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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>I know we have some dare devils out there, stand up
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mhartle@nfb.org
href="mailto:dandrews@visi.com>)">Hartle, Mary Jo (by way of David Andrews
<dandrews@visi.com>)</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 03, 2010 5:11 PM</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Nfbnet-members-list] Looking for Info</DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV> <BR><FONT size=2>Hi all,<BR> Charlie
Brown, a lawyer who works for the American Action fund is helping a lawyer in
Hawaii with a discrimination case. The case involves a woman from AZ who
was vacationing in HI and scheduled to take a swim with the dolphins. When
she arrived at the event, she was apparently not allowed to participate because
she was blind and the activity was thought to be too risky for her. In any
case, this lawyer is collecting information to show that blind people can and do
participate in these kinds of activities and even show other typically "risky"
activities in which other blind people have participated to demonstrate how this
company discriminated against her. So, I am asking any of you out there
who have participated in this kind of activity before to contact Charlie Brown
with your situations. He can be reached at the National office at
410.659.9314 ext. 2206 or via email at <BR><A
href="mailto:cbrown@actionfund.org">cbrown@actionfund.org</A> He is
looking for stories from blind people who may have: <BR>--swam with dolphins or
participated in other similar marine life swims or excursions in the water
<BR>--SCUBA divers <BR>--sky divers <BR>--Para sailors<BR>--any other "risky"
type activities of this nature <BR></FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2> If you can be of help to him, please contact him
ASAP. <BR>Thanks,<BR></FONT> <BR><BR><BR><FONT size=2
face=Georgia><B><A name=OLE_LINK42></A>Mary <A name=OLE_LINK42></A><I>Jo T.
Hartle<BR><BR></I></B></FONT> <BR><BR><FONT size=2 face=Georgia>Mary Jo
Thorpe-Hartle, MEd, NOMC<BR><BR>Director of Education <BR>Jernigan Institute
<BR>NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND <BR>200 East Wells Street <BR>Baltimore, MD
21230<BR>Phone: (410)659-9314 ext. 2407<BR>Email: <A
href="mailto:mhartle@nfb.org">mhartle@nfb.org</A> <BR></FONT>Fax: (410)
659-5129<BR>Visit <A href="http://www.nfb.org/">www.nfb.org</A> <BR><FONT
color=#800080 size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"> <BR></FONT> <BR> <BR>
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