[BlindTlk] [PhonesForTheBlind] FW: [tech-vi Announce List] From AFB: Please Contact your Members of Congress to Support the new Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act (fwd)

Sat Oct 1 18:28:15 UTC 2022

I thought you might, so forwarded it your way.

Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com>
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On Sat, 1 Oct 2022, Judy Jones via BlindTlk wrote:

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> Subject: [BlindTlk] [PhonesForTheBlind] FW: [tech-vi Announce List] From
> AFB: Please Contact your Members of Congress to Support the new Websites and
> Software Applications Accessibility Act (fwd)
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> Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com>
> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
>  soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
> -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
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> Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2022 04:19:35
> From: Dennis L <dennisl1982 at gmail.com>
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> To: PhonesForTheBlind at groups.io
> Subject: [PhonesForTheBlind] FW: [tech-vi Announce List] From AFB: Please
>     Contact your Members of Congress to Support the new Websites and
> Software
>     Applications Accessibility Act
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> From: tech-vi at groups.io <tech-vi at groups.io> On Behalf Of David Goldfield
> Sent: Saturday, October 1, 2022 2:17 AM
> To: Tech-VI Announcement List <tech-vi at groups.io>
> Subject: [tech-vi Announce List] From AFB: Please Contact your Members of
> Congress to Support the new Websites and Software Applications Accessibility
> Act
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> From: The AFB Team <info at action.afb.org <mailto:info at action.afb.org> >
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> AFB announces the introduction of the Websites and Software Applications
> Accessibility Act
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> This week, the Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act (S.
> 4998, H.R. 9021) was introduced in both houses of Congress by Senator
> Duckworth of Illinois and Representative Sarbanes of Maryland!  AFB's Public
> Policy and Research Institute has been working with the National Federation
> of the Blind, the American Council of the Blind, and the National Disability
> Rights Network on the bill's introduction.
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> Take Action on how you can contact your members of Congress.
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> This bill addresses one of the biggest barriers investigated in AFB's
> research - covering the COVID-19 pandemic, workplace technology, and
> education - by requiring that employers, state and local governments, and
> private businesses make their websites and applications accessible.  In each
> of AFB's six studies conducted since 2020, digital inclusion, or the lack
> thereof, has been a recurrent theme, with blind and low vision people
> experiencing frustration, wasted time and money, and exclusion from
> programs, activities, and services.
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> Take Action on how you can contact your members of Congress.
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> This legislation would affirm that the Americans with Disabilities Act
> applies to websites and applications, but it also stands alone.  It would
> require the Department of Justice and the Equal Employment Opportunity
> Commission to establish a clear and enforceable uniform national framework
> for website and software application accessibility and ensure that
> accessibility standards keep pace with new and emerging technologies.
> Importantly, it would hold third-party technology developers accountable for
> providing accessible websites and applications to other businesses.
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> Take Action on how you can contact your members of Congress.
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> Sincerely,
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> The AFB Public Policy and Research Institute
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