by Stephen Kuusisto (Nationally-known poet and disability advocate Stephen Kuusisto writes the “Planet of the Blind” blog on WordPress. The following is from his posts of Nov. 28 and Dec. 2.) When Helen Keller attended Radcliffe she observed that the experience was a “largely lonely triumph” and described how she was ignored by …
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Rosalynn Carter’s Controversial Nanny
by Kathy Ehrich Dowd Time Magazine Mary Prince, a Black woman who had been convicted of murder, was already a controversial figure at Jimmy Carter’s 1977 Presidential Inauguration. Although she was incarcerated, Prince was given permission to travel to Washington, D.C. for the event and arrived in a dress made of material given …
Papa John’s To Pay $175K For Discrimination
by Kevin Burton Giant pizza-delivery chain Papa John’s will cough up a big chunk of dough, for employment discrimination against a blind man, according to multiple published reports. Louisville-based Papa John’s is the fourth-largest pizza delivery chain in the US, according to USA Today. On its website, Papa John’s lists “the values that …
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Discrimination Common For The Disabled
by Julia Metraux Mother Jones After becoming blind in his late 20s, designer and artist Marco Salsiccia had to learn to navigate the world through assistive technology—like a screen reader, software that speaks digital text and image descriptions aloud. Leveraging that experience, Salsiccia began work as an accessibility specialist, eventually working part-time at a well-known …
Blind Man Loses Website Discrimination Case
by Jessica Stemple (The following is a blog from the Valenci Rose law firm from Los Angeles.) Consumers in America and around the world have embraced online shopping for everything from food and fashion to vehicles, medicine, travel, and countless other purchases. But many retail websites are inaccessible for consumers who are blind …
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Café Owner To Pay Fine For Discrimination
by Lisa Steacy CTV News The owner of a B.C. café has been ordered to pay a woman, who is legally blind, $12,000 in compensation for discrimination after she was refused service because she had a guide dog. The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal ruled on the case last week and the decision was …
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ADA Enforcement Is Tough Sledding
by Kevin Burton I let the 33rd anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act pass July 26 without writing anything about it. Why? It was partly because I ran out of time, as I was preparing to travel to the Beep Baseball World Seies in Oklahoma. But it was mostly because I …
A Writer Chronicles His Loss Of Vision
by Robert Ito New York Times In 2019, Andrew Leland began writing a book about blindness, even as he was going steadily blind himself. Working as his vision deteriorated gave him an insider’s perspective — who better to write about the blind than the blind? — but, as he learned, also made writing …
P&O Cruises Humiliates Blind Passengers
by Kevin Burton For blind people, being a second-class citizen would represent an upgrade. The following provides another example that proves, when it comes down to it, blind people aren’t treated as citizens at all. This story was widely reported. My information comes from Insider. “Two blind passengers who were ordered to …
Racist Oklahoma Officials Caught On Tape
by Corky Siemaszko NBC News (McCurtain County is in the Southeast corner of Oklahoma, bordering Texas and Arkansas.) The governor of Oklahoma has called for the resignations of the sheriff and other top officials in a rural county after they were recorded talking about “beating, killing and burying” a father/son team of local …
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