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Posted: 11:34 AM May 20, 2008
Last Updated: 11:34 AM May 20, 2008
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A federal appeals court said paper money discriminates against blind people.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has upheld a ruling that could force the U.S. to redesign its money so blind people can distinguish between values.

Such changes could include making bills different sizes, including raised markings or printing oversized numbers for people who see poorly.

The appeals court ruled 2-1 on Tuesday that the U.S. didn't explain why such changes would be an unreasonable burden, especially since many other countries have done so.

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Posted by: cliff Location: wichita on May 22, 2008 at 10:49 AM
could it be that in the past, blind people could learn to tell denominations of bills or use readers?

Posted by: Anon Location: Kansas on May 21, 2008 at 10:58 AM
Gotta agree with the comment about blind people and money being around for many years. How is it that it is just now happening? I would think this would have happened in the 90's already with ADA. Also; this is actually quite a good thing to screw up the counterfeiters, but again; this could have been done in the 90's? Why did it take so long?

Posted by: cliff Location: wichita on May 21, 2008 at 09:45 AM
wouldnt it be cheaper to supply blind with bill readers than replace all paper money in the country? or is this a way to catch a bunch of counterfit bills in circulation?

Posted by: AJ Location: Wichita on May 21, 2008 at 09:37 AM
wow this is an emergency right now? My daughter has very poor eyesight. Yett she is more worried about the terriosts our soliders in battle with stupid restristions and court marshals .Higher prices all around the word is greed. Less goverment,less taxes,english only in USA,no haven for illegals or liberals trying to corrode the USA. Moral decay from within has brought every great country and nation down. Ones rights can't infringe on mine.

Posted by: about time Location: kansas on May 20, 2008 at 08:18 PM
it's about time they do something. I am blessed to have both my sight and my hearing. Others are not so fortunate. If we can print books in brail surely we can accomodate our currancy for the blind. Being blind is a disability according to the social security administration and therfore falls under the Americans with Disabilities Act. It's a wonder the blind man hasn't sued the government yet.

Posted by: Anonymous on May 20, 2008 at 05:28 PM
I can't even imagine how many members of our government had to spend sleepless nights coming up with this one. Do they not have a clue that this country is in crisis? I hate the fact that blind people have a tough time with money. We have thousands upon millions of people who have a heavy load to bear with cancer, health care, no jobs, troubled teens, illegals and life threatening diseases to say nothing about the war in Iraq, terrorists to mention a minute fraction of what we are facing today. Please can't our government get a life and get on board for the good of ALL citizens of this great land?

Posted by: cliff Location: wichita on May 20, 2008 at 01:21 PM
there have been paper money and blind people around for many years, is this an emergency now?

Posted by: James Location: w on May 20, 2008 at 12:13 PM
This wouldn't be a problem if we had stayed on the gold standard with coins