[nfb-talk] [Blindtlk] HumanWare, Extreme Makeover Home Edition, here we go again

[David]

I agree.  It was a bit sappy, but it seemed to have a positive 
message.
Regards,


David Bouchard


Executive Grand Communicator


Watonala Lodge, Order of the Arrow

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Home	Edition,here we go again

>I thought the show was well done.
>I enjoyed watching it.

>--Dar
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>From: "T.  Joseph Carter" <tjosephcarter at gmail.com
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Home
>Edition,here we go again


>> Peter,

>> They can donate all the technology they want.  HumanWare gains 
points in
>> my book for doing that, no matter how misguided the show is.  
However,
>> they lose more points than they gained for jumping on the 
bandwagon of the
>> show in question and touting in their own press release how the 
show is
>> going to "come to the rescue" of this family and how his blind 
boy is
>> "doing so well" and "overcoming adversity" and is "a real 
inspiration" and
>> all of the other saccharin things morons say when they encounter 
a person
>> with a disability.

>> HumanWare should know better than that.  Their press person 
should be shot
>> (or at least yelled at by a few different people) for publishing 
this
>> crap.

>> The way to do that doesn't involve Marc Maurer voicing outrage 
on behalf
>> of the Federation in mailing lists.  If anything, it happens on 
the phone
>> with someone high up the food chain at HumanWare with Marc 
saying, "You
>> know, this is a big problem for us..."  Doing the former 
destroys his
>> ability to do the latter effectively.  A note maybe to nfb-talk 
after that
>> indicating that he's spoken with someone about this and passing 
on the
>> outcome of the conversation would be appropriate.

>> It would also stem a lot of the questions about whether the NFB 
is letting
>> money interfere with its mission.  It also keeps us informed of 
what our
>> leadership is up to.  That's generally a good thing.

>> Joseph


>> On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 07:20:54PM -0600, Peter Donahue wrote:
>>> Good evening everyone,

>>>     Freedom Scientific is also a convention sponsor and has 
worked with
>>> us
>>> very closely.  Like Humanware they too donated adaptive 
technology to
>>> assist
>>> the blind family members featured in previous episodes of 
Extreme
>>> Make-Over,
>>> Home Edition, but this did not keep the NFB from speaking out 
loud and
>>> strong concerning the negative image of blindness depicted in 
those
>>> programs.  We shall see what we shall see.

>>> Peter Donahue
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