[nfb-talk] Technology accessibility, recent healthcare.gov rollout

[Bill Outman]

Well, I don't know if it has blindness specific issues.  

I was using this example to illustrate that the public might not be fully
aware of our issues, but may now if educated have a clearer window on how
the issues we face can be just as frustrating.  Now might be an opportune
time for more awareness while the public's mind is focused.  

Bill Outman 





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Have you some reason to believe the healthcare sight has accessibility
issues? As far as I know, the only problem is that it's slow. It's not
"poorly designed".

On 10/23/13 15:44, Bill Outman wrote:
> Good day.
>
>   
>
> We all have our opinions on the new health care law which I will not 
> debate here.
>
>   
>
> Given the difficulty some of the general public has had in accessing 
> the poorly designed healthcare.gov web site since it went live, there 
> may now be a greater appreciation for the problems we can experience 
> in Internet and other technology access, even with our adaptive tools such
as Jaws.
>
>   
>
> My most recent experience with this, ironically enough, was attempting 
> to access a 60 Minutes story about investigations of disability 
> benefits claims.  I was able to google the location of the story but 
> could not make the video play because the buttons were not labeled 
> correctly or have easy activation.
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> It would be helpful if those who rightly criticize the problematic 
> design of healthcare.gov would expend some energy addressing our 
> accessibility issues as well.
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>
> William H. "Bill" Outman
>
> Secretary, Greater Daytona Beach Chapter
>
> National Federation of the Blind of Florida
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