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From: Beth.Hatch-Alleyne@f207.n260.z1.fidonet.org (Beth Hatch-Alleyne)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Pathfinder Tiles
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Date: 18 Jun 91 16:19:49 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Jeff; thanks for your message.  Please explain to me how you think
this does not hurt our chanopportunities again.  If I call, as I've
done so often, concerning a journalism job, and the employer likes
me a lot, I make an appointment to meet with him/her.  As soon as I
walk in the door, they automatically assume I'm not capable of
working for them by already assuming I can't do the job.  Although I
always explain the alternative techniques I use to write, or do
research every day, I hear they've already found someone for the
job, and then the next day I see the same ad in the newspaper for
the next couple of weeks.  Jeff, what about an employer who has
meetings where a hot topic for discussion is who is going to take
the blind person to the bathroom?  I don't need to ask a fellow
blind person what happened because of a lack of path finder tiles.
Sighted people fall off subway platforms too, even though they can
see where the edge is.  Are you saying blind people aren't as
capable?  Can we not find the edge of a platform with our canes, or
work with our dogs so they won't walk us off the platform?  I'm
sorry if this sounds abrasive, as it is not an attack on you
personally, but I am sick of people saying blind people needs aids
to make the world better for them, rather than working on teaching
alternative techniques and more mobility training.  Accidents will
happen, a metal guard rail in front of a subway platform would
prevent anyone from being hurt, blind or sighted, not path finder
tiles, Beth.

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