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From: Dan.Kysor@f11.n203.z1.fidonet.org (Dan Kysor)
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Subject: Re: WHAT TECHNOLOGY EXISTS FOR HELPING
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Date: 23 Oct 90 03:08:39 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

you hear that common thread amoungst blind nfb members but that
dosen't mean the rest of us feel that we're too capable for
technical assistance.  to me, this idea of inferrior tells me that
many blind folks in fact feel inferrior to sighted people and have
to over compensate and constantly second guess sighted people and
them by acting superior.  "talking signs" is a relative inexpensive
soloution to the concept of reasonable accomidationand as so many
others on here have pointed out, sighted folks are given safety
accomidations in this society, why should blind folks be excluded.
I am sick and tired of blind people who project and try to force
their standards on the rest of the blind community.  people all
have different abilities and skills.  anyway, hope i answered your
question, take care, i feel more like now than i did a while ago!

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