Article on earlier blog post

> Melanie Brunson
>
>>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department discriminates because
>>it
>>has failed to design and issue paper currency readily distinguishable to
>>people with poor sight, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday.
>>
>>
>>
>>By a 2-1 vote, the court upheld a ruling by U.S. District Judge James
>>Robertson in a lawsuit filed by The American Council of the Blind against
>>the U.S. Treasury Department.
>>
>>The council accused the department and Treasury Secretary Henry
Paulson of
>>violating the Rehabilitation Act, which was meant to ensure that people
>>with
>>disabilities can live independently and fully participate in society.
>>
>>The appeals court rejected the Treasury Department's arguments that
>>accommodating the Council's proposals would impose an undue burden on the
>>government, and sent the case back to Robertson to address the group's
>>request for relief.
>>
>>The American Council of the Blind has proposed several possible
changes to
>>U.S. currency, including different size bills for different
denominations,
>>embossed dots and raised printing.
>>
>>"A large majority of other currency systems have accommodated the
visually
>>impaired, and the secretary does not explain why U.S. currency should be
>>any
>>different," Judge Judith Rogers wrote in the appeal court's opinion.
>>
>>(Reporting by James Vicini; Editing by Frances Kerry and David Storey)