[blindlaw] ramifications of receiving Target settlementcheckforSSI recipients
Steve P. Deeley
stevep.deeley at insightbb.com
Fri Jun 12 14:29:24 UTC 2009
I know
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Pepper" <b75205 at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 9:06 AM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] ramifications of receiving Target
settlementcheckforSSI recipients
> Well, given that the SSI beneficiaries are going to be a large percentage
> of
> the people who will be benefiting from these types of lawsuits, you need
> their cooperation to get the changes needed to force companies into
> compliance for accesssibility, so in the future, these considerations are
> going to have to be adopted.
>
> You can't just go around saying oh well they are not paying taxes let's
> jteach them a lesson, because they don't have you skills, and in most
> cases,
> they are being discriminated against, hence the lawsuits.
>
> You need these people to be able to benefit from a lawsuit, otherwise why
> should they care? Why should they be included if they will not benefit
> from
> any lawsuit. They become the people who benefit from the slow
> improvements
> made in technology which is a factor which is driven by IT personnel who
> care, not the people who are being forced into compliance. Improvements
> are
> made by people who are trying to help. Everything else is just
> maintenance.
>
> So if you want to get things done, you had better change the attitude and
> realize that not everyone is as fortunate as yourselves. And remember
> when
> people loose their SSI, it is not only the money, its the medications, but
> all of the other support that goes with it and so it can be catastrophic
> the
> amount of damage that can be done to these people, just so you can get a
> check as a member of the same class as these people.
>
> James Pepper
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