[nfbcs] Petition Asking President Obama To Direct the JusticeDepartment to Issue ADA Internet Regulations

[David Andrews]

Peter, get off your high horse. You certainly seem willing to go 
after the NFB at every opportunity.

While the accessibility problems are unfortunate, they are also an 
opportunity to work with the web site developers.

I presume this site was picked because it is an official Obama 
administration site, and they have said they will seriously consider 
anything that gets 100,000 signatures.

I would guess that if we hosted the petition, we would not get such 
consideration.

Dave

At 03:39 PM 1/16/2016, you wrote:


>Good afternoon everyone,
>
>     It's because the NFB acted irresponsibly and used and placed 
> the petition on a Website with known accessibility issues and no 
> way to fix it. The organization has its in-house content management 
> system and could have hosted it there where it can be managed by 
> in-house technology staff who better understand the business of 
> making Internet resources accessible. I've seen this organization 
> go down this road many times and it's time for it to stop!
>
>Peter Donahue
>
>
>
>Jennifer Aberdeen via nfbcs wrote:
>>Why is this patition not accessible? When I click on the submit 
>>button, in different ways; enter, space, left mouse button on the 
>>num pad, nothing happens.
>>
>>I'm using jaws 13 with win 7 and IE 11.
>>
>>Jen
>>
>>-----Original Message----- From: Curtis Chong via nfbcs
>>Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2016 1:38 PM
>>To: nfbcs at nfbnet.org
>>Cc: Curtis Chong
>>Subject: [nfbcs] Petition Asking President Obama To Direct the 
>>JusticeDepartment to Issue ADA Internet Regulations
>>
>>Greetings:
>>
>>On Tuesday, January 12, 2016, the National Federation of the Blind launched
>>a petition (the link to which is provided below) calling on the Obama
>>administration promptly to release the long-awaited ADA internet
>>regulations. On the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act
>>(way back in 2010), President Obama said that he would issue regulations
>>implementing the requirement for accessible websites, noting that they would
>>be "the most important updates to the ADA since its original enactment."
>>President Obama now says that the regulations will not be released until
>>2018, after he leaves office.
>>
>>For those of who are blind, inaccessible websites can make it impossible to
>>apply for jobs, participate in online courses, or conduct vital personal
>>financial business. Website developers need guidance on how to comply with
>>the law. Failing to provide that guidance is irresponsible and inconsistent
>>with President Obama's expressed commitment to civil rights.
>>
>>If you are interested in signing the petition (and I hope you are), point
>>your browser to this link.
>>
>>https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/direct-us-department-justice-promp
>>tly-release-ada-internet-regulations
>>
>>As an example of the need for these regulations, some JAWS users running
>>Internet Explorer have reported a problem with the "sign" button when
>>attempting to add their name. Here are some solutions to help mitigate that
>>problem.
>>
>>1.            Try routing the JAWS cursor to PC (Insert+Numpad Minus), and
>>pressing  the left mouse button (Numpad Slash), and the "sign" button will
>>be selected.
>>
>>2.            Alternatively, you can sign the petition using the Mozilla
>>Firefox browser.
>>
>>The petition is reported to be accessible using iOS devices such as the iPad
>>or iPhone.
>>
>>Cordially,
>>
>>Curtis Chong, President
>>National Federation of the Blind in Computer Science

         David Andrews and long white cane Harry.
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