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From: Jeff.Salzberg@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Jeff Salzberg)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Pathfinder Tiles
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Date: 18 Jun 91 16:10:42 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 MD> what if an employer thinks that he must accommodate us by
 MD> putting in path finder tiles when, in fact, they probably
 MD> wouldn't be needed for the blind person to get about at the job
 MD> location. That's precisely NFB looks at all issues--because of

 This is going to come as somewhat of a shock to some users here, but I
 have to tell you that most sighted people do not spend a lot of time
 thinking about blind people.  Ninety-nine percent of all sighted
 employers, I'll wager, would not even NOTICE the pathfinder tiles.

 The NFB, which purports to represent blind people, seems rather
 cavalier when it comes to risking blind people's lives....

... "Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo." - H. G. Wells

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