[Ohio-talk] Signatures Needed

[Rachel Kuntz]

This petition is incredibly important to our ability to navigate websites as blind people. We have to speak up for ourselves and let others know how we feel. Signing this petition is a simple thing to do to make it clear that you want change. Go to the website and make your voice heard. One thing I have learned about the NFB of Ohio is that we are not shy so tell your friends and family to join in the effort. Share the information on your social media account. We need all the help we can get. The petition needs 98,643 more people to sign it.

The website is:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov//petition/direct-us-department-justice-promptly-release-ada-internet-regulations 

I am happy to help anyone who wants to sign the petition. Email me off list and I will sign you up. I will need to know your first and last name, email address, your zip code, and whether you want to get email updates about this and other issues. Note you do not have to say yes to the question about receiving email updates to participate in the petition. I usually say no because I have all the spam in my email I can tolerate. 

Happy petitioning,

Rachel Kuntz
937 245-0547 


-----Original Message-----
From: Ohio-talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eric Duffy via Ohio-talk
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 9:18 AM
To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List
Cc: Eric Duffy
Subject: [Ohio-talk] Signatures Needed

Please be sure to sign this petition. Do what you can to get family, friends, and neighbors to sign it as well.

Spread the word. This is very important.


 
On July 26, 2010, the twentieth anniversary of the signing of the historic Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) addressing the obligation of public accommodations to provide websites that are accessible to individuals with disabilities was issued by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). At the time, President Obama  correctly observed that these proposed rules would be “the most important updates to the ADA since its original enactment.” Yet the release date of the actual rule proposal for revising the Title III regulations of the ADA, originally scheduled for January of 2012, has been extended until sometime in 2018, eight years beyond the issuance of the original ANPRM and at least a year after the end of his administration. Having originally taken a strong stance on the importance of these regulations, it now seems like the Obama administration is wishing to wash its hands of them entirely.
 
As blind Americans, we know first-hand that equal access to the internet is paramount for education, to obtain and retain employment, and for everyday tasks such as paying bills, online shopping, booking travel, etc. We will not sit idly by as the administration attempts to sideline this critical access issue, so we have launched a petition <http://wh.gov/iwm9o> demanding, in the strongest terms possible, that the administration issue these regulations immediately.
 
Upon reaching 100,000 signatures, the Obama administration is required to respond, so in addition to sharing our we the people petition <http://wh.gov/iwm9o> via Email and your social media outlets, please personally ask 10 family members, friends, and colleagues to sign it and share it as well. A little personal contact goes a long way!
 
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me; with your help, we will bring this critical issue for blind Americans to the forefront of the Obama administration’s list of priorities. Let’s go build the Federation!
 
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