[blindkid] eHow internet article series on blindness

[Carrie Gilmer]

Here is the table one: on each article page are links to others...
http://www.ehow.com/how_7021874_set-table-blind-people.html



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On Mar 22, 2013, at 9:01 AM, "Dr. Denise M Robinson" <deniserob at gmail.com> wrote:

> Carrie...what are the links to read the articles?
> Denise
> 
> On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Carrie Gilmer <carrie.gilmer at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> Hello all~
>> I discovered last night a series of articles written and posted on eHow
>> concerning blindness. they are misleading at best, horrifically bad
>> perpetuated falsehoods at worst.  I had only viewed four of them last night
>> and had to stop, I was so upset. This morning a friend pointed out that I
>> was mentioned and partially quoted in another one! I was completely
>> unaware, and found upon reading it, it is in the midst of misleading and
>> mixed messages and not an accurate portrayal from the article or from our
>> life!,  I believe it was pulled from. The same is true for a friend of mine
>> also "quoted" in the same article! one of the articles is titled "How to
>> set the table for a blind person", yes, seriously. "How to care for a blind
>> person"...They are Just dripping with condescending dramatic language and
>> ideas! They appear to name the NFB (named National Federation FOR the
>> Blind) as a reference!!!!!!!!
>> 
>> I strongly encourage you to read the articles in the series and write
>> complaints both individually and as groups, with reasoned argument specific
>> to false points. There are multiple authors, so letters naming problems
>> with each article are needed.
>> 
>> We must get these off the internet.
>> 
>> Contact for complaint for eHow:
>> 
>> I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHO HAS COMPLAINT OR KNOWS ANYTHING ACCURATE ABOUT
>> BLINDNESS TO WRITE A FORMAL COMPLAINT TO EHOW!!!! I will be doing it one
>> for each ridiculous article!! i believe if they get enough coherent and
>> reasonable complaints they will take these down permanently...as per their
>> policy on misinformation!:
>> 
>> Further Information If you have a complaint, you may contact us at eHow,
>> Inc. Legal Department, 5808 Lake Washington Blvd. Ste. 300, Kirkland, WA
>> 98033, U.S.A. If you are a California resident, the Complaint Assistance
>> Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the Dept. of Consumer Affairs
>> may be contacted at 400 R Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 or (800) 952-5210
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> Carrie
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
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