[Blindtlk] Letter to the Editor: Dining in theDark events re:[blindtlk] fw: MIRA Foundation

[Mike Freeman]

Dont tell me you're too lazy to download the eleven volumes. 

Mike Freeman


On Dec 15, 2011, at 16:13, Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:

> I really need to read that book! I was going to download it from NLS WebBraille,  but you have to download each Braille volume separately, and Walking Alone has 11 volumes total! Wow! And I thought I was going to get a hardcopy and read it! I should probably just download the MP3 files onto my Stream from the NFB site, or get it on Bookshare.
> 
> Chris
> 
> "The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.  The real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that exists.  If a blind person has the proper training and opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical nuisance."
> -- Kenneth Jernigan (President, National Federation of the Blind, 1968-1986
> 
> The I C.A.N.  Foundation helps blind and visually impaired youth in Maryland say "I can," by empowering them through providing assistive technology and scholarships to camps and conventions which help them be equal with their sighted peers.  For more information about the Foundation and to support our work, visit us online at www.icanfoundation.info!
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com
> To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:05:41 -0800
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Letter to the Editor: Dining in theDark    
> events    re:[blindtlk]    fw: MIRA Foundation
> 
> You're welcome, Ray.  As I say, the doctrine has little actual legal scope
> anymore but all-too-often lives on in the public mind.
> 
> I'd bet that if you put "Contributory Negligence" into the NFB site's search
> box, you'd get a slew of Monitor articles including one of mine and perhaps
> a reference or two or three in "Walking Alone ...".