[Travelandtourism] Disabled Getting into National Parks Free

[Linda]

Hi Cindy,
I think we're getting a bit off topic here.  I don't know the answer to your 
question about why the states let blind people get in free.  Personally I am 
not the least offended by it.  I don't feel they are making me feel less of 
a person.  Blind people have received other privileges that sighted people 
don't have, like being able to earn much more than a person with another 
disability when on Social Security Disability.  I think it was the NFB who 
fought for that.  So, I don't know.  I do know that, in spite of the many 
very successfully employed blind people, there are more blind people who 
have difficulty getting employed.  My understanding is that there are more 
who are not able to earn an income completely independent of some kind of 
help than are.  Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
Linda