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Originally Posted by HarryT
I do find this type of case to be wholly without merit. Yes, it's very unfortunate to be blind, but it's not Amazon's fault that somebody is, and they are surely under no "obligation" to make the Kindle usable by blind people any more than MP3 player manufacturers are under an obligation to make their devices usable by the deaf. It's certainly not "discrimination".
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But schools are under no obligation buy Kindles either; and they are free to explain why they won't.
I think it's a good thing that they're considering all their students in their decision making.