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Originally Posted by gastan
He also says, “Not having access to the advanced reading features of the Kindle DX—including the ability to download books and course materials, add my own bookmarks and notes, and look up supplemental information instantly on the Internet when I encounter it in my reading—will lock me out of this new technology and put me and other blind students at a competitive disadvantage relative to our sighted peers." (emphasis added)
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Isn't this effectively saying "if I can't use this, then I don't want anybody else to have it either"? I'm very sorry for anyone who is blind, but to deny everybody else a valuable educational tool on the grounds that it's not available to someone with a particular disability seems to be punishing the sighted majority. It seems a little naive to try to pretend that someone who is blind is
not going to be at a major disadvantage throughout their life, and laws aren't going to change that.