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From: Walter.Siren@p18.f5.n396.z1.fidonet.org (Walter Siren)
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Subject: Re: Pathfinder Tiles
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Date: 20 Jun 91 20:05:17 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 MD> I was just thinking that something has been forgotten in this discussion
 MD> amongst all of us.  That is--the media sets out to sensationalize these
 MD> types of things such as pathfinder tiles and stuff like that--and we all
 MD> know that media stories are not always positive--more sensational and
 MD> sometimes misrepresent information--not just stories about the blind but
 MD> about anything.  It's been stated that sighted people don't care about what
 MD> we use or whatever, but, that's probably true in most cases, but, when
 MD> things are publicized, that can help perhaps  to help  a potential employer
 MD> decide that accommodations might be too expensive.  Just a thought--would
 MD> appreciate responses from you and others about this.

Margo, in the first place, if the media makes something of this, it
would probably be for our benefit.  Since like you said they will
make something sesational out of it. they will play it up usually
to our advantage, or it will not be sensational.

Usually the imployers that do not want to hire us are coming from
the way back ideas that blind cannot do anything, and this is to
show that this is not true.  Most sighted people that I have ran
across tend to look at these things as something that is great.

               Walter

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