Dorene Cornwell posted her 2014 top ten list for the blind community--including our friends in NFB Washington. What is in your top ten list? 10. Beep Baseball vs the Seattle Police Dept.: this was great outreach.. 10. Alco Canfield beats breast cancer. 9. Cindy Bennett and Mike Mello for standing up for themselves about being treated atrociously by a Metro driver. A lot of drivers do a great job about serving all their diverse passengers. Some are only so-so. Some are awful and need to be encouraged to improve. I am glad the new NFB WA president called the media and I am glad Metro recognizes their mistake. I think bus driver training is an ongoing need! 8. Meka White for standing up for herself about the mistaken labelling or hher pre-employment drug screen. 7. Sen-elect Cyrus Habib D 48 elected Minority Whip of the Washington State Senate for the upcoming session. When Sen Habib was elected to the Washington State House he served on the House transportation Committee and helped a cross-disability coalition formulate a really clear legislative ask for more money for the Special Needs Transportation Fund. The legislature is still working on an overall transportation bill and the increased funding is still part of the bill. It will be interesting to see what Sen. Habib can help accomplish in the upcoming session. 6. All the Environmental Access Committee members, former EAC members and other blind people who continue to participate in universal design and livable cities organizations and Seattle area citizen boards and commissions. The more of us who show up, the more opportunities we have to bring our valuable perspectives to different issues. 5. All the WCB folks who shared your experiences when I posted a question about audible pedestrian signals. 4. Member Peggy Martinez and the Lighthouse Action Team for working with the SE Seattle District Council and the Seattle Dept of Transportation on some major pedestrian enhancements on Walker Street in Seattle, part of multiple walking routes to the Lighthouse and Center Park and other organizations / events in surrounding buildings. 3. Cindy Bennett and people she works with at the UW Information school for working to incorporate accessibility into the design of computer systems. Until now there is not even a systematic way to teach accessibility as part of a computer science program and the work Cindy is part of should lay some important groundwork. 2. The WCB scholarship committee and scholarship winners. I am impressed that two of the winners will be the first person in their families to go to college. 1. All the amazing work that goes into the annual WCB conventions Another big shout-out to everyone who helps keep our local chapters running. On the horizon for 2015: More ways for WA health care consumers to get aucdible prescription labels? Warm wishes for a very happy new year. Dorene Cornwell
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 23:42:38 +0000
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