[Ohio-talk] Good news for theater goers

[Mike Leiterman]

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Although I do agree with Barbara as to the urgency of this lawsuit compared to other lawsuits we have done I am sympathetic. Last year I won two tickets to Phantom of the Opera on Broadway through a Seeing Eye charitable auction, however looking for an audio descriptive performance was not very enjoyable. During the year they only had two performances and a 12 month period that were audio descriptive. I contacted the company and they let provide the audio text script service and they said it was pretty much hit or miss as to what performances they do.
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Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Good news for theater goers

I doubt that this is a Federationist. I would expect the lawyer to be Scot LaBarre if it were since he is in Denver as well. We mostly stay away from entertainment suits since we are looking for president-setting decisions that will aid lots of blind guys. I probably see more theater in a year than most NFB members, but I want our funds to go for suits that will make a difference in people’s lives.
Barbara
Barbara Pierce
President Emerita
National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
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> On Mar 18, 2017, at 12:22 PM, Rachel Kuntz via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Another interesting story in the world of blindness recently aired on NPR's
> All things Considered. This story was about the lack of accessibility for
> blind theater goers. I am excited about this lawsuit and wonder if it is a
> NFB member. Take a look:
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> blind-theatergoers-hamilton-lawsuit-aims-spotlight-on-broadway-accessibility
> <http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/03/14/520008274/a-blind-theat
> ergoers-hamilton-lawsuit-aims-spotlight-on-broadway-accessibility>
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> Rachel R. Kuntz
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> Board Member
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> National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
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> 937.245.0547 cell
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> <mailto:rachelrkuntz at gmail.com> rachelrkuntz at gmail.com
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> <http://www.nfbohio.org/> www.nfbohio.org<http://www.nfbohio.org>
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> Live the life you want. Blindness is not what holds you back.
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