roundtable: Bills-disability access

roundtable: Bills/disability access

Bills/disability access

Larry Goldberg (larry_goldberg@wgbh.org)
23 May 1995 17:04:22 -0400 

Message-Id: <n1410873778.97098@wgbh.org>
Date: 23 May 1995 17:04:22 -0400
From: "Larry Goldberg" <larry_goldberg@wgbh.org>
Subject: Bills/disability access
To: "TPR" <roundtable@cni.org>, "TPR-NE" <TPR-NE%MITVMA.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>


I have been watching the debate over the Senate and House telecom 
bills with mixed emotions - I see that many people are upset over 
the cross-ownership, privacy, censorship, etc. etc. provisions.  I 
also have been involved in the effort to assure that provisions 
regarding access to networks, hardware, and programming for disabled 
people are incorporated.  Such provisions were in last year's bills 
and remain in various forms in this year's.  The disabilities 
communities are relatively satisfied with the provisions as written 
and are hoping that the access provisions survive the floors and 
conference committee.

So, before anyone suggests throwing the baby out with the bath water 
(been using this cliche a lot lately), consider the benefits to these 
underserved communities.

Larry Goldberg, Director
CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media
125 Western Ave.
Boston, MA  02134
617-492-9258 (voice/TTY)
fax 617-782-2155
Internet:  Larry_Goldberg@WGBH.org

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