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From: Jim Thatcher
Date: Oct 18, 2004 7:57AM

As another 37 year IBM'er - there the name is dropped; I disagree with Bob
when he said: "Social responsibility is never a part of the discussion."
When IBM started the Special Needs Systems organization (which was renamed
the Accessibility Center only recently) to make IBM Screen Reader a product,
and a year earlier when it started the National Center for People with
Disabilities, "social responsibility" was definitely part of the
conversation. It is that social responsibility which laid the groundwork for
- even made possible - IBM's current focus on accessibility within the
company.


Jim

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