[nfb-talk] civil rights complaint

[Buddy Brannan]

On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 01:38:12PM -0400, kaye zimpher wrote:
> I think if a sighted assistant's only purpose was to read and they did it 
> well and thoroughly then they would not hinder you, but what if you had a 
> reader that for some reason only skimmed over an x-ray or ano ther pertanent 
> test then your ability to make a decision would be hindered by them possibly 
> not knowing what they were doing or them having a bad day or some such. Food 
> for thought I guess.

But this would apply equally to any assistant that anyone hires. If
that assistant does not perform his job competently, he won't last
long; indeed, if there were indications during the interview that
there might be a problem, that person would probably not be hired.  

I don't know anything about what a chiropractor would need to do, or
what things would require sighted assistance that couldn't be provided
by the usual sort of office/support staff. The biggest problem I see
with these kinds of things, though, is that we're asked to prove
something when the wrong questions are being asked. I'm sorry, I can't
think of an example just now, but often, questions are slanted in such
a way as to ask one to prove that something can be done without sight
when the question presupposes that sight is required...rather than
asking the question more generally. I'm not being very clear, I'm afraidd...sorry.
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