[Access] Accessibility - Process Problems

[Cindy Pitcairn]

Just some top of my head responses:

Perhaps this upcoming CC meeting, April 12th, does not give us enough 
time to brainstorm how we want to present this, especially as we would 
want to circulate whatever we come up within the committee for review 
and comments.

I agree, in general, with your comments, J-M. I see it as a huge task-- 
but, of course, if we want to change our society, we need to start 
locally, within our committee and our church.

One reason I see it as a huge task is that I see almost everything that 
way, and most, if not all, of that attitude stems from my disability. 
Even using my computer is difficult today because my whole body feels 
like a big pincushion--a feeling that I can't expect anyone except 
another person with MS to understand. And yet I am writing this because 
I want to "stay in the loop". 

While problems like lack of mobility, vision, and hearing are generally, 
at least in part, comprehensible to most people, "silent symptoms" or 
manifestations of a disorder are not, or are more open to 
misinterpretation ("she can do it if she wants to" or "I saw him the 
other day and he didn't seem to have any problem at all"). Most people I 
know with such symptoms, myself included) give up after a while trying 
to explain them.

I know I'm preaching to the choir here, so please forgive me. I hope 
some of my rant helps explain why I feel I can't continue on as 
secretary of the committee,  but still want to be involved.

Cindy


jeannemarie moore wrote:
> How would you go about this, I mean what do you have in mind?
>
> I will have JUST moved, so I'm not sure I can make it...
>
> and, by the way, David the research guru, would you be so kind as to
> research the words to:
> "the road goes ever onward" or "ever on" from the movie The Trilogy and send
> them... quick enough, Mary could braille them...
> She is already (kindly) brailling the responsive reading for the three of us
> for tomorrow...
>
> This is an issue worth discussing and we may need to use instances as
> examples, they don't have to be "wrongs."
>
> j-m.
>
>  
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-bounces at uueugene.org [mailto:access-bounces at uueugene.org] On
> Behalf Of David Gilmartin
> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 1:13 AM
> To: Access and Discussion Issues
> Subject: [Access] Accessibility - Process Problems
>
> I think Jeanne-Marie has accurately targeted some of the places where UUCE's
> process fails to provide accessibility, such as in my effort to have an item
> on the agenda even though the background information had not been shared in
> ways that made it accessible to everyone with adequate time for
> consideration before the meeting. Or the subject of her recent email --
> about it appearing that words of some items for Sunday's big celebration
> will not be accessibly available to all.
>
> And I think that some progress might be made if the issues and difficulties
> could be discussed separate from any specific instances.
>
> Is anyone interested in helping to put this concern into some form for
> discussion at the upcoming meeting of the Coordinating Council, April 12th?
>
> David G.
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