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From: David.Andrews@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (David Andrews)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Amusement Park Discrimination
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Date: 15 May 91 17:01:28 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 SB> What's the big deal about blind
 SB> people sitting at  exit doors on an airline? Personally, I have
 SB> been an airline traveler for 20 years, and have never
 SB> experienced problems while traveling. Honestly, I think those
 SB> blind persons who encounter problems on the airlines, are those
 SB> who are looking for problems, merely to bring attention to
 SB> themselves.

I know a number of persons personally who have been involved in airline
incidents and have talked to them about it extensively.  Your assertion that
they are looking for trouble to draw attention to themselves is ridiculous.
These are people who are trying to travel just like you and I.  The one
difference between them and most blind persons is that they did not knuckle
under when the airlines tryed pushing them around.
If you were seated in an exit row by an airline, then asked to move later,
because you were blind, would you move?  Most blind people would, and this of
course is a decision each of must reach personally, at the time it happens.  The
people who have had problems are those who chose not to move because they knew
that they were as capable of handling an emergency situation as anyone else, and
knew that they had as much right to be there.

... David Andrews

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