A color mailer showing up in some Hawaii mailboxes offering to turn pets into registered "service dogs" for a fee is a scam, advocates for consumers and the disabled said Monday. First of all, the government doesn't require service dogs to be registered. But the Oregon-based company called U.S. Service Dog Registration is trying to
When it comes to photodocumentation via social media, many unknowingly describe their photos by accompanying them with little anecdotes like “Grandma and me at her 80th birthday celebration.” These sorts of descriptions add meaning to photos for all who view them, but perhaps especially for people who are blind. When it comes to mainstream Web
Disability Rights Advocates invites CCB members to attend a hearing in our lawsuit against Uber, a popular new taxi service. DRA is representing the National Federation of the Blind of California and several individuals in this lawsuit, which challenges refusals by drivers of UberX vehicles to transport blind customers with guide dogs. At 1 pm
The U.S. Department of Justice has reached an agreement to resolve a lawsuit against Sairam Enterprises Inc. LLC, which owns a hotel in Tulsa, OK. The proposed consent decree resolves a 2014 lawsuit in which the department alleges that Sairam Enterprises violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it denied a room to a Veteran with a service animal.
My Blind Spot is proud to announce our partnership with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) to enhance the usability and accessibility of the department’s website (http://wdfw.wa.gov/) for people of all abilities, most notably for people who are blind, visually impaired and print disabled. Through this collaboration My Blind Spot continues to work
In the June issue of AFB's AccessWorld, Aaron Preece speaks with Albert Rizzi of My Blind Spot and Lori Samuels of Intuit to get their personal perspectives on the successful partnership that led to the new version of QuickBooks. To access the interview, click here
My Blind Spot's work with QuickBooks is reviewed in the May issue of AFB's AccessWorld Magazine. In his article entitled "An Introduction to Accessible QuickBooks by Intuit and and My Blind Spot," Aaron Preece writes: Recently, My Blind Spot, Inc., has been working closely with Intuit, the makers of the popular QuickBooks accounting software for
This article Originally appeared on the Disability.Gov website on April 14, 2014. I was returning from a business trip to Silicon Valley. The organization I founded, My Blind Spot, and the dedicated engineers at Intuit had been working together to develop accessibility features in Intuit’s widely used small business accounting software, QuickBooks for Windows. I
My Blind Spot has been spreading the word about the newly accessible, usable QuickBooks for Windows 2014, developed in a joint effort of My Blind Spot and Intuit. Read all about it in the April issue of AccessWorld, a publication of the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB). Albert Rizzi, CEO of My Blind Spot, participated
In March 2014, the Department of Justice entered a consent decree with national tax preparer H&R Block requiring accessibility of the company's websites and mobile apps under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The decree followed a complaint alleging that H&R Block failed to code its website in a manner that would make it accessible to
