[nagdu] NAC

[Michael Hingson]

To add to this, the very fact that we cannot find information on the NAC
site should tell you a lot. I believe it is not just that the site may not
be JAWS accessible, but the information is simply not there.

Nac's history is not to accredit good agencies and not to add value to good
agencies, or even bad ones. You will have to check Monitors from the 70s and
80s to get more information. I recently read an article in the Feb. 1986
Monitor and used portions of it in the resolution we passed Thursday
concerning Leader Dogs.  There is lots of stuff out there that shows what
Nac is and the lack of value it represents. 


Regards,


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-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cindy Ray via
nagdu
Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2015 11:02 AM
To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
Cc: Cindy Ray
Subject: Re: [nagdu] NAC

NAC accredits agencies mainly because it keeps their coffers filled. They
accredit them even though there have been things that happened there that
would cause no one else to accredit. When we went "NAC tracking", they would
not let our representatives into their meetings to dialog with them because
they didn't want to hear what they have to say. You may have to dig back
further in the Monitors and the like to get information on the website.
Cindy


-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Marianne Denning
via nagdu
Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:57 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Cc: Marianne Denning
Subject: [nagdu] NAC

I knew that NFB has been aposed to NAC for many years but haven't heard much
about it until this year.  I decided to do some research on the subject.  I
went to the NAC website and tried to find the list of members but their
website is not accessible to JAWS.  I am running the most recent release of
JAWS.  So that didn't get me very far.  I then read the most recent article
in the Braille Monitor from 2009.  It was an excellent article and gave me
good information.  I would like to know how many members NAC has at this
time.  According to the article, the last membership count was from 2003 and
there were only 40 NAC members.  There are over 440 agencies throughout the
U.S. serving the blind in 2009.  If anyone can provide this information I
would appreciate it.  I found it interesting that, at the time of the
writing of the article, Ohio and Florida had the most NAC accredited
organizations.  I believe some organizations in Ohio have not renewed their
accreditation.  I also believe CARF has an accreditation for organizations
that provide services to blind people.  Has NFB looked at this
accreditation?

I have worked for an organization that was NAC accredited and it did a fair
job of providing services to blind people and an excellent job on hiring
qualified blind people in all areas.  I don't believe the NAC accreditation
is responsible for either service delivery or employment.

Sorry about this long email and I hope someone can provide the information I
am seeking.

--
Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
(513) 607-6053

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