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16 January 2019 by Amanda Rush 8 Comments

Read Blindness Charities And Money, Part 1: The Aggregation by Chris Hofstader

many of the biggest blindness organizations are sitting atop a mountain of cash while spending relatively little on programs for the people they state they are helping.

I would encourage every blind person in the strongest possible terms to read the most recent article by Chris Hofstader and download the data. I would especially encourage the blind people who has been contracted by any of these organizations to do things like build websites or write software to read through this data and then make decisions with regard to whether or not you’re going to work with these organizations and how you are going to price your services based on this data and not the sob stories or excuses provided by these organizations when they plead lack of budget coupled with great need for your services. It’s one thing to suspect they’re screwing you over with no proof. It’s a very different, and bigger, ball of wax to know that they are screwing you over, have proof of it, and then contrast that with the “have a large impact”, “make a difference”, “help the cause”, “we’ll send you referals” kind of language that is so often used when they pitch for things like websites or apps. I will not only be reading through this data myself, but also passing this on to any blind person who has been my student, formally or otherwise, when it comes to WordPress.


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  • ((( Amanda ))) says: @ twitter.com
    16 January 2019 at 12:02

    ((( Amanda ))) reposted this read on twitter.com.

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  • Steve Faulkner says: @ twitter.com
    16 January 2019 at 12:04

    Steve Faulkner reposted this read on twitter.com.

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  • Derek Riemer says: @ twitter.com
    16 January 2019 at 12:09

    Why didn’t you put a citation link to the article so people know what article you are talking about?

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  • Amanda J. Rush says: @ twitter.com
    16 January 2019 at 12:17

    Wait that’s not showing up? Hang on let me add it to the content. It should have pulled it in from the summary/data fields.

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    16 January 2019 at 12:18

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    16 January 2019 at 12:54

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    16 January 2019 at 13:19

    Rebecca Loomis reposted this read on twitter.com.

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    16 January 2019 at 22:16

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