[blindkid] eHow internet article series on blindness

Carrie Gilmer carrie.gilmer at gmail.com
Fri Mar 22 14:12:25 UTC 2013


Not that I have found yet Bernie, the contact i put up comes from their Terms and Conditions page.

Sent from my iPad

On Mar 22, 2013, at 9:09 AM, Bernadette Jacobs <bernienfb75 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Does this outfit have any such thing as an Email or place to submit
> comments/complaints VIA the Internet???
> 
> Bernie
> 
> On 3/22/13, Carrie Gilmer <carrie.gilmer at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello all~
>> I discovered last night a series of articles written and posted on eHow
>> concerning blindness. they are misleading at best, horrifically bad
>> perpetuated falsehoods at worst.  I had only viewed four of them last night
>> and had to stop, I was so upset. This morning a friend pointed out that I
>> was mentioned and partially quoted in another one! I was completely unaware,
>> and found upon reading it, it is in the midst of misleading and mixed
>> messages and not an accurate portrayal from the article or from our life!,
>> I believe it was pulled from. The same is true for a friend of mine also
>> "quoted" in the same article! one of the articles is titled "How to set the
>> table for a blind person", yes, seriously. "How to care for a blind
>> person"...They are Just dripping with condescending dramatic language and
>> ideas! They appear to name the NFB (named National Federation FOR the Blind)
>> as a reference!!!!!!!!
>> 
>> I strongly encourage you to read the articles in the series and write
>> complaints both individually and as groups, with reasoned argument specific
>> to false points. There are multiple authors, so letters naming problems with
>> each article are needed.
>> 
>> We must get these off the internet.
>> 
>> Contact for complaint for eHow:
>> 
>> I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHO HAS COMPLAINT OR KNOWS ANYTHING ACCURATE ABOUT
>> BLINDNESS TO WRITE A FORMAL COMPLAINT TO EHOW!!!! I will be doing it one for
>> each ridiculous article!! i believe if they get enough coherent and
>> reasonable complaints they will take these down permanently...as per their
>> policy on misinformation!:
>> 
>> Further Information If you have a complaint, you may contact us at eHow,
>> Inc. Legal Department, 5808 Lake Washington Blvd. Ste. 300, Kirkland, WA
>> 98033, U.S.A. If you are a California resident, the Complaint Assistance
>> Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the Dept. of Consumer Affairs
>> may be contacted at 400 R Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 or (800) 952-5210
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> Carrie
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
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