[Ohio-talk] Fw: Adam Hollingsworth - Cleveland U.S. Attorney's Office

[Dr. JW Smith]

Adam Hollingsworth - Cleveland U.S. Attorney's OfficeThis is a relationship worth cultivating, so please contact them as you need to?

jw

Dr. J. Webster Smith
President National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
P.O.BOX 458 Athens, Ohio, 45701-0458
Phone Number - 740-592-6326 
"Changing What it Means to be Blind"
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From: Hollingsworth, Adam (USAOHN) 
To: jwsmithnfb at frontier.com 
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 3:18 PM
Subject: Adam Hollingsworth - Cleveland U.S. Attorney's Office


Dear Dr. Smith,

Thank you for taking the time to speak with me today.  As we discussed, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, Steven Dettelbach, is dedicated to the vigorous enforcement of civil rights laws, including protections for blind and visually impaired residents.  You asked me to reiterate some of the work that I did in disability rights enforcement in my previous job so that you could pass it along to your distribution list.  For the last three years, I worked in the Civil Rights Division of the Massachusetts Attorney General, where we had a close working relationship with the national and local branches of the NFB.  In the recent past, that office worked together with NFB to increase the accessibility of ATMs in the E*Trade/Cardtronics litigation.  During my time with that office, we worked together to secure the accessibility of the Apple iTunes Store for individuals that use screen readers, as Apple had not coded its iTunes software to be compatible with standard screen reader commands, rendering it inaccessible to blind users seeking to download music, books on tape, or educational material.  I also recently secured a settlement with the three largest movie theater chains in Massachusetts to ensure that each of their locations is equipped to provide descriptive video services for visually impaired individuals, as well as captions for deaf individuals.  


I look forward to hearing from any members of your organization about issues they would like to bring to our attention here in  the Cleveland U.S. Attorney's office.  As I mentioned, this office is committed to the enforcement of these important civil rights laws.  

Best Regards,

Adam

Adam Hollingsworth

Assistant United States Attorney

United States Attorney's Office

801 West Superior Avenue, Suite 400

Cleveland, OH 44113

216.622.3781 Phone

216.522.2404 Fax

adam.hollingsworth at usdoj.gov




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