Hello, A lot of you have math backgrounds, so you might be interested in this new list for discussing blindness and mathematics. See the message below. John --------------------- Subject: Fw: [Nabs] New BlindMath group Forwarded from teh Blind Students mailing list, but so desperately needed, please pass this along to whomever you think might be interested. kestrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Angie Matney" <matneyar@xxxxxxx> To: "Discussion List for the National Alliance of Blind Students" <nabs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 5:19 PM Subject: [Nabs] New BlindMath group > Hi everyone, > > I just created a new group on smartgroups for those interested in issues pertaining to math and blindness. I tried to creat > the group on yahoo, but they are now requiring a graphical verification code even to create a group! (I suggest you all > contact customer service to protest this.) > > Here is more information about the group, which I created in response to discussions on this and other lists: > > This group is a place where interested persons can discuss all issues related to blindness/visual impairment and math. > Topics for discussion include (but are not limited to) sources for accessible texts, information about tactile and auditory > graphing programs, suggestions for insuring that math lectures are accessible to blind students, and strategies used by > blind math instructors. Anyone with an interest in this topic is free to join this group and contribute to the discussions. > Some people believe that math is a "visual" subject and thus should be avoided by blind people. My former > rehabilitation counselor believed this, and it was difficult for me to get resources as a math major. I've since gotten an > M.S. in math, and I taught college-level math for five years. I'm not unique or exceptional; there are many others with > similar stories. I hope this group will help to dispell some of the myths about math and blindness. > > Group Email: > BlindMath@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Manager Email: > BlindMath-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To Join: > BlindMath-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To Leave: > BlindMath-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Group Home: > http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/BlindMath > > Angie -- Computers to Help People, Inc. http://www.chpi.org 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list