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DOJ Targeted Public Library for Lending E-Books 'I
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DOJ Targeted Public Library for Lending E-Books 'Inaccessible' to the Blind
By Elizabeth Harrington
(CNSNews.com) - The U.S. Justice Department says it has reached a settlement with the Sacramento (California) Public Library over a trial program the library was conducting that let patrons borrow Barnes and Noble NOOK e-book readers.
DOJ and the National Federation of the Blind objected to the program on grounds that blind people could not use the NOOK e-readers for technological reasons.
The Justice Department said the settlement is aimed at stopping discrimination: "Emerging technologies like e-readers are changing the way we interact with the world around us and we need to ensure that people with disabilities are not excluded from the programs where these devices are used," said Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez in a news release.
A DOJ official told CNSNews.com it interviewed a woman who could not participate in the library's e-reader program due to her disability and concluded that the program had violated the ADA.
FULL ARTICLE HERE
http://tiny.cc/2x6wjw
By Elizabeth Harrington
(CNSNews.com) - The U.S. Justice Department says it has reached a settlement with the Sacramento (California) Public Library over a trial program the library was conducting that let patrons borrow Barnes and Noble NOOK e-book readers.
DOJ and the National Federation of the Blind objected to the program on grounds that blind people could not use the NOOK e-readers for technological reasons.
The Justice Department said the settlement is aimed at stopping discrimination: "Emerging technologies like e-readers are changing the way we interact with the world around us and we need to ensure that people with disabilities are not excluded from the programs where these devices are used," said Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez in a news release.
A DOJ official told CNSNews.com it interviewed a woman who could not participate in the library's e-reader program due to her disability and concluded that the program had violated the ADA.
FULL ARTICLE HERE
http://tiny.cc/2x6wjw
Comments
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
And don't get me started about Ford and GM's failure to provide a car that can be driven by a blind person.
Now, about those jet fighters that are not wheelchair accessible....
I expect the DOJ will be targeting makers of DVD players next, since blind folks can't watch the movies.
And don't get me started about Ford and GM's failure to provide a car that can be driven by a blind person.
Now, about those jet fighters that are not wheelchair accessible....
How about those jet fighters that can't be flown by blind people?