[blindkid] eHow internet article series on blindness

[Dr. Denise M Robinson]

I am looking too for an email...all over the internet...there has to be an
email somewhere...or maybe they know they are putting out terrible info and
just do not want feedback...so sad
Denise

On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Carrie Gilmer <carrie.gilmer at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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