I must say that although in my case I have had sight loss I agree with
every thing said below and cannot understand why the RNIB could ever have
thought that it is an appropriate term to generically describe us all.
I think some genuine issues for concern have been raised. Maybe an online
petition along the lines of the arguments below would be appropriate as
there has not been a positive process of consultation as to the
terminology/branding in our name.
David Griffith
On 27/03/2015 10:57, Clive.Lever@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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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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
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Kent County Council
Room G37
Sessions House
Maidstone, Kent.
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