i completely agree with you dark, their attitude towards what blind people are and can do is sadly all too obvious. i was actually considering contacting them for resources for my extended project, however i'm not convinced how helpful that will be. While I could go on, i'll leave it be for now
On 11/25/11, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > As far as the Rnib goes darren, i don't actually think that's the reason, > sinse the people who run it are A, sighted and B, not particularly old (I > know for a fact the director is in his late 40's). > > With the Rnib, there is a very clear financial motivation. They recieve a > great deal of their money through legacy donations in people's wills. > > when i went to a "general information" day, they spend two hours drilling > into people how good it was if you left them money in your will, it was > almost laughable. > > I have even seen statistics from them that do not actually match the facts, > stating that 90 percent of blind people are over 65, ---- which is > incorrect, sinse the last medical text I saw had it as 50 percent with > another 25 percent betwene the ages of 50 and 65. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Darren Harris" <[email protected]> > To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 25, 2011 6:28 PM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] I'm appalled! > > >>I think the problem is that there's just too many elderly people at the top >> of these organizations and thus need to be kicked out in order to make way >> for everybody else because only 1 group or a very small number of groups >> and >> interests are covered. Not that they would have you believe that, but the >> evidence speaks for itself. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of dark >> Sent: 25 November 2011 17:29 >> To: Gamers Discussion list >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] I'm appalled! >> >> Unfortunately Charles you've hit the nale on the head. >> >> right from the age of 7 I've tried to point out to the Rnib that not all >> blind people are eldily, but they've taken small notice. >> >> They for example refused to help or even offer suggestions on access to >> tabletop rp, they claimed that I was the only person who'd be interested >> in >> such things. >> >> They had a similar response when i asked them about the possibility of >> brailling fighting fantasy gamebooks, and when I tried to get them to >> reccord more literature that would be favourable to younger people. >> >> You can get braille knitting patterns from them, but they don't even >> considder the possibility someone would want a tactile role playing dice. >> >> This is just what I mean about them. >> >> the problem is in the Uk, they are the first port of call for anyone who >> loses their vision, and thus their word has a great deal of weight, which >> is >> >> why I find the fact that they refuse to acknolidge that other developers >> besides Azabat exist so frustrating. >> >> All the best, >> >> Dark. >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [email protected]. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to [email protected]. >> >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [email protected]. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to [email protected]. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
