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From: Tim.Cumings@p0.f460.n101.z1.fidonet.org (Tim Cumings)
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Subject: Re: hot topic
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Date: 21 Jun 91 19:13:09 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Just because blind people are pushing for the use of tiles doesn't mean
it's only a blindness issue, since sighted people are falling into the
subways. I don't see your distinction between tiles and guardrails. If
neither of them prevent people from falling off, as you say, then why
advocate either? Guardrails are more costly than tiles. No one in the
acbor anywhere else is saying that blind people should give up their
good mobility skills in favor of subway tiles or beeping traffic lights.
Why can't there be both options? Audible signals for blind people are
like walksigns for sighted people. Would you advocate getting rid of
walksigns because sighted people don't need them, or the lines on the
subway platform because they don't need them?

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