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Originally Posted by wawasteele
I agree.
I am disabled. I use a power wheelchair. I used to love hiking trails in the mountains. Now, I am limited to the very limited amount of wheelchair accessible trails. Would I like all trails to be accessible? Of course! Is it a reasonable request? Of course not.
In public bathrooms, there is always at least one handicap stall. Should all the stalls be handicap accessible? No. That would hurt all the non-handicapped people, because the handicap stalls take up a lot more room, so there would be less total stalls.
Being handicapped limits people. Can society help us adapt? Yes, and they should. But should everything thing made be accessible? For every possible disability? No. It's just not possible or reasonable to expect.
So, as long as there are viable options for all readers, I don't see why every reading device has to be made for blind people, just like every trail or bathroom stall isn't accessible. I also don't see why in schools or libraries, that every reading device has to be accessible, as long as there are some for those that need them.
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Thank you for this. It's really the crux of the issue. All reasonable measures to provide access should be taken. Yes, that does include regulation and requiring businesses to spend money they wouldn't otherwise have spent. Not every single person can have every single thing in every single way.