Hi. I talked to them when it passed.
They did it "to protect me from bad people." Nfb, ACB, and the
state school for the blind aren't interested in doing anything about it
so I just live with it.
Kenny
On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 09:45:43AM -0600, Kirk Wood wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Kenny Hitt wrote:
> > Hi. In Alabama, readers are required to pass a background check.
> > Also, they have to pay for the background check. Because of this, I
> > haven't had help in several years.
>
> So let me see if I understand this correctly. In Alabama a person is
> supposed to pay a fee (guessing in the area of $50) so that they can help
> a blind person out making maybe $7.00 an hour? That is a nice barier to
> having to pay the minimal rates they do. Readers never get compensation
> that is worthy. I think you should speak with your state legislator about
> why he wants to deny you services. Then get as many other people you can
> to call asking the same question.
>
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> Kirk Wood
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>
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> the next freeway exit.
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