[nfb-talk] Climate

[John Heim]

First of all, your message is too vague for me to respond to in any 
meaningful way. What law are you talking about?

Secondly, when I said "you", I didn't mean you personally. I meant 
everyone in the NFB. That should have been obvious.  For all I know you 
personally arere on 18 boards of directors and are the president of 23 
non-profits. That's not the point.

On the other hand, you personally are responsible for helping to 
prepetuate this defeatist attitude.  We can't win if we tell ourselves 
we are beaten before we even start. I personally will never accept that. 
I don't care if I get knocked down a thousand times, I intend to keep 
fighting. And I'll tell you, with iavit.org, sometimes I feel like it's 
at least a thousand times already.

On 06/17/2015 08:52 PM, Larry Wayland via nfb-talk wrote:
> I did, we worked hard and got a law passed and it worked great for 15 years.
> Then a new administration came along and repealed the law. The law was used
> to successfully sue the state. If we could have gotten other states to pass
> a similar law it would have worked great, but other states were not able to
> pass a similar law so companies just refused to update the software we sued
> over so the reps thought they had to repeal the law to protect the state
> from other law suits. If other states had passed similar laws they would
> have been forced to make their software accessible and we would not be in
> this situation. So maybe you need to get off your butt! and get some laws
> passed your self!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of John Heim
> via nfb-talk
> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 8:18 PM
> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
> Cc: John Heim
> Subject: [nfb-talk] Climate (was: Medical feeding tube not accessible to a
> member)
>
> So what are you going to do about it? The problem I have with this attitude
> is that it is so often used as an excuse to not try. Just stop it! Stop! Get
> off your butts and get to work. Pass a resolution demanding accessible
> medical devices and then move heaven and earth to get the law passed.  And
> if you fail, try again only try harder. And if you fail again, try harder
> still!
>
> This is how the world is changed. It's not changed by sitting around and
> talking about how hard it is to change the world.
>
> On 06/17/2015 07:34 PM, Larry Wayland via nfb-talk wrote:
>> Yes we have those laws,  and yet almost all TV systems are still not
>> accessible. Blind people are still having trouble with accessibility
>> in schools and with their jobs. I agree that the political climate is
>> not good for passing good solid laws at this time and I think it will
>> be a while before we see any serious improvement.
>> Larry
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of John
>> Heim via nfb-talk
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 5:39 PM
>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>> Cc: John Heim
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Medical feeding tube not accessible to a
>> member
>>
>> In recent years, Congress has given us an improved ADA and the
>> Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act. The
>> Supreme Court signed off on accessible currency. I don't think the
>> political climate is anywhere near the impediment to progress that you
> make it out to be.
>> On 06/17/2015 03:41 PM, Mike Freeman via nfb-talk wrote:
>>> IMO it will require Congressional action to mandate accessibility --
>>> something I deem highly unlikely in the current political climate.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ken
>>> Chrane via nfb-talk
>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 1:29 PM
>>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>>> Cc: Ken Chrane
>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Medical feeding tube not accessible to a
>>> member
>>>
>>> Greetings Fellow Federationists:
>>> An issue of this kind may be brought up at our upcoming NFB
>>> Convention in Orlando, Florida.
>>> Please pass the word around.
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> Ken Chrane
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Ken Chrane via nfb-talk
>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 4:23 PM
>>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>>> Cc: Ken Chrane
>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Medical feeding tube not accessible to a
>>> member
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Roanna Bacchus via nfb-talk
>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 2:07 PM
>>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>>> Cc: Roanna Bacchus
>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Medical feeding tube not accessible to a
>>> member
>>>
>>> Hi Jason thanks for your message.  I do not know if there is a
>>> machine for feeding that is accessible to the blind.  I've never
>>> heard of medical tubes being accessible to the blind.  This is an
>>> interesting issue for your member.
>>>
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