Hello,,
Yes, unfortunately some people think that the dogs are magical,, and we're
dumb. I'm kinda used to it. Anyone ever got an apple product out in school,
only to be asked how do you use that? The sighted never heard of voice over,
but when I told them to open settings, accessibility, all I got was oh yeah.
Shame that they are unaware, really.
----- Original Message -----
From: Angel <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender angel238 for DMARC)
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, October 9, 2015 4:16 pm
Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNIB PRODUCT BOYCOTT
The way the general public treats us as blind people depresses me so
sometimes. It seems regardless the education given them, they are most
unwilling to even try to understand we are just as capable of doing for
ourselves, and of asking for assistance when we need it. They will praise
us for our work. While, at the same time, they will move objects out of the
way of our canes. Before we have the chance to even touch them with our
canes. When I had a guide dog, I got on a bus once, and told the driver
where I wanted to get off. A short time later two older ladies got on the
bus. One said to the other: "Do you know, those dogs know where to get
off?" The other said: "Really?" The first one said: "Of course they do."
The driver heard this colloquy. I got off the bus sooner than did they.
The driver said: "Dog, we are now at" The bus stop I wanted to arrive at.
As I got off the bus, I heard the first older lady say to the other: "see,
I told you those dogs know where to get off".
----- Original Message -----
From: "john gallagher" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 09, 2015 9:28 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNIB PRODUCT BOYCOTT
hi janet strangely when i got in to the leeds station today a dog tried to
get to zarah and it was someone with a training dog maybe aben drury but
of course they never speak to us or anything but, like ian says all this
from a charity that years ago fought of us like hell campained for things
to be bejter for us people have been on committees spending hours fighting
for our rights and now they come out with something like this. the public
are very gullable and believe all this rubbish.
in sheffield people used to ask me how i got on the right bus and i told
them the dog could read the numbers and you know they believed it.
----- Original Message -----
From: Janet Bell <janet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, 9 October 2015 2:22 pm
Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNIB PRODUCT BOYCOTT
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Hi John
I just despair of these people and you are right you tell guide dogs
things
and no notice is taken whatsoever because totally blind people are in a
minority they are just left on the shelf to disappear.
-----Original Message-----
From: john gallagher
Sent: Friday, October 09, 2015 2:17 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNIB PRODUCT BOYCOTT
hi janet well i am certainly not going to pay for the rubbish over drive
set
up sad really but to me like the guide dogs the people at the top never
discuss anything with us at the bottom so to speak. also on the train
today
someone was adamant i could see are you parttly sighted she kept asking
it
just felt as though i had landed from outer space.
----- Original Message -----
From: Janet Bell <janet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, 9 October 2015 1:59 pm
Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNIB PRODUCT BOYCOTT
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Hi Ian
I don't know if you read this newspaper but last week in the daily
mirror
there was an article about an American woman who wanted to go blind
which
infuriated me about as much as what you have written has. There was
also
an
advert about fifteen years ago done by action for blind people that
made
us
look totally helpless which annoyed me as well. I don't buy the rnib's
products as I think they are poor quality most of the time. and when
my
year's subscription is up I don't think I will renew it either.
Janet ps there are still letters at the bottom of your messages.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Macrae
Sent: Friday, October 09, 2015 1:52 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] RNIB PRODUCT BOYCOTT
I am seriously considering boycotting what few RNIB products and
services
I
use - chiefly the electronic newspaper service - in response to their
latest
ad campaign. There has been an item on this at the end of today's
edition
of WATO. Celebs including Barbara Windsor and Shirley Bassey are
presented
talking about the idea of being told they're going blind. Bassey
describes
that possibility as being "Devastating" and says she might as well be
told
that she's going to die. Once again they have turned my impairment
into
a
thing of terror and me into an object of pity and I've had enough of
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