[nfb-talk] Fw: [acb-l] Associated Press ReportsACB'sVictoryRequiring Accessable Currency

[Laura Eaves]

I was thinking of another identification mechanism for paper money -- why 
not design the money with notches for different denominations of bills? or 
else slight changes to the border? That would not make it as bulky as 
putting braille on it, but would make it possible to identify tactally. 
Just musing.  Comments or brainstorms welcome.
--le

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From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <powerst at dcpcepn.nci.nih.gov>
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Putting Braille on money is useless because the dots will ware down
quick, just like money can wrip.  After a while it will not be able to
be read and a blind person will not be able to tell a 1 from a 5 if the
dot 2 wairs off.
If we changed the thickness of our money, this might be able to be done,
but then it would be hard to fold many of the others in the world would
not be happy with us.  We are better off to accept things the way they
are and not create a big stir up.  That is all ACB will be doing.  No
one else will want to go to all coins.  We have accepted paper money
into our lives.  Why make a mountain out of a mole hill.

Terry Powers


-----Original Message-----
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ACB'sVictoryRequiring Accessable Currency

If they put the Braille on the money then I would be for it.
But if we go to all coins then that wouldn't help those of us who have
bad
shoulders.
Carrying out all of the money they need.
Just some thoughts.


--Dar
every saint has a past,
every sinner has a future
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Hello all,

Since this subject has come up, here is the material which brought this
forth.  ACB has advocated for the printing of braille money or some kind
of
identification for our paper currency.  This should be interesting
indeed as
to how it will play out.  No doubt somebody might say that federal judge
is
too pushy and the whole thing could be thrown out.  This is something to
be
watched.

Jim Aldrich


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Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 3:28 PM
Subject: [acb-l] Associated Press Reports ACB's Victory Requiring
Accessable
Currency


Judge: make bills recognizable to blind
11/28/2006, 4:49 p.m. ET
By MATT APUZZO
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - By keeping all U.S. currency the same size and
texture,
the government
has denied blind people meaningful access to money, a federal judge said
Tuesday.
U.S. District Judge James Robertson said the Treasury Department has
violated the
law, and he ordered the government to come up with ways for the blind to
tell bills
apart.
He said he wouldn't tell officials how to fix the problem, but he
ordered
them to
begin working on it within 10 days. The American Council of the Blind
has
proposed
several options, including printing bills of differing sizes, adding
embossed dots
or foil to the paper or using raised ink.
"Of the more than 180 countries that issue paper currency, only the
United
States
prints bills that are identical in size and color in all their
denominations," Robertson
wrote. "More than 100 of the other issuers vary their bills in size
according to
denomination, and every other issuer includes at least some features
that
help the
visually impaired."
Government attorneys argued that forcing the Treasury Department to
change
the size
of the bills or add texture would make it harder to prevent
counterfeiting.
Robertson
was not swayed.
"The fact that each of these features is currently used in other
currencies
suggests
that, at least on the face of things, such accommodations are
reasonable,"
he wrote.
He said the government was violating the Rehabilitation Act, which
prohibits
discrimination
on the basis of disability in government programs. The opinion came
after a
four-year
legal fight.
"It's a landmark decision. I believe it will benefit millions of
people,"
said Jeffrey
A. Lovitky, attorney for plaintiffs in the lawsuit.
Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved.
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or
redistributed.
(c) 2006 al.com All Rights Reserved.



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