It seems to me that the who blind community has a very big problem they 
are playing in to hand of the astablihment.  They are beleiving their 
lies that somthing can't be made more accessable because of the high 
cost.  We have seen clear example of how other countries have done more 
when it comes to greater accessability then we have.  But we say we 
can't thats just to bad and we have to just except what we can't 
change.  How are the newly blind going to feel about this logic?  Might 
this greatly increase their depression and feelings that they just want 
to give because what's the use of any advocacy it won't work.  We are 
told that we can't have more braille because of the cost and number of 
readers.  We are told that we can't have greater accessability in major 
concumer products and softwhear because of the high cost and few number 
of the blind.  If this mentality and very negative attitude in the blind 
community does not change then we will just keep on loosing our 
accessability more and more by the day at worp speed. We need great and 
more advocacy now more then ever but both Acb and Nfb will never do this 
if it is not what they want it will never happen.  they are just good 
old boy groops with very littel value or effectiveness.  They wunder why 
they are having membership problems well the younger blind will look at 
them and say why should I join them what have they or what are they 
going to do for the blind of this country.  Is this the worldyou signed 
up for?  Well I did not sign up for it.  Do you really want to know why 
other disabilities have greater accessability the than the blind?  Well 
I'll tell you the answer is that they keep on advocate for what they 
want until they get it they don't give up like the blind.  The deaf have 
close captioningHow much dvs do we have not as much as the Uk.  how much 
braille and general accessability do we have/  If they can do it then so 
can we. Whear's ther's a will there's a way but the blind communityhas 
yet to learn that.  They agree with the lies of the sighted it can't be 
done I say and why not?  We will weak up day to find that we have no 
accessability at all because we did not keep on advocate for it I hope 
that you are okay with that because I am not.  It does not matter what 
email list I post on or what issue I advocate for it's always the same 
tired old attitude it can't be done because of the cost.  Most of the 
blind don't need it.  If I don't need it then why shouldit happen.  So 
the needs of some of the blind community are just not important enough 
to justify the cost.I am not very happy with the blind community n fact 
I am ashamed of them.  Weak up people andsmell the coffee and see the 
writting on the wall before it's to late.  I have been tring to light a 
fire in the blind community on verious email list but to no avail I just 
get bashed.  I will just keep on doing it and I will not stop until I 
see changes or I get baned from every list.

Brian Sackrider


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