[blindlaw] Judge rules money to be accessible to the blind

[Angie Matney]

Robert Jacquiss wrote:

>      In response to the ruling about making money accessible, I wonder what 
>about having the department of the treasury providing money identifiers to 
>any legally blind person who wanted one? True they are currently about $250, 
>but if the government wanted half a million units, surely the price would go 
>down. 

This is apparently what happens in Canada. Of course, this does not provide accessibility for deaf-blind individuals.

This would surely be cheaper than redoing the currency, and having all 
>the vending machines modified to take the new currency.

Interestingly, the ruling suggested the one dollar bill would not be modified, and that's what most machines take. This ruling stated that almost half the paper money that is produced is one dollar bills.

Angie