djmick200 - 1:38 pm on Sep 9, 2006 (gmt 0)

The vast majority of store have well trained attentive staff who will guide a blind shopper around the store in person as soon as they enter. It is also common for a blind person to stand just inside and await service. That's where the ALT tags are.

are you talking from experience? IMO no as if you were you would know this is simply not the case.

Someone said a few posts back about people missing the point. I agree with the statement but not how it was intended.

First thing to ask is where does accessibility for the disabled end? It has to end somewhere. There has to come a point where the line is drawn.

If you say where is that? Well I don't have the answer but should I ask or demand McDonalds to alter the menus? Should all shops have price tags I can read?

Bottom line is no they shouldn't as I'm a minority, as are wheelchair bound or any other person with a disability.

To think the entire world should be changed to assist me in my life because I'm visually impaired is simply absurd.

And that is the point that is being missed - not only by posters on this thread but other disabled people who think the world should be changed to meet there needs regardless of the impact on others (and I have met many like this) and also politicians & government officials - there is only so much that can be done for the disabled. A line has to be drawn otherwise where will it end?