[nfb-talk] Proposal to Decrease Unemployment Among the Blind

[David Andrews]

John:  You are right -- there just isn't one answer to the 
unemployment problem.  It will take lots of things done by lots of 
people and organizations.  There isn't a magic answer.




And ... a prediction by me -- I think one of the main barriers is the 
negative attitudes of sighted persons.  It is my prediction that 
many, if not most of future blind persons will have useful artificial 
vision before we overcome those barriers to a sizable degree.  The 
only way seems to be one person at a time, and some people are 
predisposed to be influenced while others aren't.  I think usable 
artificial vision is many years away, not in my life time, but still 
closer then overcoming attitudinal barriers.

Dave

At 02:11 PM 2/28/2009, you wrote:
>In my opinion, it's not really relevant that Eddy's idea won't solve 
>all of the problems faced by blind people. Nothing is going to do 
>that. People keeps saying "The real problm is this or that". Yeah, 
>maybe. But so what? The only true way to judge Eddy's idea is on 
>whether it will help and if it's worth the money and effort.
>
>I also think it's irrelevant that purchasing adaptive equipment 
>should be the responsibility of DVR agencies. Yeah, maybe. But we're 
>still looking at a 70% unemployment rate. Again, the only thing I'd 
>consider important about this aspect is if it could be shown that 
>DVR agencies will be less likely to do their part if the NFB does it for them.
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