Re: Footnote Call Was: New Java-based software speech synthesizer available

[Roger <roger@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

greg> I am asking you to either back up your claim with reputable studies or
to refrain from stating it here.


Please, allow me to...
    *"The average income for individuals with disabilities is one-third of 
the national average"

http://www.triangle-inc.org/stat.htm
    
 That's in America. As jonathan pointed out, outside of America, it is much 
more difficult. Employability versus Income is the issue that I see here.




> You keep making this claim.  Do you have any evidence or documentation
> to back up this view?  As someone with a severe learning disability
> who has (with the exception of one brief period in the early 90's) been
> employed since I was a teenager, I find your regular restatement on
> this list that people with even mild learning difficulties are
> unemployable to be grossly inaccurate and offensive.
>
> I am asking you to either back up your claim with reputable studies or
> to refrain from stating it here.

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