[nagdu] Blind man Dr Tom Pey may sue Eurostar after beingleft ontrain in Brussels

[GARY STEEVES]

Hi Dan:

Yeah,I'm with you. In Vancouver we have the number for the skytrain monitors who we can call and  request  assistance at a station. yes, I can find the bus loop or the way out of a complicated station by myself but a sighted person doesn't have to experience tons of stress to do this so if the service is there I use it. Hell, I've even had a worker run with me so I wouldn't miss a once an hour connection. Mostly i use them to get me to the bus loop quicker so I don't miss connections that might be tighter.

Anyway, you ar not wrong that we tend to blame the victom in the blind community.

gary

----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Weiner <dcwein at dcwein.cnc.net>
Date: Friday, February 18, 2011 6:24 am
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Blind man Dr Tom Pey may sue Eurostar after beingleft ontrain in Brussels
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>

> Interesting.
> First of all, the self-righteous attitude of our fellow blind on 
> this list,
> saying how cane skills are essential, is quite annoying.
> Like it or not, blindness does present difficulties and even 
> with a cane you
> might have problems with a new subway station, etc.
> A cane isn't a magic wand, it's just a stick.
> Perhaps you mean orientation skills, as usual, instead of having 
> sympathyfor someone who had problems our fellow blind cast the 
> aspersions on the
> victim. Lovely.
> 
> 
> Something interesting though, in many countries blind folks can, 
> from what I
> understand, expect help on subways or trains from personnel.
> Here, the NFB and ACB have so propagandized the fact that  
> blindness doesn't
> mean that you need to be treated any differently that we could 
> never expect
> help like that on say a New York subway trip.
> 
> Many people from other lands are quite astonished when I tell 
> them that you
> could not have subway officials meet you at a platform, etc.
> 
> I'm not saying whether anyone should or not ask for this, but 
> just giving a
> different perspective.
> 
> Now here's a question:
> The gentleman is suing Eurostar, but I wonder if he had brought 
> his pup and
> had access issues with the cabs in Brussels, would he have sued 
> the cab
> companies?
> 
> Dan W.
> 
> 
> 
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