IMPACT: Five New York state and local government agencies agreed to fix covid-19 vaccine websites to make them accessible for blind users following a @TheJusticeDept investigation spurred by our @KHNews story
W/ the relentless @hannah_recht
Our update: khn.org/news/article/n…
W/ the relentless @hannah_recht
Our update: khn.org/news/article/n…
https://twitter.com/LaurenWeberHP/status/1364940410221703176
As Bryan Bashin told me amid the vaccine race of the winter, he had appointments slip away twice in the same day while he battled inaccessible websites.
"It’s an awful bit of discrimination, one as stinging as anything I’ve experienced,” Bashin, who is blind, said.
"It’s an awful bit of discrimination, one as stinging as anything I’ve experienced,” Bashin, who is blind, said.
.@AccessBoard @sdpavithran said he knew @thejusticedept had investigations in progress in other states
@AndyDRC , a member of the White House’s COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force, said their report will likely call for an outside evaluation of access issues in the covid response
@AndyDRC , a member of the White House’s COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force, said their report will likely call for an outside evaluation of access issues in the covid response
“The story that published had an impact across the country,” @AndyDRC said.
“It was very specific, it was very detailed, and it was hard to ignore. I think it was incredibly helpful.”
“It was very specific, it was very detailed, and it was hard to ignore. I think it was incredibly helpful.”
.@NFB_voice is pushing a legislative fix to codify online accessibility rights, but @crachfal said it can be done without Congress
“What’s needed is some leadership from the administration & @TheJusticeDept to promulgate regulations that they already have the authority to do”
“What’s needed is some leadership from the administration & @TheJusticeDept to promulgate regulations that they already have the authority to do”
As blind accessibility lawyer Albert Elia put it:
“I hope the general public realizes that to cut people out of online access is effectively cutting them out of life.”
#a11y @KHNews
khn.org/news/article/n…
“I hope the general public realizes that to cut people out of online access is effectively cutting them out of life.”
#a11y @KHNews
khn.org/news/article/n…
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