Senators Harkin, Hagel, the late Kennedy and Feingold (perhaps others) did discuss an access technology provision but got slapped down by both parties for adding cost to the bill. Some might argue that the ADA restoration act of 2008 (signed by President Bush in August of last year without much fanfare) may sort of force vendors of tools to include accessibility. I don't know of any case law on this yet but Apple will shoot forward as MS will not buy a copy of JAWS or some other AT for other disabilities for everyone who asks for it. GNU/Linux is not "purchased" and isn't actually "owned" in any normal definition of these words so will probably be exempted from such regulations in general but would be covered at a school or job site.
cdh On Nov 30, 2009, at 9:13 PM, Richie Gardenhire wrote: > Why not have a provision in the Healthcare Bill, where this would > include covering the cost of a screenreader as a medical expense, much > in the manner that wheelchairs and certain types of hearing aids are > covered? Quite frankly, I don't think it would fly simply because > Congress would then come back and say that states should be given the > discretion as to what they will or will not cover in their rehab > budgets. Richie Gardenhire, Anchorage, Alaska. > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
