[nabs-l] NFB Statistics

[clinton waterbury]

Harry.

This is a vary valid point, and I have wondered the same thing on a few ocasions.

I think if we were able to know where the statistics are gathered from, it may give us abetter idea of how to make that 70% unemployment rate drop like a rock.
On May 7, 2010, at 10:43 PM, Harry Hogue wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> 
> 
> 
> I am writing because I am curious to know something.  We always hear about
> the 70 percent unemployment rate, and that X number (93%?) of employed blind
> people read and write Braille, etc.  I never see, however, where the facts
> are obtained.  I have never seen a source, other than the NFB.  How does the
> NFB get it's facts and figures, and what instrument do they use for
> measurement?
> 
> 
> 
> I have always been taught never to take for truth what is said, just because
> it is stated, and it occurred to me recently that anytime facts or figures
> are mentioned there is never a source.  Has anyone else wondered this?  I do
> not mean to say the NFB is wrong, or start any sort of debate; I am simply
> quite honestly curious.
> 
> 
> 
> Wishing you all well,
> 
> 
> 
> Harry Hogue
> 
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