Posted on February 22nd, 2009 by MCCBAdmin
MCCB President Mary Ann Alexander is attending and reporting from the ACB Legislative Seminar in Washington D.C. Below is her first submission. Check back throughout for more details and post seminar analysis. Beth Brelje and I left our homes in the Pocono’s at around 11:00 a.m. to begin our journey to Washington D.C. for [...]
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Filed under: ACB Seminar, Accessible Currency, Advocacy, Affiliate Organizations, Quiet Cars, Telecommunications, Transportation
Posted on January 31st, 2009 by MCCBAdmin
ABC’s "What Would You Do?" aired a segment on accessible currency. As a way to bring attention to the difficulties US currency presents to people who are blind, the producers decided to stage a store clerk purposely cheating two separate customers who were blind. The question, "What would you do?" applied to both, would you [...]
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Filed under: Accessibility, Accessible Currency
Posted on July 31st, 2008 by MCCBAdmin
Today I read a most disturbing summation by Dr. Marc Maurer regarding the NFB’s considered opinion on the court’s ruling on the accessibility of paper currency and to quote a good friend, I had what he called an “angry blind girl reaction”. Really though, can you blame me? To assert that persons who are blind [...]
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Filed under: Accessible Currency, Member Editorial
Posted on June 30th, 2008 by MCCBAdmin
As proponents for modifying the United States Currency in order to make it accessible to all people including those who are blind, we are sure to pass on information relevant to this quest. I came across an article from ABC News. It provides us with some additional history regarding why Jeffrey Lovitky, an attorney [...]
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Filed under: Accessible Currency
Posted on May 21st, 2008 by MCCBAdmin
With the US Appeals Court ruling that upholds the claim that paper currency discriminates against people who are blind, the local paper of Monroe County, the Pocono Record, was quick to seek input from those most affected by the decision. MCCB President Mary Ann Alexander provided local input regarding the decision. From the [...]
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Filed under: Accessible Currency
Posted on May 20th, 2008 by MCCBAdmin
Finally, the US Appeals Court rules in favor of The American Council of the Blind- saying the current US currency discriminates against people who are blind due to it’s indistinguishable denominations. This has been a long battle that honestly isn’t over. The Treasury Department can continue by appealing to the Supreme Court. According [...]
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Filed under: Accessibility, Accessible Currency, Advocacy
Posted on March 22nd, 2008 by MCCBAdmin
Momentum, that’s not just the title for the MCCB newsletter, it seems to be a trend. Right now on the national front some very important issues are looming and something historical has occurred. We all took part in a very important, vigorous campaign to convince legislators to fight for adequate funding for the National Library [...]
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Filed under: ACB Seminar, Accessible Currency, Advocacy, NLS, Quiet Cars
Posted on November 22nd, 2007 by MCCBAdmin
For anyone affected by the case of the American Council of the Blind (ACB) versus Henry Paulson regarding the issue of accessible paper currency forthe millions of blind or visually impaired persons in this country, you will be surprised to learn the following. On Monday, November 19, 2007 ACB’s attorney and the attorney for [...]
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Filed under: Accessible Currency, Advocacy
Posted on August 30th, 2007 by MCCBAdmin
Check out this press release about the Bureau’s plan for a digital release of the new $5. “From Bangkok to Boston, we want those who rely on our paper money around the globe – whether they are central banks, businesses or consumers – to have the information they need to verify the money they receive [...]
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Filed under: Accessible Currency, Advocacy
Posted on March 30th, 2007 by MCCBAdmin
 Have you ever been in a situation where you were rushing out of the store and you weren’t able to put your money in your wallet as you do on most occasions? You probably end up organizing your bills at some other time. Well, this is an option that most visually impaired and blind people [...]
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Filed under: Accessible Currency, Advocacy