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From: Jamal.Mazrui@p0.f460.n101.z1.fidonet.org (Jamal Mazrui)
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Subject: Re: possible ramifications
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Date: 28 Jun 91 16:11:57 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

I am not saying that blind persons should not, especially if
they lack good travel skills, use sighted guides.  It is
partly because Mr. Maurer and Dr. Jernigan have such good skills
and are necessarily viewed as examples of the philosophy of
alternative techniques that they have a special obligation to
travel independently as much as possible.  I am not quibbling
about using a guide to make urgent passage through a crowd, or
some other unusual circumstance.  The problem is that the
sighted guide technique seems to be the dominant not occasional
mode of travel at conventions and other important public
activities.

--Jamal--

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