[Blindtlk] Please help if you can

[Ericka]

Good idea to remind people to tab through the page. To sign the petition that button is on the right-hand side of the screen. I probably signed it yesterday.

Ericka Short
"Friends are like flowers in the garden of life"

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 21, 2016, at 1:43 PM, S L Johnson via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello:
> 
> I just signed it and it worked fine.  Be sure to check there are no spaces 
> left in the link by some email programs.  It is a bit confusing but, if you 
> arrow down through the page, you will find the correct place to sign.  It 
> will ask for your first name, last name, email address and zip code.  Then 
> in a minute, you will receive an email asking you to confirm your signature. 
> You just click on the link provided and that is all.  I hope this helps.  .
> 
> Sandra Johnson
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Bonnie Lucas via blindtlk
> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 2:29 PM
> To: gwunder at earthlink.net ; Blind Talk Mailing List
> Cc: Bonnie Lucas
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Please help if you can
> 
> When I went there, it's basically said that the page was being worked on. 
> Maybe it was the website was being worked on. It did go to the White House 
> website but that particular page apparently was not available.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jan 21, 2016, at 9:21 AM, Gary Wunder via blindtlk 
>> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear family, friends, and colleagues:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I don't usually write to everyone in my address book, but I have an urgent
>> issue I would like you to think about supporting. Today, true access to
>> society means access to the internet, and although many of us think that 
>> the
>> Americans With Disabilities Act has leveled the playing field for blind
>> people, it was passed before the Internet was a factor. Although it speaks
>> clearly to public access, it is mostly talking about physical structures.
>> There is no question that a store has to let blind people in to shop. 
>> There
>> is no question that a restaurant must allow someone with a cane or a guide
>> dog into their establishment and must serve them. But the question that 
>> must
>> be resolved is whether public places means physical locations or any
>> location where the public is invited and encouraged to spend money. I
>> contend that the internet is just such a place and that Amazon's online
>> presence is no different from Barnes & Noble's store.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Although the courts have issued conflicting opinions on this, most rulings
>> have said that the Americans With Disabilities Act would most certainly 
>> have
>> included the internet had it been passed only three years later. The 
>> Justice
>> Department agrees, and so does the Congress. The problem is that the 
>> Justice
>> Department has not implemented the amendments to the Americans With
>> Disabilities Act that was passed by the Congress by issuing regulations
>> necessary for its enforcement. The Obama administration now says that it
>> plans to wait until 2018 to issue such regulations. Of course, there will 
>> be
>> no Obama administration in 2018, and every delay makes it easier for the
>> next president to authorize another delay.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> If you believe that it is important for me to be able to check in at an
>> airport and to check out at a grocery store given that these both are
>> requiring interaction with electronic devices, please look at the petition
>> that I am including here, and if you feel as I do, please sign it. Some
>> barriers that I face simply cannot be removed. I cannot enjoy seeing the
>> stars in the sky or appreciate the beautiful colors that emerge in spring,
>> but with technology that we have readily available today, there is no 
>> reason
>> that I can't use a computer to read about these. The technological 
>> barriers
>> I face are not so much due to blindness as they are the unwillingness of
>> people to realize that there should be nonvisual ways of accessing much of
>> what the world has to offer. Thank you for helping me if you feel as I do.
>> Here is the link:
>> 
>> https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/direct-us-department-justice-promp
>> tly-release-ada-internet-regulations
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Gary Wunder, President
>> 
>> National Federation of the Blind of Missouri
>> 
>> 
>> 
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