and to reach our optimum economic and social potential. These facilities would be special rehabilitation and life skills centres run specifically for and by blind people. In addition, they would offer resources for promoting the skills necessary to procure employment. These programs would also be paired with efforts to promote and maintain the employment of blind people. The Canadian government could establish ongoing incentive programs for employers to help them overcome the inherent reluctance to recruit blind workers. These programs would accompany "affirmative action" employment-specific programs exclusively created for blind workers. These actions, if implemented, would drastically reduce the current financial cost to society of a blind person's lifetime of unproductive dependency. But most important of all, they would promote respect and equality for blind Canadians. In conjunction with the Canadian Federation of the Blind (CFB.ca), we should like to invite you to join our campaign to lobby our Members of Parliament to change what it means to be blind in Canada. R-E-A-L is an acronym for Respect; Equality; Assimilation and Liberty. The 4 main goals of this campaign are described in greater detail below. Click here to view and copy form letter to member of parliament: