I still can’t find much useful information on the AFB, but the NFB publicizes most of their major operations. The only successful one I’ve come across so far is the cancellation of the ABC sit com “Good and Evil” (it’s worth noting that ABC denied that the NFB protests had anything to do with this). They don’t seem to be having success at improving Kendel accessibility, which is more a political matter than a technological one (Amazon eventually cut communications with them). They’re protesting Goodwill because 64⁄165 of their stores pay disabled employees less than minimum wage, in a manner that strikes me as poorly thought out (it seems to me that Goodwill has a much better image than the NFB, so this will most likely cost the NFB a lot of political capital).
This isn’t really enough for me to determine whether they’re powerful, or just loud, but so far it’s making me update ever so slightly in favor of just loud.
It is worth noting that all of the above information came from publications written by NFB members, mostly hosted on NFB web sites. If my confidence in their abilities is hurt by writings seemingly designed to favor them, I can only imagine what something more objective would look like.
[edit]Originally typed Givewell instead of Goodwill! Fixed![/edit]
I still can’t find much useful information on the AFB, but the NFB publicizes most of their major operations. The only successful one I’ve come across so far is the cancellation of the ABC sit com “Good and Evil” (it’s worth noting that ABC denied that the NFB protests had anything to do with this). They don’t seem to be having success at improving Kendel accessibility, which is more a political matter than a technological one (Amazon eventually cut communications with them). They’re protesting Goodwill because 64⁄165 of their stores pay disabled employees less than minimum wage, in a manner that strikes me as poorly thought out (it seems to me that Goodwill has a much better image than the NFB, so this will most likely cost the NFB a lot of political capital).
This isn’t really enough for me to determine whether they’re powerful, or just loud, but so far it’s making me update ever so slightly in favor of just loud.
It is worth noting that all of the above information came from publications written by NFB members, mostly hosted on NFB web sites. If my confidence in their abilities is hurt by writings seemingly designed to favor them, I can only imagine what something more objective would look like.
[edit]Originally typed Givewell instead of Goodwill! Fixed![/edit]