[access-uk] Re: Off-topic - RNIB Branding
- From: <Clive.Lever@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 10:57:47 +0000
Thanks Jackie.
I think the re-branding from 'blind and partially-sighted people" to "people
with sight loss" is a significant step in the wrong direction, but it confirms
what many of us have thought for a long time - that they are really not
interested in the blind.
1. As I was born with roughly the amount of sight I have, when I read
that, my gut instinct says: "Do they mean me? They surely don't!"
2. It leads to muddled thinking, in which some politicians now think that
congenitally blind people don't need financial support because they have
learned to cope throughout their lives...then the RNIB criticises the
politician for making such a crass statement, when it's only the product of the
seeds they have sown.
3. And most importantly, in the spirit of "nothing about us without us",
I don't recall the RNIB asking people whether they wanted to be feferred to as
'having, experiencing, or even suffering' sight loss, so the term smacks of
being foisted upon us by sighted do-gooders.
I wonder where is the best place to air these views and open the debate. I know
for certain that the profoundly Deaf community wouldn't put up with this type
of nonsense.
Best,
Clive
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Jackie Brown
Sent: 27 March 2015 10:50
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: Off-topic - RNIB Branding
Hi Clive
There is some rebranding going on as RNIB now has this RNIB Approved feature as
well.
Kind regards,
Jackie Brown
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Sent: 27 March 2015 10:34
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Subject: [access-uk] Off-topic - RNIB Branding
Hi all,
I'm not expecting a discussion here, but please can anyone tell me off list
when the strap-line on RNIB's web pages changed from:
"Supporting Blind and Partially-Sighted People" to:
"Supporting People with Sight Loss". The supplementary question is:
Why?
Best,
Clive
Clive Lever
Diversity and Equality Officer
Kent County Council
Office: 03000 416388
Email: clive.lever@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:clive.lever@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Kent County Council
Room G37
Sessions House
Maidstone, Kent.
ME14 1XQ
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