http://zhir0w.wordpress.com/2008/05/24/disabilities-arent-they-called-a-handicap-for-a-reason/ Need Answers? Start from Zhirow.... Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:03:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://zhir0w.wordpress.com/2008/05/24/disabilities-arent-they-called-a-handicap-for-a-reason/#comment-168 zhir0w Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:00:25 +0000 http://zhir0w.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-168 "Think outside the box a little"? My sensibilities? Au contraire my flippant commenter, I'm the furthest thing from sensitive. In fact, I was making a general observation. Your the one that seems sensitive by your sad attempt at snarkiness. Let me be clear about your point. "Canadian dollar bills have one or two braille cells in the corner, are different colors, and are still the same size and thus, stackable and uniform." Then perhaps they should move to Canada where there is a method in place such as you describe. Look, no one's saying exclude blind people and in point of fact many blind individuals are quite independent and with that being the case why should I or anyone else have to change how I do things? In the article linked to the post even blind people say they don't see a point (no pun intended) in changing everything. And again, need I point out, there are methods and equipment that exist to assist the visually impaired. Debit/Credit cards, coin and bill counters, and the ink on the bills that many blind people use to count their money physically. The sheer amount of money to change/replace equipment already in place is staggering to consider and precludes the thought of changing our defacto method of payment. However, I encourage you to show your support for changing the default currency of our nation by burning all your cash on hand in protest. So, no, I dont need to think outside the box, the "box" as you put it, isn't the problem, it's people complaining for the sake of complaining. You madam, to use your own snarkiness to retort are the reason they put "Caution:Hot!" on coffee. “Think outside the box a little”? My sensibilities? Au contraire my flippant commenter, I’m the furthest thing from sensitive. In fact, I was making a general observation. Your the one that seems sensitive by your sad attempt at snarkiness. Let me be clear about your point. “Canadian dollar bills have one or two braille cells in the corner, are different colors, and are still the same size and thus, stackable and uniform.” Then perhaps they should move to Canada where there is a method in place such as you describe. Look, no one’s saying exclude blind people and in point of fact many blind individuals are quite independent and with that being the case why should I or anyone else have to change how I do things? In the article linked to the post even blind people say they don’t see a point (no pun intended) in changing everything. And again, need I point out, there are methods and equipment that exist to assist the visually impaired. Debit/Credit cards, coin and bill counters, and the ink on the bills that many blind people use to count their money physically. The sheer amount of money to change/replace equipment already in place is staggering to consider and precludes the thought of changing our defacto method of payment. However, I encourage you to show your support for changing the default currency of our nation by burning all your cash on hand in protest. So, no, I dont need to think outside the box, the “box” as you put it, isn’t the problem, it’s people complaining for the sake of complaining. You madam, to use your own snarkiness to retort are the reason they put “Caution:Hot!” on coffee.

]]> http://zhir0w.wordpress.com/2008/05/24/disabilities-arent-they-called-a-handicap-for-a-reason/#comment-167 Lisa Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:11:17 +0000 http://zhir0w.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-167 Um, dude? Think outside the box a little. For example, Canadian dollar bills have one or two braille cells in the corner, are different colors, and are still the same size and thus, stackable and uniform. I don't think your poor little sensitivities will be punished. Um, dude? Think outside the box a little. For example, Canadian dollar bills have one or two braille cells in the corner, are different colors, and are still the same size and thus, stackable and uniform. I don’t think your poor little sensitivities will be punished.

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