[Diabetes-talk] Wow!!! Guess everyone is awake now???

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

Precisely! Some think legislation like this arbitrary, but it's
essential to our life. I fail to see how equality is ever arbitrary.

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-----
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[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike Freeman
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 1:00 PM
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Wow!!! Guess everyone is awake now???


You ask what's next in the battle for solutions. Answer: secure passage
of NFB's technology bill of rights. There are no "access" laws that
currently cover bg meters and pumps.

Mike Freeman

----- Original Message -----
From: Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Bl'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Friday, Oct 21, 2011 10:44:02
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Wow!!! Guess everyone is awake now???

>
>
> Solutions exist, and plenty of us have contacted the companies, but 
> nothing has been done- or little has been done. The technology is 
> already in existence to make products accessible. This has been 
> communicated to companies and manufacturers, but still a barrier 
> remains. Some claim to be working on it, and others say they have 
> accessible technology, but it isn't available on the market yet, so 
> it's the consumers who are waiting, and waiting and waiting...
> 
> When solutions are in the plenty, and many have communicated, very 
> loudly in some cases, what remains? What is the next step? That's the 
> issue.
> 
> 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: Friday, October 21, 2011 12:23 PM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Wow!!! Guess everyone is awake now???
> 
> 
> Again, this leads me to ask what it will take to get these concerns on

> the radar and make sure that it stays there. Everyone seems to want 
> this magic
> solution that will take care of it once and for all so they never have
> to 
> address it, but the more I reflect on this, the more I realize it's
> probably 
> not going to happen. The PC solution is definitely a good one, but if
> you 
> want to travel light, it's not ideal. So, let's stop griping and start

> thinking about solutions. Thanks. 
> 
> 
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