Hi Tom,

Whenever such paperwork does exist, I expect the person requiring the
paperwork to render reasonable accomodations to insure that I am able to
participate in the process.  I'm blind, not sighted.  That makes me
different.  The sighted should be willing to help, and should learn not to
take their sight for granted...



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Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 6:31 AM
Subject: Re: New Handi-Ham Paperwork


> I hadn't been reading these messages because this was going round in a
circle
> and going nowhere but happenedc to look at one to see if it had gone
anywhere
> and see at the bottom that someone had addressed some comments to me
concerning
> accessibility.  I agree that we should be able to access everything but
like it
> or not we are blind people in a sighted world.  So long as our government
has
> rules which exclude them from having to provide access and requiring
things like
> print signatures on print forms we'll still have these problems.  I've had
to
> start the process of putting my mom in a nursing home and if you want to
talk
> about inaccessible stuff you should see all that paperwork on federal,
state,
> and local government levels.  Its some of the most inaccessible stuff I've
seen.
>
> Having said all that, I think its really probably time to put this to
rest.
> Handi-Hams does a great service and none of us are required to use it if
we
> don't agree with it.  The disagreements I have with them have to do with
the
> extreme dumbing down of their study materials (only recording the correct
> answers to questions and not the distractors) like blind people are too
stupid
> to deal otherwise but I certainly have no problem with their following
federal
> regulations.  Since they're not absolutely the only ones around who can
provide
> ham materials there is some choice.
>
> Tom
>
>
> Tom Brennan  KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
> web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html