Ada Braille

to see who saw you do it?

I often feel the signs and I don't do it secretly. It's just like trying to pronounce the words on a sign when visiting a foreign country. You want to know if you can make sense of it.

2007-05-16 17:55:40 by fatbabyceesay

Using Vision's 2550 CNC Router / Engraver with Automatic Raster TM Braille Inserter tool to create ADA Braille Signs.

someone commented in another answer that the original intent of the ADA has been misconstued

What was the original intent and how is it misconstrued.


From what I have experienced people think the ADA is only about ramps, sign language, and braille.
From what I remember the ADA clearly states that reasonable time off to deal with medical issues (such as taking insulin and checking blood sugar/snacking) must be given
I have an invisiable disability-and have been denied reasonable accommodations-and ignored by the government-I've also seen discrimination against people with mild cognitive impairments-because the employees are 'uncomfortable' around people who are different---

I just can't seem to get people to understand that ADA is about more than physical barriers-I was beginning to think I am the one that is wrong.
I have read studies and quoted the ADA-have the booklets-studied many websites, etc.....

If you read the question-it is about other people not understanding the ADA and refusing to learn about it-other people thinking it is aonly about physical barriers such as steps.....My problem is that I seem to be in the minority of people that know it is more than that---and am up against the majority that thinks they must be right because there are more of them.....

ADA is suppose to protect the civil rights of the disabled, INCLUDING protecting the disabled from pay and job discrimination, but I found out on at least two occasions that the ADA of 1990 is a load of sh*t and nothing more.

The first time occurred back in December,1992, after having the pleasure of being told by my US Congressman, the Dishonorable Herb Bateman of Virginia, "The disabled have no rights to live much less deserve equal protection under the law" all because I had the nerve to question a discriminatory that dates back to 1938 that grants employers the right to pay the disabled employees below minimum wage.

The second time occurred 12 years later, in November, 2004, and after breaking my left elbow at work 6 months earlier, I had the pleasure of being not only called "An extremely simple man" by the Communist-Wealth of Virginia but I also having the pleasure of being told by this ever-so-wonderful state "You need to stick to jobs that you know how to do because he lacks the mentality to do much of anything else". This means cleaning up after the "normal people of society" all because of my speech impairment, despite having 5 years computer experience with a prior job, and was working at Siemens as a machinist at the time, since September at that, where apparently they thought that I could do more than "Scrub some sh*tty, nasty *ss toilet for a living."

These two incidents that happened to me not only goes totally against what the ADA is suppose to protect but it also proves just how hypocritical the government really is. This is just my thoughts about the ADA and this why I think "The ADA of 1990 is a load of sh*t and nothing more."

2008-03-08 09:17:16 by Individual

Price: $46.84 $42.50

Braille signs meet ADA requirements and new CABO/ANSI A117.1 specifications for identifying permanent rooms
Non-glare matte finish
All signs include two strips of double-faced tape

Why do they put Braille dots on the keypad of ATMs? I've seen this question before in reference to Drive-Through ATMS, as blind people don't drive. But why on normal ATMS? How can blind people read the screen?

I know that section 4.34.4 of the ADA Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities states that "Instructions and all information for use [of an automated teller machine] shall be made accessible to and independently usable by persons with vision impairments." But how would it be used?

There is also a plug to put in a head set in most machines I have seen

2007-10-18 22:30:00 by C. Menstein

Price: $46.84 $41.30

Non-glare matte finish
Frames sold separately
All signs include two strips of double-faced tape

I am working with a local museum to make the museum more accessible and more enjoyable by PWDs. Now don't get me wrong, the museum complies with all ADA requirements...it's a state museum, so they made absolutely sure of that. But they want to go above and beyond. Right now, we are updating the audio-descriptive program and looking into a better technology for that program...I am adding braille to the exhibit signs so blind people can know what number to press for the exhibit's audio-description, and we'll be working on a tactile map and braille in some transition places (for example, when the exhibits transition from tropics to forests, or the like).

As a PWD, what would you like to see in museums to make your visit more enjoyable? We're talking above and beyond ADA requirements.

It would be useful if there were more chairs/benches around, where people could sit down to rest. I can't stand for very long at a time and need to sit down every now and then. In many public buildings there is lack of places to sit, or they are only in one part of the building, which is not very useful for people with disabilities who can't keep walking back around half of the building to sit down.

2009-07-24 11:57:18 by Jewel