[Diabetes-talk] {Disarmed} Fw: JoinArtificialPancreas PetitionToday

[Mike Freeman]

Bridgit:

Never heard of an accessible pump that's no longer made. I suspect it's right up there with cars that ran on water but were supposedly suppressed by Big Oil. 

Mike Freeman
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On Oct 20, 2011, at 21:05, Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From what I understand, there use to be an accessible insulin pump, but
> then the FDA stopped approving it, or something to that effect.
> Obviously Prodigy believes it has a product meeting the needs of blind
> pump users, but has yet to release it, whatever the reasons may be.
> 
> The question is always how do we get companies and businesses to
> aggressively work towards accommodating a very small percentage of the
> population? Regardless of what intentions people have when starting
> businesses, the point of business is to make money. Making up only like,
> what is it, one percent of the population, as consumers who are blind,
> our voice is often over-looked because we're not the big market. Not
> trying to push conspiracy theories or anything- just a past business
> student who worked in business and know at the end of the day, all that
> really matters are the dollars and cents. As consumers, we have to find
> a way to make these companies and suppliers understand that, though a
> small group, our needs are equally important especially when in the
> realm of health and medicine.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
> Read my blog at:
> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
> 
> "History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
> The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tina Hansen
> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 7:53 PM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] {Disarmed} Fw: JoinArtificialPancreas
> PetitionToday
> 
> 
> I certainly agree that we could learn a lot from the toy industry. The
> big 
> question, then, is what it will take to get the tech companies to
> address 
> this issue, and what it will take to ensure that this issue stays on
> their 
> radar. Thanks. 
> 
> 
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