[blindlaw] FW: NY blind woman's suit over menus

[Angie Matney]

Well, there are those of us who do go to restaurants alone more often than that, so it's not a given that there will always be someone so eager to read the menu. When I'm with other people, I still ask for braille menus. I don't know quite how 
to feel on this one. I agree with Kathy that dismissing the suit was probably an error. I also agree that I would not have filed it. I don't think accessible menus are too much of a burden for fast-food chains, even though the menus might 
change as specials change, etc. I'd like to see a web site with lots of accessible menus. That might not work if you're trying to be totally spontaneous (grin), but it would be something that could be read in braille, large print, or audio.

On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:07:43 -0600, dlmlaw at sbcglobal.net wrote:

>Myself, I rarely ever walk to any restaurant.  I usually travel to 
>restaurants with my wife, another family member or a friend.  It has been my 
>experience that the person willing to take me to eat is also willing to read 
>a menu for me.  Otherwise, any person in an identifiable class (whether 
>blind, deaf, crippled, etc.), who takes this type of action, only makes 
>enemies for us all when they file lawsuits simply because they can.