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- From: patth@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Patt Bromberger)
- Subject: Talking Books, Electronic Textbooks, Etc.
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.040057.14947@sci.ccny.cuny.edu>
- Followup-To: blind-l@uafsysb.uark.edu
- Summary: publishing, ADA Laws
- Sender: patth@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Patt Bromberger)
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- Organization: City College of New York - Science Computing Facility
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 04:00:57 GMT
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- From BLIND-L@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU Wed Dec 30 14:10:00 1992
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 14:05:44 EST
- Reply-To: Computer Use by and for the Blind <BLIND-L@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU>
- From: "A. Kaniss" <dashiell@NADC.NADC.NAVY.MIL>
- Subject: Re: Talking Books, Electronic Textbooks, Etc.
-
- are publishers businesses?
- I've never heard of one that did it without being some kind of business.
- Businesses are required to accommodate on not only accessability but also
- services as well if they provide those services to the public.
- That was one of those general provisions in the a.d.a. that can and will
- be used to cover alot of past sins. Braille or e-text will become
- more available in the future. Even without the a.d.a. this will happen.
- The a.d.a. is an admission that the economy is hurting enough that it will
- be more profitable for government to have blind people working in the future
- rather
- than collecting welfare. If the blind cannot be integrated effectively into the
- information age they're not going to collect enough to pay taxes on to a
- very large degree and if this happens the costs will be very high.
- First in terms of uncollectable taxes to about 5 levels of government,
- second to the businesses who are now required to employ workers that are
- at best marginally productive,
- third to the businesses because the blind will eventually not go to be
- employed and all that money was spent on accommodations, and
- fourth to the blind community and handicapped community in general when
- they realize another piece of legislation has bit the dust and they realize
- what the american indians have known for a long time that the government's
- laws are worth as much as its money after adjusting for inflation.
- This is one effort many will find out they cannot afford to mess up because
- good faith and belief are both running out for some and have run out for
- others in the past. Those others who are collecting welfare may not be
- doing it because they're lazy but because they've given up on what passes
- for the system. That's something that had best be found out by agencies and
- acted on
- accordingly in the near future. There's alot of psychological problems
- out there though that will have to be taken care of before anyone can
- talk about work seriously though now and this is a residual of past
- performance or lack thereof by the system and other participants.
-
- jude <dashiell@nadc.nadc.navy.mil>
-
-
-
- --
- Patricia Ann Bromberger patth@sci.ccny.cuny.edu
- or patth@ccnysci.BITNET
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