[nfb-talk] A little concerned about this new drug aimed at totally blind population

[beth.wright at mindspring.com]

Hi, folks. Just wanted to see if I could get the scoop on this new drug that's supposed to correct the sleep/wake cycles in people who are totally blind. I'm totally blind myself, but haven't had any problems with my sleep patterns, so, even though I've seen lots of ads for it on blindness-related web sites and know that they've been a major sponsor at our conventions, I wasn't all that concerned about it one way or the other. As far as I can tell, their ads have been pretty tastelike and their recruitment techniques, fairly low key. Lately, though, they seem to be ramping up the message. From what I can tell, they now seem to be claiming that this sleep/wake thing is a serious problem, affcting around eighty thousand people in the US, the majority ofthe totally-blind population. I think that's deceptive. I know that they need to reach the largest number of people possible in order to make a sufficient profit, but I don't think they should exaggerate the seriousness of this so-called disorder.