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From: Jamal.Mazrui@p0.f460.n101.z1.fidonet.org (Jamal Mazrui)
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Subject: Re: Expulsion from NFB now a fact
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Date: 29 Dec 90 03:15:49 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Thanks for your message, Ann.  The National Federation of the
Blind does show an insensitivity to making its own documents
available in an accessible form to blind persons.  A great deal
of literature is available in braille, but there are glaring
omissions such as its financial statements and audit reports
which are only available in print.  With all the braille
technology at the national headquarters, it certainly would have
seemed reasonable to send me a braille as well as a print copy
of the letter notifying me of the expulsion motion and the
letter notifying me of that decision.  The cassette version of
the Braille Monitor also does not uphold such professional
standards and courtesies to readers as tone indexing between
articles so that one can conveniently read in a selective
manner.
 
--Jamal--

 

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