Thank you for giving me the opportunity to point out the arrogance of people like you who only want to condemn those of us who champion different causes.
Last week I was trying to select a funeral home to plan for my wife’s upcoming demise. One of the sites had less than adequate accessibility. I took the time to send them a not-so-nice complaint and request for the missing information. Within an hour I had the requested information despite that they would have been justified to blow off my message because of the way it was worded. It was not crude, it was not screaming, but was not flattering. When I visited them today, after we had completed our business, the owner told me he had immediately contacted the company who maintains his site and it was corrected the next day. Unless NFB has changed their stance on guide dogs in the last fifteen years, I would have to be suspicious of their attack on any dog school. At that time it was cane all the way. People that took a dog to their office had to leave it chained in the reception area. I know one person who had his dog removed from the building while he was talking to someone in another office. I recently contacted NFB, ACB, and AFB for assistance when the state took my grandchildren out of my home and said I could have them back when I cured my blindness. NFB sent information and called multiple times. AFB sent information. I am still waiting to hear from ACB, not. Does that change my opinion of the groups? No. I touched a sensitive spot with NFB. ACB may not be active in that area, the person responsible for that area may have been on vacation, or that position may be vacant. I did not need, or expect top quality assistance from each group. I got what I needed. Next time it may be from ACB. I have personally assisted a number of people, including small children obtain Social Security benefits. I have assisted disabled servicemen and women obtain their Veteran’s compensation benefits. My wife and I have assisted many to locate and obtain needed medical assistance. Does that mean I am better than others on this list? I think not. I may have more education than some, more experience than some, or more opportunities to serve than some. I have observed many blind people on these lists provide hours helping others. I know without a doubt that many provide valuable and needed assistance in ways that you and I will never know. This does not make us better than you or worse than you. It may mean we are more observant and seize more small opportunities to be of assistance. Sometimes this includes being politely critical of people and groups that appear to follow a narrow course in their advocacy while claiming to be concerned on all fronts. I have stated my opinion on the underlying subject of this thread in other places. Again thank you for the opportunity to get this pet peeve off my chest. Tony On Aug 25, 2016, at 9:08 AM, Mário Navarro <mario....@gmail.com> wrote: you are of those only has intelligence to criticize what others do for you ... You should criticize less and work more for the cause of the blind and accessibility. instead, you are those who are always waiting for others to do for you. NFB never done anything for you? read this and learn. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
