[blindkid] eHow internet article series on blindness

[Carrie Gilmer]

How to feed a visually impaired person:

http://www.ehow.com/how_7653948_feed-visually-impaired-person.html

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On Mar 22, 2013, at 9:05 AM, Carrie Gilmer <carrie.gilmer at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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> Sent from my iPad
> 
> 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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>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> *Dr Denise*
>> 
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