[nfbwatlk] FW: NFB stand on Blind Child Area signs?

[Lauren Merryfield]

Hi,
I never tell the airlines people ahead of time that I am blind.  I would be 
opening up a can of worms every time.
Thanks
Lauren

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mary Ellen" <gabias at telus.net>
To: "'NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List'" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] FW: NFB stand on Blind Child Area signs?


> Interesting question, Debbie.  I think it depends on the person and the
> circumstances.  If the circumstances call for evacuation and there isn't 
> any
> public transportation available, then there should be a number for anyone
> who doesn't have private transportation to phone.  This doesn't have
> anything directly to do with disability, it has to do with lack of a 
> vehicle
> or a driver.  Nine years ago when we had a fire storm here that destroyed
> 244 homes, the local taxi company was offering free rides to anyone 
> needing
> to evacuate.  There was no big deal made about disability; you just phoned 
> a
> cab if you were being evacuated and they came and got you.
>
> I do strongly believe that television stations should provide an audio
> version of those warnings and banners that crawl across the bottom of the
> screen in weather or other emergencies.  I gather the new 
> telecommunications
> act requires them to do so.  That's something NFB has been advocating for
> years.
>
> As far as being listed on some emergency office as a person with a
> disability, personally I'd say "no, thank you."  As long as it were
> voluntary, I wouldn't object to others choosing to be listed.  I'd be
> furious, though, if I got on such a list because someone noticed me and
> thought I should be listed.  The problem with such lists is that they 
> start
> out voluntary and end up anything but.  Just try getting on a plane 
> without
> somebody noting that you're blind in your flight record.  Even when you 
> ask
> them not to mention it, they do so anyway!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of debby phillips
> Sent: August 28, 2012 5:50 PM
> To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
> Cc: nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] FW: NFB stand on Blind Child Area signs?
>
> Wow, I don't know how I survived childhood without one of those signs.
> (Sarcastic look.  I personally would have been so ticked off if my parents
> had put one of those up in front of our house!
> The neighborhood knew I was blind anyway, so why put a sign out there? 
> Good
> grief!  That's horrible.
>
> That brings up another issue I'd be interested in people's input about.
> After Hurricane Katrina there was an effort by some people in the first
> responders or emergency services area to have people with disabilities
> self-identify, so they could be more quickly assisted if a natural or 
> other
> kind of disaster should
> take place.  What say you all?  Good or bad?    Peace,    Debby
>
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