[blindkid] Fwd: Media request: comments sought for article on new accessibility study

[Carol Castellano]

Here is a request from writer Donna Hill. looking for personal 
stories about lack of online access for blind people.  Please see her 
message, below, and reply to Donna directly, if you can help.

Carol

Carol Castellano
President, Parents of Blind Children-NJ
Director of Programs
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
973-377-0976
carol_castellano at verizon.net
www.blindchildren.org
www.nopbc.org

>From: "D.W. Hill" <dwhill at epix.net>
>To: "NFB, NOPBC, Carol Castellano" <carol_castellano at verizon.net>
>Subject: Media request: comments sought for article on new accessibility study
>
>
>I am a freelance writer and regular contributer to the online 
>magazine Suite 101. I am currently putting together a series of 
>articles on the new academic study : Retrofitting accessibility: The 
>legal inequality of after-the-fact online access for persons with 
>disabilities in the United States by Brian Wentz, Paul T. Jaeger, 
>and Jonathan Lazar. It was published in the November 2011 issue of 
>the First Monday journal.
>
>The authors are all professors at universities in Maryland. The NFB 
>is mentioned frequently, and you may recognize Jonathan Lazar as a 
>Bolotin award winner (2010, I think). The study is online at:
>http://www.worlib.org/fm/wentz/
>
>I am looking for people who are willing to help by putting human 
>faces on the issues. I need: Name, City, student status, issues with 
>accessibility that are effecting you (this can be web access, 
>equipment, course material, software, etc.) I don't need anything in 
>depth, just an overview to help the public understand how things really are.
>
>If you would like to comment, send me your thoughts, and I'll 
>include them. Just let me know how you want to be refered to. No 
>photos are necessary, but I wouldn't turn down a reasonable quality 
>Jpeg. There's also room for a link/creds/upcoming projects.
>Thanks,
>Donna W. Hill
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