OT: ACB & NFB

[Linux for blind general discussion]

yeah, they kept trying to make me use "their" brand of cane. One small problem, the tips would wear out too fast. Another problem, the fastening screw would fall out.

Somehow, I think their idea of a cane is simply a brand one. Sure, its lightweight, but its also a bit too flexible. It also doesn't work well in areas where sidewalks are broken. It most decidedly doesn't work in snow. Basically, I had my O&M instructor try to navigate a snow packed sidewalk with the NFB cane. Then I had him try it with my folding cane with the large ball tip. He kept insisting that I use the NFB model, but had to admit that it just wasn't practical to use in all circumstances. So, I take it as a valid assumption that the leadership is inflexible at the best of times. I know for a fact that a lot of their instructors are very inflexible unless presented with facts they can't ignore.

-eric

On Apr 25, 2017, at 4:05 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> NFB members at a training center alienated me through their rigid
> insistence on straight canes and failure to account for the
> multiply-disabled or congenitally blind in training methods. I also
> couldn't stomach their idea that I should run all my words and actions
> through the "how does this make all blind people look" filter, or that
> becoming normal should be my ultimate goal. Several of us in here
> would have to lose a bunch of IQ points to be considered normal. And,
> I hate the Borg.
> 
> That was over a decade ago. I'm on some of their mailing lists and I
> have some of their folding) canes since those are useful things. I
> won't join, but I've met some interesting individual members.
> 
> On 4/25/17, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
>> The ACB's lawsuit against the U.S. Department of the Treasury to make
>> them make money accessible was already flawed to say the least.
>> According to the United States Constitution, the power to design money
>> has been delegated to Congress, and the Department of the Treasury is
>> only responsible for carrying out the orders of Congress. Therefore, the
>> best way to make money accessible would have been for any and all
>> so-called advocacy organizations to lobby Congress and get a bill passed
>> and signed by the President of the United States that would redesign our
>> money in an accessible way. Do I think the ACB's lawsuit was a publicity
>> stunt? Absolutely, as if they wanted us to have accessible money for
>> sure, they would have gone through the proper channels and we would have
>> had it by now. Instead, where are we? No closer to truly accessible
>> currency than we were when this whole sleighride begen nearly 10 years
>> ago. Thank you, ACB and NFB for being such advocates for the needs of
>> blind and visually impaired citizens of the United States. Without your
>> petty bickering and your "We're not them" attitudes, the world would
>> certainly be a better and more friendly place for all of us.
>> 
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