Thanks. I went and subscribed to both of their mailing lists.
At 12:00 PM 11/23/2004, David Andrews wrote:
Both the NFB and the ACB have computer divisions, the nfb's is NFB in Computer Science, Curtis Chong is president, curtischong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Can't remember the exact name of the ACB group
David Andrews
At 11:29 AM 11/23/2004, you wrote:Anybody know of an association for blind and visually impaired computer professionals in the USA? There's a British one but googling got me nothing in the USA.
If there is no such association, I think we should start one. My visions of what this org would do is provide support, information, and advocacy.
Examples of support it might provide: 1) Buy the ViaVoice licence if you have to buy 1000 at a time 2) Provide links to technical resources that would help blind programmers.
Information: 1) ADA news regarding how it applies to blind programmers 2) Resources for learning to use computers if you're blind or VI
Advocacy:
1) Contact companies with web sites that are not accessible
2) Contact legislators when a bill is pending regarding the rights of the disabled
3) Support programmers who have been discriminated against or have had their rights violated under the ADA.
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