Panel 1: At Greencoat Services, Rose approaches Basil, who is drinking coffee.
Rose: Is it okay if I use my Braille stuff for things not related to this job?
Basil: What did you have in mind?
Panel 2:
Rose:
Well...my friend Iz--you know, Kai Keolanui's son--is learning Braille
because he's lost some of his vision. I though I could us the embosser
to print him out something...a letter, maybe, or a story I'd written.
Panel 3:
Basil: Oh yes, go ahead. I want you to be able to us the tools whenever you need them.
Panel 4:
Basil: Also, what you're doing with your friend sounds like your job, except you're not getting paid for it.
Rose: True.
Alt-Text: Why
doesn't Rose have her own "Braille stuff"? Because it's prohibitively
expensive. The frustrating thing about Braille technology is that 1) it
exists, but 2) it costs a lot to make because 3) there's relatively
little demand for it, and that is because 4) people tend not to learn
Braille due to 5) Braille materials and technology not being widely
available. It's a catch-22. Greencoat can afford the technology mainly
because it's a non-profit focused on disability, but without it, Rose
would have a much harder time accessing these resources. Long story
short: capitalism is the worst.
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(2015) 
