Cara, it seems this thread really isn't going anywhere. I'll agree
that some are complacent, but those are the same folks who are
complacent regardless of the issue and actually I take some exception
to the statement, because the fact of the matter is, there are those
in the "sighted" community who are equally complacent.
I think I've said enough on this topic and I can agree to disagree and
move on. Let the facts stand on their own merit and show where Apple
was and where they are today. I think based on that, you will find
that they are committed even if at a much slower pace than any of us
would like.
Aug 24, 2008, at 1:11 PM, Cara Quinn wrote:
I think Tim has a point here, in that this community is so used to
dealing, getting by, and waiting for things that there is a level of
complacency that there isn't, in the sighted community.
Add to this the facts that the market for usable products is
smaller, and the income levels are generally lower, and you have a
recipe for a community which may be voracious on one hand, and
complacent on the other.
Now, this also can lead to feeling that potential benefactors
aren't to be trusted, as well. the blind are a stressed community,
so it's understandable to a degree.
This is why I think it's so important to help people or companies
out, whom are trying to raise the status quo.
Smiles,
Cara :)
