Well, kudos for saying all of this. I remember when:
* Human readers and flexible discs from RFB (scratched, unfortunately), and
reel to reel tapes were the only options for studying in college;
*Research took hours and hours, and if you were lucky, you got a reader now
and then who knew how to use the card catalog!
*You stayed in your dorm room or the library or inside somewhere to read
while all your friends sat in the grass on warm days and studied;
* Your reader called to cancel his/her reading session at the last minute!
* Very few services were provided for blind or other disabled students;
The positive aspects of all of this was that we learned to manage, adapt,
create and grow, and use tact, and not expect the world to cater to us.


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