Limited Vision and TSA "signage" re WBI
Aug 25, 2009, 9:27 am
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Limited Vision and TSA "signage" re WBI
The TSA has stated that the signage allegedly provided at the entrance to WBI machines is sufficient for travelers to give "informed consent" to being virtually strip searched.
At many checkpoints, the signage is either non-existent or so small as to be unreadable to persons with vision problems.
I'd like some suggestions of where to take this issue, the name of an organization dealing with visual disabilities, with the hope a case could be made for requiring the TSA to post signage large enough for vision disabled travelers to read. Doing so would thereby make said signage large enough for ALL travelers to read.
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At many checkpoints, the signage is either non-existent or so small as to be unreadable to persons with vision problems.
I'd like some suggestions of where to take this issue, the name of an organization dealing with visual disabilities, with the hope a case could be made for requiring the TSA to post signage large enough for vision disabled travelers to read. Doing so would thereby make said signage large enough for ALL travelers to read.
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Last edited by Katja; Aug 25, 2009 at 4:55 pm Reason: corrected spelling in thread title
Aug 25, 2009, 1:14 pm
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The most affective organization having to do with the rights of blind people is the National Federation of the Blind. Contact them for ideas of what to do with this issue. They may have something going already.
Aug 25, 2009, 4:53 pm
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Aug 26, 2009, 4:20 pm
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doober, it is 'of the Blind' not 'for the blind'. It is the blind speaking for themselves. The NFB has been fighting the airlines and the TSA for a very long time.
Aug 27, 2009, 7:51 am
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