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Hands Off! A Discussion On Inappropriate Touching In The Blindness Community

33 minutes Posted Dec 28, 2020 at 4:00 pm.

: Trigger warning: this discussion mentions and makes references to sexual assault and inappropriate touching. And disclaimer: we are not survivors of sexual assault or sexual abuse.

: Lakeria intros the first Insight On the Side news moment, which will focus on significant conversations within the disability community.

: A brief backstory on assaults at blindness-related training centers, camps, and conventions.

: Addressing the blind guys getting handsy at training centers, camps, etc.

: Expressing disappointment with the statistics, the fact that blind people are violating other individuals who are blind, and people in leadership positions being dismissive of these issues.

: Raven discusses people with disabilities being sheltered regarding appropriate touching and consent.

: When personal boundaries matter, and what’s harmful about touch without consent.

: basics of Consent and explaining enthusiastic consent.

: Unintentional vs intentional touching.

: Sharing experiences with being intentionally touched inappropriately at camps with other blind people.

: Statistics on rates of victimization of people with disabilities.

: The contributing factors to being victimized as a disabled person, and what roles they play in the training center or convention settings.

: Accounts of being invalidated and dismissed when trying to report or prosecute someone as a person with a disability.

: Institutions and organizations being more concerned with their reputation, why people take their personal stories to social media, and how organizations need to focus on where they can minimize harm, not just where they’ve done good.

; Lakeria shares disability-friendly resources people can turn to.

: Expressing support for survivors and people sharing their stories.

: Outro.

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Lakeria and Raven contribute their views and personal experiences to the recent conversations about sexual assault and inappropriate touching within the blindness community.

Discussion Summary:

References:

What Consent Looks Like

Crime Against Persons With Disabilities, 2009-2015 - Statistical Tables

Violence Against People with Disabilities Occurs at Alarming Rates

National Sexual Violence Resource Center Tool kit

Use #MarchingTogether to share or participate in the discussion about sexual abuse within the NFB and other organizations in the blindness community.

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Music credit: "Northern Glade" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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