[gui-talk] Fw: National Federation of the Blind Comments on Federal Court Ruling on U.S. Currency (fwd)
Charles Innes
innes1 at charm.net
Thu Dec 7 16:39:27 CST 2006
From: Charles Innes
To: gui-talk-request@] National Federation of the Blind Comments on Federal Court Ruling on U.S. Currency (fwd)
Dear Dave Andrews anb List
Yes, Dave, the Federation is the largest organization of the blind.
I am a Federationist, but sometimes I feel that policy is created without
adequate consultation of the rank and file.
Last time I found myself at variance with stated NFB policy on a matter
crucial to public policy and public perception of the blind, I was accused of
being a member of the American Council of the Blind and hence obliquely threatened
with expulsion.
Lest we forget, the Federation was created out of a schism with the Council, by
persons who weren't consulted, including Dr. Tenbrook.
I think that Doctor Maurer has made some very good points, and these opposing
voices also have valid objections to this 'Press Release" statement of policy.
I agree with Doctor Maurer, that we don't want special treatment and don't want to ask for it. What we emphatically want is equal treatment.
On the other hand, we blind must never rebuke those who are making attempts to assist us. Most people do indeed have good will towards us.
I am perfectly happy with the currency we've got now. I generally get all of my funds in ten dollar bills and that solves most problems. .
Sincerely
Charles Innes
On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, David Andrews wrote:
> We are the representative of more blind persons than any other group!
>
> Dave
>
>
> At 05:20 PM 11/29/2006, you wrote:
>> I would have never thought that one guy could take so many inferential leaps
>> and consider himself intelligent. That is the most ridiculous article I have
>> ever read.
>> Where and how does he come up with so many incorrect conclusions?
>> And what makes the NFB think that they are my voice much less the voice of
>> the nation's blind?
>> They certainly aren't my representatives.
>>
>>
>>
>> Paul Henrichsen
>> Paulh52 at pacbell.net
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of albert griffith
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 2:14 PM
>> To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] National Federation of the Blind Comments on
>> FederalCourt Ruling on U.S. Currency
>>
>> I believe any time a good or service can be made accessible to us and the
>> solution is not extremely burdensome, all efforts should be made to make it
>> so. As I stated in an earlier post, accessible money wasn't worth the
>> expenditure of resources it probably took, but now the court has ruled in
>> its favor, I don't see why other organizations for or of the blind should
>> expend any of their precious resources fighting it.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
>> To: <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>; <dandrews at visi.com>; <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>;
>> <promotion-technology at nfbnet.org>; "" nabs-l"@nfbnet.org"
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>> <"=?iso-8859-1?Q?=A0nfbmo?="@nfbnet.org>; <nfb-science at nfbnet.org>; ""
>> journalists"@nfbnet.org" <"=?iso-8859-1?Q?=A0journalists?="@nfbnet.org>;
>> <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>; <blindkid at nfbnet.org>; <napub at nfbnet.org>;
>> <nabop at nfbnet.org>; <blparent at nfbnet.org>; <cabs-talk at nfbnet.org>; ""
>> nfb-reno-l"@nfbnet.org" <"=?iso-8859-1?Q?=A0nfb-reno-l?="@nfbnet.org>;
>> <nfb-river-city at nfbnet.org>; "" nfb-sf"@nfbnet.org"
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>> <"=?iso-8859-1?Q?=A0nfb-db?="@nfbnet.org>; <nfb-fundraising at nfbnet.org>; ""
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>> tabs"@nfbnet.org" <"=?iso-8859-1?Q?=A0tabs?="@nfbnet.org>;
>> <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 4:53 PM
>> Subject: [gui-talk] National Federation of the Blind Comments on Federal
>> Court Ruling on U.S. Currency
>>
>>
>> National Federation of the Blind Comments
>>
>>
>> on Federal Court Ruling on U.S. Currency
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Views Effort as Dangerously Misguided
>>
>>
>>
>> Baltimore, Maryland (November 29, 2006): The National Federation of the
>> Blind, the largest organization of blind persons in America and known as the
>> voice of the nation's blind, criticized as dangerously misguided a federal
>> court ruling saying that the design of U.S.
>> currency discriminates against the blind.
>>
>>
>>
>> Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said:
>> "The blind need jobs and real opportunities to earn money, not feel-good
>> gimmicks that misinform the public about our capabilities. Blind people
>> transact business with paper money every day. This ruling puts a roadblock
>> in the way of solving the real problem, which is the seventy percent
>> unemployment rate among working-age blind Americans that severely limits our
>> access to cash. The ruling will do nothing to alleviate that situation; in
>> fact, it seriously endangers the ability of the blind to get jobs and
>> participate fully in society. It argues that the blind cannot handle
>> currency or documents in the workplace and that virtually everything must be
>> modified for the use of the blind. An employer who believes that every
>> piece of printed material in the workplace must be specially designed so
>> that the blind can read it will have a strong incentive not to hire a blind
>> person."
>>
>>
>>
>> Maurer went on to enumerate the real needs for access to information by the
>> blind and made a distinction between those needs and the issue of
>> identifying currency. "Access to information of all kinds, such as that
>> contained on Internet Web sites and in the press, is certainly critical to
>> the ability of the blind to become productive members of society. Blind
>> students need educational materials in Braille and other alternative formats
>> so that they can prepare for employment and ultimately earn an income for
>> themselves and their families. Given the urgent need for access to the kind
>> of information that is required for success in America's information
>> economy, the matter of identifying the denominations of paper bills is of
>> relatively little concern."
>>
>>
>>
>> Blind people traditionally identify paper currency by folding bills of
>> different denominations in different ways. "In reality, blind people do not
>> routinely find that we have been short-changed," Maurer commented. Machines
>> are readily available to identify paper money for blind people who run
>> businesses or handle large amounts of cash. "Essentially, the United States
>> Treasury has been ordered by the courts to come up with a solution for a
>> nonexistent problem," Maurer said.
>>
>>
>>
>> The National Federation of the Blind believes that with training and
>> opportunity, blind people can compete in the world with only minor
>> modifications. The American Council of the Blind, which brought the lawsuit
>> against the United States Treasury, promotes the view that the blind are
>> unable to compete unless the world is modified dramatically and specifically
>> for blind people, and that the blind must be made objects of care and pity
>> rather than equal participants in society.
>>
>>
>>
>> John G. Paré Jr.
>> Director of Public Relations
>> NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
>> 1800 Johnson Street
>> Baltimore, Maryland 21230
>> Telephone: (410) 659-9314, ext. 2371
>> Cell phone: (410) 913-3912
>> Fax: (410) 685-5653
>> Email: jpare at nfb.org
>>
>>
>>
>>
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From:
mailto:innes1 at charm.net Charles Innes
To:
mailto:gui-talk-request at nfbnet.org gui-talk-request@
] National Federation of the Blind Comments on Federal Court Ruling on U.S. Currency (fwd)
Dear Dave Andrews anb List
Yes, Dave, the Federation is the largest organization of the blind.
I am a Federationist, but sometimes I feel that policy is created without
adequate consultation of the rank and file.
Last time I found myself at variance with stated NFB policy on a matter
crucial to public policy and public perception of the blind, I was accused of
being a member of the American Council of the Blind and hence obliquely threatened
with expulsion.
Lest we forget, the Federation was created out of a schism with the Council, by
persons who weren't consulted, including Dr. Tenbrook.
I think that Doctor Maurer has made some very good points, and these opposing
voices also have valid objections to this 'Press Release" statement of policy.
I agree with Doctor Maurer, that we don't want special treatment and don't want to ask for it. What we emphatically want is equal treatment.
On the other hand, we blind must never rebuke those who are making attempts to assist us. Most people do indeed have good will towards us.
I am perfectly happy with the currency we've got now. I generally get all of my funds in ten dollar bills and that solves most problems. .
Sincerely
Charles Innes
On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, David Andrews wrote:
> We are the representative of more blind persons than any other group!
>
> Dave
>
>
> At 05:20 PM 11/29/2006, you wrote:
>> I would have never thought that one guy could take so many inferential leaps
>> and consider himself intelligent. That is the most ridiculous article I have
>> ever read.
>> Where and how does he come up with so many incorrect conclusions?
>> And what makes the NFB think that they are my voice much less the voice of
>> the nation's blind?
>> They certainly aren't my representatives.
>>
>>
>>
>> Paul Henrichsen
>> mailto:Paulh52 at pacbell.net Paulh52 at pacbell.net
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of albert griffith
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 2:14 PM
>> To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] National Federation of the Blind Comments on
>> FederalCourt Ruling on U.S. Currency
>>
>> I believe any time a good or service can be made accessible to us and the
>> solution is not extremely burdensome, all efforts should be made to make it
>> so. As I stated in an earlier post, accessible money wasn't worth the
>> expenditure of resources it probably took, but now the court has ruled in
>> its favor, I don't see why other organizations for or of the blind should
>> expend any of their precious resources fighting it.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David Andrews" < mailto:dandrews at visi.com dandrews at visi.com
>
>> To: < mailto:dtb-talk at nfbnet.org dtb-talk at nfbnet.org
>; < mailto:dandrews at visi.com dandrews at visi.com
>; < mailto:diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
>;
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>;
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>> < mailto:dtb-talk at nfbnet.org dtb-talk at nfbnet.org
>
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 4:53 PM
>> Subject: [gui-talk] National Federation of the Blind Comments on Federal
>> Court Ruling on U.S. Currency
>>
>>
>> National Federation of the Blind Comments
>>
>>
>> on Federal Court Ruling on U.S. Currency
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Views Effort as Dangerously Misguided
>>
>>
>>
>> Baltimore, Maryland (November 29, 2006): The National Federation of the
>> Blind, the largest organization of blind persons in America and known as the
>> voice of the nation's blind, criticized as dangerously misguided a federal
>> court ruling saying that the design of U.S.
>> currency discriminates against the blind.
>>
>>
>>
>> Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said:
>> "The blind need jobs and real opportunities to earn money, not feel-good
>> gimmicks that misinform the public about our capabilities. Blind people
>> transact business with paper money every day. This ruling puts a roadblock
>> in the way of solving the real problem, which is the seventy percent
>> unemployment rate among working-age blind Americans that severely limits our
>> access to cash. The ruling will do nothing to alleviate that situation; in
>> fact, it seriously endangers the ability of the blind to get jobs and
>> participate fully in society. It argues that the blind cannot handle
>> currency or documents in the workplace and that virtually everything must be
>> modified for the use of the blind. An employer who believes that every
>> piece of printed material in the workplace must be specially designed so
>> that the blind can read it will have a strong incentive not to hire a blind
>> person."
>>
>>
>>
>> Maurer went on to enumerate the real needs for access to information by the
>> blind and made a distinction between those needs and the issue of
>> identifying currency. "Access to information of all kinds, such as that
>> contained on Internet Web sites and in the press, is certainly critical to
>> the ability of the blind to become productive members of society. Blind
>> students need educational materials in Braille and other alternative formats
>> so that they can prepare for employment and ultimately earn an income for
>> themselves and their families. Given the urgent need for access to the kind
>> of information that is required for success in America's information
>> economy, the matter of identifying the denominations of paper bills is of
>> relatively little concern."
>>
>>
>>
>> Blind people traditionally identify paper currency by folding bills of
>> different denominations in different ways. "In reality, blind people do not
>> routinely find that we have been short-changed," Maurer commented. Machines
>> are readily available to identify paper money for blind people who run
>> businesses or handle large amounts of cash. "Essentially, the United States
>> Treasury has been ordered by the courts to come up with a solution for a
>> nonexistent problem," Maurer said.
>>
>>
>>
>> The National Federation of the Blind believes that with training and
>> opportunity, blind people can compete in the world with only minor
>> modifications. The American Council of the Blind, which brought the lawsuit
>> against the United States Treasury, promotes the view that the blind are
>> unable to compete unless the world is modified dramatically and specifically
>> for blind people, and that the blind must be made objects of care and pity
>> rather than equal participants in society.
>>
>>
>>
>> John G. Paré Jr.
>> Director of Public Relations
>> NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
>> 1800 Johnson Street
>> Baltimore, Maryland 21230
>> Telephone: (410) 659-9314, ext. 2371
>> Cell phone: (410) 913-3912
>> Fax: (410) 685-5653
>> Email: mailto:jpare at nfb.org jpare at nfb.org
>>
>>
>>
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