[blindlaw] Fw: Accommodation and Compliance series: TheADAAmendments Act of 2008

[Mark BurningHawk]

I'm considered disabled because, without accommodation, I would have a 
severely limited life capacity, but that accommodation is out of my control? 
I have known blind people who do not use a cane or a dog--though they are 
rare--because their martial arts or other survival skills are good enough to 
let them be mobile and safe--are they not considered disabled, where I am?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Pepper" <b75205 at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Fw: Accommodation and Compliance series: 
TheADAAmendments Act of 2008


> No, a person with just a contact lens is not disbled that is specically
> excluded.  You have to have much more disability. It has to alter your 
> life
> significantly.
>
> I think the biggest problem to accessibility comes when you have to handle
> the undue burden clauses because Information technology people jack up the
> costs of fixing problems on the state level.  The barriers to entry to 
> being
> able to sell to states is just too much trouble so solutions to
> accessibility die.
>
> There is a western state where teh agency in charge of making forms 
> charges
> the state $1500 just to save a document using one special setting.  This
> means that some Information technology official in that state is earning
> $18000 an hour to make PDF forms accessible to teh blind.  So when the
> states start complaining about the costs, perhaps they should consider
> firing their information technology people and start with someone who 
> knows
> what they are doing!
>
> I see so much waste it is incredible!
>
> It is far easier to do it right the first time than to have to go back and
> fix something after it is made.  Most information officers in states have 
> no
> idea how to make anything accessible to the blind, not only that, they
> cannot write code properly.  I recommend failure standards for information
> technology personnel and if they cannot do their jobs, fire them!
>
> What gets me is that all of these companies are spending a fortune in
> lawyers fees trying to defend themselves becasue thei webmasters failed to
> make their websites accessible to the blind.  Did anyone consider just
> firing the webmaster and hiring someone who knows what they are doing?
>
> James Pepper
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