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Originally Posted by Daithi
Being poor or a non-English speaker doesn't rise to the same level of disadvantage as being blind.
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In the case of walking a parking lot, no. But in the case of reading a book that's only in English, the non-English speaker is at *exactly* the same level of disadvantage as the blind with respect to that book. Why not pass a law to make it legal to translate books that the publisher or author won't translate? That's essentially what the blind provision is; translation to audible, braille, large format, or equivalent "language" that they can read.
I suppose the non-English speaker could eventually learn English if they really wanted to. What if they are elderly and learning a new language would be prohibitive for them in terms of time and effort?
What if I write my book in a complex code that only people with 20 years of cryptoanalysis can possibly decipher? Or a dead language only a few experts in the world know? Should not everyone else be entitled to equal accessibility to that work?