[nfb-talk] ACB Strikes Back Against NFB, Let us Strike Back:

[Corey Cook]

What can we do to make our voice heard to the powers that be at the nfb

Corey Cook
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From: "Kenneth Chrane" <kenneth.chrane at verizon.net>
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Subject: [nfb-talk] ACB Strikes Back Against NFB, Let us Strike Back:


I strongly agree with the ACB's efforts to make United
States paper currency accessible.
I resent the NFB's efforts to sabotage this
accessibility.
Not everyone in NFB agrees with Mr. Maurer's opinion.
Besides, he claims to have only fifty thousand
members, a small minority of the millions of blind and
visually impaired Americans.
If he received nine dollars change, how could he
independently find out which is the five dollar bill?
The more accessible bills would help people who are
not wearing their glasses or in dim light.
Such bills would even help people with normal vision,
to recognize bills from a distance or in dim light.
The cost would be small, since the treasury is
redesigning the currency periodically to fight
counterfeiting.
ACB, keep up the good work!!
Sincerely,
James R. Slagle

--- Jennifer Thomas <jen at nc.rr.com> wrote:

>                  AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND (ACB)
> PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE
> 1055 E. Flamingo Rd., Ste. 404, Las Vegas, NV 89119
> (702) 735-2484  Fax (702) 733-7570
> rsanders at acb.org
>
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>
> December 12, 2006
>
> American Council of the Blind Vows to Continue the
> Battle for Accessible
> Paper Currency in the DC Circuit Court of Appeals
>
> For Immediate Release
>
> For additional information contact Ralph Sanders.
>
> The American Council of the Blind (ACB) has made
> clear its intention to
> continue the court battle for accessible currency
> pursuant to the ruling
> in its favor by the Federal District Court in the
> District of Columbia
> and despite
> opposition by the Bush Administration.
>
> "We anticipated that the U.S. Department of the
> Treasury would appeal the
> DC District Court ruling and were not surprised when
> The Department of
> Justice filed an appeal today on behalf of
> Treasury," said Christopher
> Gray, ACB's President.
>
> "Treasury complains about the costs of making
> currency accessible," Gray
> added "but they are not at all concerned about the
> cost of litigation."
>
> "We are committed to this fight even to the Supreme
> Court, if necessary,
> because it is the right thing to do, and because it
> is the law of the
> United States," Gray said.
>
> Melanie Brunson, American Council of the Blind's
> Executive Director was
> not immediately available for comment. She is
> finishing up a week long
> trip to Tokyo, Japan where she was a featured
> speaker addressing an
> international conference on accessibility to audio
> and video programming
> for the blind and visually impaired.
>
> Estimates of the numbers of blind and visually
> impaired Americans who
> will benefit from accessible paper currency range
> from 3.3 million to 10
> million. This estimate, however, does not take into
> account the tens of
> millions of Americans who are beginning to
> experience sight loss because
> of age. The senior citizens are often not included
> in the visually
> impaired category, but many of them express problems
> with reading
> currency in dim light, particularly at night in gas
> stations and
> convenience stores.
>
> "It seems to us that the argument of those groups
> opposing our position
> is poorly founded since no specific method of making
> the currency
> accessible has been put forward," Gray said.
> "Estimates of potential
> costs to vending machine operators and to cash
> register changes are
> simply unfounded at this time."
>
> In reaching his ruling in the Federal District
> Court, Judge James
> Robertson noted that of 180 nations printing paper
> currency only the
> United States makes no effort to make the currency
> accessible without
> vision.
>
> As for small elements within the blind community who
> have voiced
> opposition Gray said that it is hard to find
> unanimity within any sector
> of the American society on any issue. "The blind
> community would not
> have succeeded in moving into active participation
> in any sector of our
> society without steps to make material generated in
> print accessible in
> some way from printed books to computer screens,"
> Gray said.
> "We still have a long way to go to level the playing
> field and the
> currency suit is merely one effort among many
> sponsored by the American
> Council of the Blind," he said.
>
> The American Council of the Blind is the largest
> consumer based
> organization of blind and visually impaired
> Americans advocating for the
> rights of blind Americans. Organized through more
> than seventy
> affiliates in every community in the United States,
> the organization is
> dedicated to making it possible for blind and
> visually impaired Americans
> to participate fully in every aspect of American
> society. For more
> information on the American Council of the Blind,
> and the issues it
> supports visit www.acb.org.



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