D.C. Appeals Court Agrees Paper Money Discriminates Against the Blind

by Stephan Tawney on May 20, 2008

The ruling forces the Treasury to review the “discrimination”, either making the bills different sizes or modifying them in ways to make them distinguishable.

Since all paper money feels pretty much the same, the government is denying blind people meaningful access to the currency, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Tuesday. The decision could force the Treasury Department to make bills of different sizes or print them with raised markings or other distinguishing features.

The problem with different sizes would be the established vending machines and other paper money receptacles not accommodating them. Gabriel Malor writes:

Graham Institute of Missouri Paraplegic Studies, et al. v. City of New York — Alleging that Central Park discriminates against the wheelchair bound; saying it must be entirely paved over.

Come to think of it, blogs are discriminatory, too. So are eBooks, many nature trails, and ladders. Ban or change them all!



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