[Faith-talk] prayers needed for big decisions

[Debby Phillips]

Having things in braille is ideal and a wonderful thought, but 
braille is expensive.  I try to pick what I ask for in braille.  
If I lived in an apartment, I'd ask the management to email me 
any notices that are sent out.  You know like, The water will be 
off from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm on March 1 because of repairs being  
done" or stuff like that.  In order to be compliant with the ADA, 
braille is not always necessary.  I'm a huge braille proponent, 
but I don't need a braille notice about simple repairs being 
done, for example.  And actually if the manager verbally lets you 
know something, that is being compliant with the ADA.  If they 
don't give you information at all, then that's not right, and 
they are not being compliant.  Restaurants, for instance, don't 
have to always provide braille menus.  But they would need to 
allow a waitress the time to read the menu if it is not available 
in an accessible format.  I have been an ADA trainer at times, so 
I'm not just speaking out of my hat.    Debby