The Social Security Administration must give the nation's 3 million blind or visually impaired recipients the option of receiving benefit notices in braille or by audio computer disc, a federal judge in San Francisco said Tuesday.
Ruling in a nationwide class-action suit, U.S. District Judge William Alsup said that by sending notices only by mail and phone calls, the agency is violating a law that guarantees the disabled equal access to its programs. He ordered the government to make the additional choices available by April 15.
Oct 21, 2009
Social Security Loses Blind Suit
From the San Francisco Chronicle:
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Bravo to the judge for standing up for all our blind citizens who can't hear on the phone and... wait, what?!
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