. 4.
The door to a room, cabinet, or to a car left partially open is a hazard
to me. 5.
At dinner I will not have trouble with ordinary table skills. 6.
Don't avoid words like
"see". I use them, too. I'm always glad to see you. 7.
I don't want pity. But don't talk about the "wonderful
compensations" of blind-ness. My sense of smell, touch, or hearing did not
improve when I became blind. I rely on them more and, therefore, may get more
information through those senses than you do-that's all. 8.
If I'm your houseguest, show me
the bathroom, closet, dresser, window-the light switch, too. I like to know
whether the lights are on. 9.
I'll discuss blindness with you if you're curious, but it's an old story
to me. I have as many other interests as you do. 10.
Don't think of me as just a blind
person. I'm just a person who happens to be blind. In
all 50 states, the law requires drivers to yield the right of way when they see
my extended white cane. Only the blind may carry white canes. You see more blind
persons today walking alone. Not because there are more of us, but because we
have learned to make our own way.
thank you for visiting here at blind-dragon.com. We hope you had a wonderful and enlightening time!
G. A. Hanson Webmaster blind-dragon.com
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