Hi all,
Sarah Cranston writes:
> Lisa's rights were not violated at all. There was, in fact, a large
> misunderstanding, which I hope will be cleared up soon.
I'm sure that Humanware staff did not intentionally violate Lisa E.'s
rights, Sarah, but she does have the right to expect that Braille
labels on her materials be accurate because this is the *only* medium
which she can read. She *does* have the right to expect that her
medium of choice be as accurate as the print! That, I feel is her
right, yes indeed. Lisa E. and the rest of us have the right to
accurate, timely, information including proper signage on card cases!
Again, if this had been an error in print, you'd be hearing about it
all over the net! When are we going to stand up and demand that we
get the same treatment as the dominant culture!?
Yes, I'm sure it's a misunderstanding, and yes, I'm sure that it
wasn't deliberate. But unless we force vendors of specialized
equipment, agencies for the blind and our own consumer organizations
to stop giving us badly formatted braille, inaccurate braille, braille
that doesn't follow the print exactly, braille that is non-existant
unless asked for, and so on, we're going to remain as down trodden as
we still are! Disinformation is what kept Russia in Communism for
over fifty years!
Ann P.
P.S., Lisa E. doesn't have a PC on which she can place a card in a
card reader. Therefore, she had no way to check her information,
guys!
A.P.
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Ann K. Parsons
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