Comments on: Mourning the passing of Dr John Slatin http://www.rnib.org.uk/wacblog/news/mourning-the-passing-of-dr-john-slatin/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:50:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Mike Elledge http://www.rnib.org.uk/wacblog/news/mourning-the-passing-of-dr-john-slatin/#comment-60394 Mike Elledge Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:02:14 +0000 http://www.rnib.org.uk/wacblog/news/mourning-the-passing-of-dr-john-slatin/#comment-60394 I first met John five or so years ago at the University of Colorado Accessing Higher Ground conference in Boulder, when I went to his presentation on making accessible websites. After the class, I asked him if he was available for lunch, and we and several blind colleagues went to the executive dining room across the plaza. After a moment or two at the table, John looked in my direction, smiled and said, "Well, Mike, are you going to read the menu to us?" It was a great, if somewhat embarrassing, moment of insight for me. That was my first glimpse into both John's sense of humor and sense of purpose, followed by many others over the years. I will miss him profoundly. I first met John five or so years ago at the University of Colorado Accessing Higher Ground conference in Boulder, when I went to his presentation on making accessible websites. After the class, I asked him if he was available for lunch, and we and several blind colleagues went to the executive dining room across the plaza. After a moment or two at the table, John looked in my direction, smiled and said, “Well, Mike, are you going to read the menu to us?” It was a great, if somewhat embarrassing, moment of insight for me.

That was my first glimpse into both John’s sense of humor and sense of purpose, followed by many others over the years. I will miss him profoundly.

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