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From: Paula.Mack@f6.n377.z1.fidonet.org (Paula Mack)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: SUBWAY SAFETY
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Date: 31 Oct 90 03:00:37 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 PM>> Well, I know what you mean, but I think that the safety issue 
 TG> Iagree with you about the safety issue but what people think is
 TG> important when it comes time to look for a job nad the employer 
 TG> says he does not think you could do the job because there were 
 TG> not special cues on the sidewalks around his plant. just a 
 TG> thought. tom G.. 

Hi Tom,

I agree with you that we can't ask for so many accommodations that we
become burdensome, but I don't think the analogy between sidewalks and
subways is a valid one.  Too many blind people have been maimed or
killed to make light of it, and there is no real danger on a sidewalk.

Paula

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