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As a blind professional who has advocated for the rights of people with disabilities throughout my career, I disagree with this ruling and the fallacies it perpetuates.
WASHINGTON – American paper money represents an unfair impediment to the blind, and the Treasury Department must come up with new U.S. currency to help the visually impaired use cash, a federal ...
But not all blind people agree that a redesign ... Blind Community in Conflict over Money Redesign Some advocates for the blind are pressing the federal government to ... How do you fold a $1000 ...
A high school inventing club in Maryland has received an $8,000 grant from an MIT-administered program to create a device that promises to help people with blindness identify and sort paper currency.
Advocates for the blind are suing Uncle Sam to get greenbacks redesigned so the blind can tell what kind of bills they’re handling. The lawsuit, filed in Washington yesterday, wants the Treas… ...
Since all paper money feels pretty much the same, the government is denying blind people meaningful access to the currency, the U.S. ... Monday, October 21 65°F / Cape Girardeau.
Because all paper money feels pretty much the same, the government is denying blind people... Court says paper money biased against blind people SF Gate Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...
Ally McLeod with her son Connor McLeod, a 15-year-old who was born blind and convinced the Reserve Bank to introduce tactile banknotes. Credit: James Brickwood The tactile feature will directly ...
After Frank Welte finished a tuna sandwich and plate of french fries in a San Carlos cafe Thursday, the 45-year-old blind man opened his wallet and approached the cashier with a twice-folded $20 ...