Hi Gary,
Unfortunately, as blind people, we are forced to deal with inaccessibility
issues. Those come up even in a place that ought to be a refuge for us in
amateur radio. Oh, well, I think you're right on this anyhow; too much talk
about something that isn't going to change until someone can come up with
enough money and power to force it changed...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Jackson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 10:13 PM
Subject: Re: New Handi-Ham Paperwork
> Don't you guys have better things to do than bore the rest of the list
with
> all of this? I think you got way off topic a long time ago. If you don't
> like handi-hams or the rules they have to go by good ridense. There's been
> enough handi-ham bashing to last a lifetime.
>
> Gary
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Darrell Shandrow" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 11:59 PM
> Subject: Re: New Handi-Ham Paperwork
>
>
> Hi Andy,
>
> I haven't been a Federationist since 1997! Even if I were, I'm not the
type
> of person to just spout off someone or some organization's line... I call
> 'em exactly how I see 'em...
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andy Baracco" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 9:19 PM
> Subject: Re: New Handi-Ham Paperwork
>
>
> > i thought you were a Federationist. Has the Federation finally seen the
> > light, so to speak?
> >
> > Andy
> >
> > At 08:48 PM 6/28/04 -0700, you wrote:
> > >Hi Tom,
> > >
> > >Just one important point. The sighted don't need any special
treatment.
> > >They're sighted. They don't need reasonable accomodations because
> they're
> > >the norm and everything is already accessible to them. They don't need
> > >accessibility because, again, it is already inaccessible for them. I'm
> > >blind; not sighted. In order to be certainly able to participate, I
need
> > >the same material in an accessible format. Period. Readers are fine,
> but I
> > >think we're in a different age than in the not-too-distant past. It is
> > >harder to find readers now. It is hard enough to find people who are
> really
> > >sufficiently educated to read, let alone find people who really want to
> do
> > >it even for a reasonable amount of money.
> > >
> > >I'm definitely going to be contraversial when I say this, but, you know
> > >what? I'm blind. I'm not, in fact, equal to my sighted peers in all
> > >respects. I'm somewhat equal, but not completely so. In the areas
where
> > >the inequalities are due to lack of accessibility or to some other
> > >artificially imposed barrier to our participation, then it isn't too
much
> to
> > >ask for enough reasonable special treatment to get around the barrier.
> > >Times are changing; I think we need to insist on our accessibility now
> > >before it becomes too late. More and more sighted people are writing
us
> off
> > >every single day, this stuff could ultimately come down to our very
> > >survival!
> > >
> > >
> > >
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