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From: Ted.Young@p0.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Ted Young)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Emergency Exits
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Date: 19 Jul 90 04:49:57 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Hi Glen, there are two problems with your message that I se.  First, if 
you agree that blind people should be allowed to sit in emergency exit 
rows then it would not be advisable to find a way for the airlines not 
to assign us there.  Second, it is unfortunate but true that it often 
takes confrontational tactics to cause people to be concerned enough to 
rethink their myths and stereotypes about blindness.  Although such 
tactics are not pleasant for the recipient or the person needing to do 
them, it is seldom that History can show that a passive tactic brought 
about real change.  
Ted Young

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