[Nyagdu] National Federation of the Blind and Blind Social Security Beneficiary File Complaint with Social Security Administration

[cheryl echevarria]

they are also suppose to give you any paperwork that is accessible either in 
large print, braille or tape.

per HIPAA, and privacy laws no one should be reading your mail especially 
from the government but you.

Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "New York Association of Guide Dog Users" <nyagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Nyagdu] National Federation of the Blind and Blind Social 
Security Beneficiary File Complaint with Social Security Administration


> Go get 'em, Margo!
> Tracy
>
>
> >
> > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> >
> > CONTACT:
> >
> > Chris Danielsen
> >
> > Director of Public Relations
> >
> > National Federation of the Blind
> >
> > (410) 659-9314, extension 2330
> >
> > (410) 262-1281 (cell)
> >
> > cdanielsen at nfb.org
> >
> > National Federation of the Blind and Blind Social Security Beneficiary
> > File Complaint with Social Security Administration
> >
> > SSA's Inaccessible Web Site Discriminates Against the Blind
> >
> > Baltimore, Maryland (August 24, 2009): The National Federation of the
> > Blind, the nation's oldest and largest organization of blind people
> > and the leading advocate for equal access by the blind to information
> > technology, and Margot Downey, a blind Social Security beneficiary
> > from Buffalo, New York, filed an administrative complaint today with
> > the Social Security Administration (SSA).  The complaint asserts that
> > the SSA's Web site violates Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act
> > because it is inaccessible to blind people who use text-to-speech
> > screen access technology or Braille displays to access information on
> > the Internet.  Because of the inaccessibility of the SSA Web site,
> > blind people cannot fill out forms and questionnaires on the site or
> > access information about their benefits.
> >
> > Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind,
> > said: "In an age where the Internet is a part of everyday life, blind
> > people must have equal access to the information and resources
> > provided on the World Wide Web.  In particular, the United States
> > government has a legal and moral obligation to ensure that the
> > information it provides on the Internet is equally accessible to all
> > Americans, including the blind.  The National Federation of the Blind
> > demands equal access for blind Social Security beneficiaries and will
> > tolerate nothing less."
> >
> >   Margot Downey, a blind Social Security beneficiary from Buffalo,
> > New York, said: "As an active and productive blind individual, I
> > depend on the Internet to access and update all kinds of information,
> > including the Social Security and Medicare benefits I receive.  I
> > hope that the Social Security Administration will take swift action
> > to correct the accessibility problems with its Web site so that blind
> > Americans like me will have equal access to the valuable information
> > the SSA Web site contains."
> >
> > Complainants are represented by attorneys Daniel F. Goldstein and
> > Allison L. Harper of Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP, 120 E. Baltimore
> > Street, Suite 1700, Baltimore, Maryland  21202, (410) 962-1030, fax:
> > (410) 385-0869, <mailto:dfg at browngold.com>dfg at browngold.com,
> > <mailto:ah at browngold.com>ah at browngold.com,
> > <http://www.browngold.com/>www.browngold.com.
> >
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