[Blindtlk] Please help if you can

Thu Jan 21 23:14:01 UTC 2016

I only got one confirmation E-mail and it wouldn't let me verify my E-mail so whatever.
Cindy

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From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Annely Rose via blindtlk
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 4:28 PM
To: S L Johnson <SLJohnson25 at comcast.net>; Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Annely Rose <annely53r at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Please help if you can

Hi Sandra,

Thank you for this information.  It isn't given on the website.  At first nothing was happening when I pressed the Submit button and my information kept staying in the edit boxes.  Finally the boxes cleared.  I looked for my information on the list, but wasn't seeing it.   I'll keep looking for the confirmation email.  Thanks again.

Annely
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On Thu, 1/21/16, S L Johnson via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Please help if you can
 To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
 Cc: "S L Johnson" <SLJohnson25 at comcast.net>
 Date: Thursday, January 21, 2016, 4:53 PM

 Cindy:

 You will not see your
 signature right away.  They send you an email that  requires your response in order to verify your  signature.  Just click on the  link and the  site will tell you Thank You for signing.

 Sandra

 -----Original Message-----
 From: Cindy Ray via blindtlk
 Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 2:59 PM
 To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
 Cc: Cindy Ray
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 [Blindtlk] Please help if you can

 Oh, that wasn't my problem. I couldn't
 find the place to enter my n ame. I
 didn't see my signature either
 afterwards.
 Cindy

 -----Original Message-----
 From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
 On Behalf Of Heather
 Field via blindtlk
 Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 1:54 PM
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 Cc: Heather Field <missheather at comcast.net>
 Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Please help if you  can

 Hello Cindy,
 Here is the link. it was appearing on two lines  in the e-mail which Gary  sent so it was an  incomplete link.

 https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/direct-us-department-justice-promp
 tly-release-ada-internet-regulations
 Warmly,
 Heather

 -----Original
 Message-----
 From: Cindy Ray via blindtlk
 Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 1:49 PM
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 Cc: Cindy Ray
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 It is not that link for sure. I will try to see  if I can send it again if I  can ever get the  sign to sign.
 Cindy

 -----Original Message-----
 From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
 On Behalf Of Julie J.
 via blindtlk
 Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 1:20 PM
 To: gwunder at earthlink.net;
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 Cc: Julie J. <julielj at neb.rr.com>
 Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Please help if you  can

 I got a 404 page not
 found.  Not sure what to try next.

 Julie
 Courage to Dare: A Blind
 Woman's Quest to Train her Own Guide Dog is now  available! Get the book here:
 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00QXZSMOC
 -----Original Message-----
 From: Gary Wunder via blindtlk
 Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 12:21 PM
 To: Warn,Grace
 Cc: Gary
 Wunder
 Subject: [Blindtlk] Please help if
 you can

 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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