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

[Ashley, Kathy J]

Wouldn't a website be available using a Maestro or some other audible
PDA/Blackberry?  Assuming, of course that a person had one.  That would
make it a little more spontaneous....you know, cure that Big Mac
craving.

Kathy Ashley, MS, CRC
Program Director for Blind & VI Services
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
1-800-545-7763
317-232-1352
Fax: 317-232-6478

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-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of Angie Matney
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 5:58 AM
To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] FW: NY blind woman's suit over menus


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.




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