Really Noteworthy In rniD

Ok… RNID isn’t perfect. Nor is it the mother of all evil. But it seems that the RNID is seen as the MicroSoft of the deaf world in the UK.

I’m not much of a fan of MicroSoft, but I do know that they brought relatively accessible computing to the masses and that’s no mean feat – same as RNID brings about awareness of deaf people. I haven’t seen any other deaf charity being about to do this.

The way things are going, some people are absolutely nuts that the RNID is Really Not for the Deaf. Fair enough, they are entitled to their opinions and I respect that. This post isn’t aim at them.

But it is WRONG to call people names just because they like the RNID… or for that matter, shun them. And sadly, there are people who are like this and this post is targeted at these individuals.

I’ve been helped out in the past by RNID – they made me aware of the teletext subtitle services when I was a mere whippersnapper. Volume adjustable phones and induction loops (not much use to me, but I was given a free opportunity to try these out).

The ShakAwake portable alarm clock helped me get to my morning lectures on time when I left home and has no one to wake me up. Without the RNID, it would have been years later before I found out about this device.

So while the RNID has it faults, it has it positives as I just explained.