Health Care Access | Talking Prescription Labels
This topic includes articles about access to health information and technology, including access to health insurance documents and websites, prescription labels, and health services generally. This topic includes settlement agreements reached in Structured Negotiation and press releases announcing initiatives undertaken as a result of those settlements.
Andrés Gallegos, Disability Rights Champion, Dies Too Soon
Structured Negotiations Behind Landmark Hospital Access Settlement
Legal Update: U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorneys Offices, Championing Digital Access
CVS Spoken Rx November 2021 Press Release
U.S. Federal Judge Rules for Walmart, against Blind Shoppers, in Self-checkout Kiosk Case
Access Board Considers ADAAG Coverage for Self-Service Kiosks
The United States Access Board is currently considering proposed changes to the ADA Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) that would require certain self-service kiosks to be accessible to people with disabilities. Based on their experience with Talking ATMs and tactile point of sale devices, the Law Office of Lainey Feingold and Linda Dardarian of Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen & Dardarian, prepared comments on the Board’s proposal for use by persons interested in accessible devices. Those comments, all or parts of which were incorporated into submissions filed with the Board by several organizations, are posted here.
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