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From: Darrell.Shandrow@p2.f7.n300.z1.fidonet.org (Darrell Shandrow)
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Subject: Re: Agreeing to disagree!
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Date: 10 Apr 91 17:56:29 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 JS>  DS> I do believe that it is
 JS>  DS> generally accepted that blindness does exclude one from
 JS> driving
 JS>  DS> just because of the real limit of blindness, "the lack of
 JS>  DS> necessary sight for that task".  However, such a
 JS> justification
 JS>  DS> cannot be made about the exit rows of aircraft.

 JS>  OK, Darrell, next time you're on a plane, demonstrate for me -
 JS> without
 JS>  any instructions, of course - how to operate the emergency door.
 JS>  These aren't car doors, folks; they're fairly complicated.

Hi.  I can see you point.  However, I never said that the blind person needed
no instructions on how to use the exit doors.  The blind person should be given
a level of instruction that is comparable to that given to the sighted.  Also,
I never said that all blind persons can handle the responsibilities associated
with an exit row seat.  Some can and some cannot.  But that is the same with
the sighted.  A drunk sighted and a drunk blink both have no business sitting
their and they both should be moved.  However, an able bodied blind or sighted
person who knows how to handle such a responsibility should not be forced to
move.  73

 JS>

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