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

[Mark BurningHawk]

I can't afford a money identifier.  Wish I could.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephanie Ortoleva" <womankind at earthlink.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 3:34 AM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Judge rules money to be accessible to the blind


> Oh, please -- not another device to carry around!  And, sometimes doing
> things silently is quite welcome!
> Stephanie
> At 11:28 PM 11/28/2006, you wrote:
>
>>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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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