Hi Tom,

Yes, and thank you!  My quest for greater accessibility has absolutely
nothing to do with excusing anyone for not knowing the material.  In fact,
the point to greater accessibility is that all will have the opportunity to
learn it!

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Subject: Re: Revisiting Accessible Amateur Radio Study Materials


> Unfortunately the fact of how blindness has come about has nothing to do
> with
> whether or not someone knows material.  If a race car driver becomes blind
> he
> will not be permitted to drive because he cannot perform the function of
> driving
> with our present technology.  If one cannot do the math for the Extra or
> any
> other license, he should not have that license.  The original discussion
> was
> concerning access to materials.  Having someone interpret math to you
> makes as
> much sense as someone interpreting audiograms to me because I cannot see
> the
> graphs.  You need the symbols read byt beyond that the variety of
> blindness
> simply makes no difference: you either know the material or you do not.
>
> Tom
>
>
> Tom Brennan  KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
> web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html