[Blindtlk] Signing Your Name.

[David Andrews]

You are right, he should know how to sign his signature.  Blidness is 
no excuse.  He is being lazy, and feeling sorry for himself.

The only way to learn is to practice.  The raised line drawing kit 
from APH would work, there are other methods.

Then -- you could just sign his name -- who would know?

Dave

At 11:11 AM 4/15/2011, you wrote:
>Dear Fellow Federationists;
>
>             I need some original thinking here, I believe.  It's tax time
>and, as you know, when you're married, sometimes you choose to file a joint
>return, which both you and your spouse must sign.  I have no problem doing
>this; I'm the one who prepares the thing with the Schedules, etc.  My
>husband, who is totally blind, can't sign his name legibly.  (It's debatable
>whether my signature is legible.)  Anyway, last year the IRS sent the return
>back saying the "spouse's signature is not authentic".  The IRS accepted
>mine but not his.  He refuses to use one of those signature guides or
>anything else like that.  He writes at an angle and the letters overlap.  He
>says he shouldn't have to know how to sign his name.  I disagree.  Every
>year at tax time we argue about this because he feels, being blind, he
>shouldn't be expected to know how to make a legible signature.  I argue
>that, since the majority of people working for the government are sighted
>and the signature is your verification, you need to sign government
>documents.
>
>             I guess my question is two-fold:
>
>1.  Does anyone have any suggestions with respect to convincing him that he
>needs to make a signature?
>
>2.  Has anyone else had a document returned, when a blind person signed it
>and the government refused to accept the signature?
>
>             Last near, I took the think to Sen. Harkin's office and
>explained the problem.  I signed release, they took over and sent the return
>to the IRS, and I never heard another word till our refund check came.
>
>             Thanks for your input.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Mary L. McGee
>
>
>
>
>
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