Hi Tom,

The "sighted world" argument works fine for me when we're talking about
businesses and organizations that don't directly have anything to do with
disability.  Even then, however, I go for as much accessibility as I can
get.  I hold all disability related organizations to the highest possible
standards of accessibility.

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Subject: Re: Revisiting accessible amateur radio study materials.


> Darrell, perhaps you missed my original message but I did say there were
> several
> federal laws in play with this.  I agree that there are probably some
> aspects to
> things which could be made more accessible but ultimately so long as we
> live in
> a sighted world not totally so.  For example, I do not ever simply sign
> forms
> from people I do not know just because they are sent me via the mail.  I
> will
> get a reader to check them before I sign.  Since I do ive alone in a rural
> area
> it always requires getting a reader.  Since I need the reader anyway and
> will
> have to pay for an hour of service I might as well just have them fill out
> the
> form.  What I generally do is have the person on the phone read me the
> form so
> that I have all answers ready when the reader is available and I can
> rapidly
> complete the form.  Perhaps teaching at a university where my student's
> papers
> are not necessarily in accessible formats has mellowed me a bit on all of
> this
> but I usually at least try not to bite the hand that feeds me.
>
> Tom
>
>
> Tom Brennan  KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
> web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html