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Re: scanners?
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Jackie Shepherd <[log in to unmask]>
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Jackie Shepherd <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 10 Jan 2015 15:36:34 -0800
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No, Andy, I don't think they will disappear because there will always be 
some people who feel as if they need to belong to an organization, even if 
they don't seem to advocate for them.

In as far as the ADA goes, have you ever been practically forced to accept 
an ADA approved accommodation in a hotel?  We have.  My husband Bill and I 
have  found that for the blind, it has done more harm than good, though it 
does have a few good points.

Jackie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Baracco" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2015 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: scanners?


>I think that the blind organizations will disappear within 20 years because
> they are becoming irrelevant.
>
> Andy
>
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Harvey Heagy
> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2015 12:40 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: scanners?
>
> I agree with you Pat and Butch.  At a time when we need advocacy most, 
> both
> organizations have largely abandoned it.  They have leaders that preach
> independence while depending on their sighted gophers to do everything for
> them.
> Harvey
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Pat Byrne
> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2015 12:09 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: scanners?
>
> Well said Colin.  I think that most of us on this list have done what
> we had to in order to survive and prosper.  Easy, never; possible,
> usually.  Mobility is and will continue to be one of the big ones;
> with the best o&m skill sets and the best dogs in the world, it's not
> the same as jumping in the car and doing what you want.  I've faced
> job discrimination all of my working life but have managed to have
> good jobs and had a good career in several different areas.  And from
> an old guys' synical position I don't think that the ADA has done a
> hell of a lot to improve anything.  And at the end of the day, it's
> all been pretty good.
> Pat, K9JAU
>
> I'm not wearing a diaper, so don't try to change me.

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