Hi Tom;

Very well written.

73 De Anthony W2AJV
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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