Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!yale!bunker!hcap!hnews!396!5.18!Walter.Siren From: Walter.Siren@p18.f5.n396.z1.fidonet.org (Walter Siren) Newsgroups: misc.handicap Subject: Re: NFB Message-ID: <15783@bunker.UUCP> Date: 19 Nov 90 21:59:43 GMT Sender: wtm@bunker.UUCP Reply-To: Walter.Siren@p18.f5.n396.z1.fidonet.org Distribution: misc Organization: FidoNet node 1:396/5.18 - Pontchippi, New Orleans LA Lines: 49 Approved: wtm@bunker.UUCP Index Number: 11875 [This is from the Blink Talk Conference] GM> The National Federation of the Blind is an organization of the blind GM> speaking out for the blind. True, but it isn't the only one. gm> One of the problems that blind people have had GM> is that for years sighted people were dictating to us and deciding for us GM> what our needs are. It is good that blind people are speaking for GM> themselves because we know what our needs are and what needs to be done GM> more than most sighted people. Most consumer organizations are political GM> in nature But not dictatorial. gm> but what we need to focus on is what NFB has done forthe blind. Ok, let's do. GM> Let us look at the evidence. Do you like being treated as a second class GM> citizen? No, but that still happens. gm> Do you like being told that you are not capable of sitting in an GM> exit row but a baby or an elderly lady is? That doesn't bother me, and we still can't sit in an exit row. gm> Are you happy with the GM> attitudes of others toward you as a blind person? Most of the time. gm> We can not judge an GM> organization based on the political ideas of a few people. I think it is GM> time for blind people to objectively look at what NFB has done and then GM> decide if it is a worth while organization. Let us look at the results. ok. We have, and what does it show? Walter -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!396!5.18!Walter.Siren Internet: Walter.Siren@p18.f5.n396.z1.fidonet.org