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RESOLUTION 5-04
WHEREAS, the Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law in July 1990,
AND
WHEREAS, blind and visually
impaired individuals historically have experienced extreme difficulty
in finding meaningful employment or advancing beyond entry level
positions when employment is found, AND
WHEREAS, the provisions
of ADA require reasonable accommodations for disabled persons,
AND
WHEREAS, the Department
of Veterans Affairs (DVA) employs disabled people, many of whom
are blind or severely impaired. THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Blinded
Veterans Association, in convention assembled in Reno, Nevada
on this 14th day of August, 2004, urges DVA to insure that all
and blind employees have reasonable accommodations, including
necessary training on essential access technology, AND FURTHER
BE IT
RESOLVED, that DVA establish
an aggressive outreach program to hire more disabled individuals,
especially disabled veterans.
RESOLUTION 6-04
WHEREAS, currency is used
by virtually everyone in everyday life including blind and visually
impaired persons, AND
WHEREAS, the currency of
the United States is, at the present time, impossible to identify
without vision or electric device, AND
WHEREAS, most blind and
visually impaired persons are therefore required to rely upon
others to determine denominations of such currency, AND
WHEREAS, this constitutes
a serious impediment to independence in everyday living, AND
WHEREAS, electronic means
of bill identification will always have more potential for fallibility
than purely tactile means, AND
WHEREAS, readily identifiable
currency is consistent with the spirit of the Americans with Disabilities
Act, AND
WHEREAS, a suitable method
of visual identification has been introduced for visually-impaired
persons, AND
WHEREAS, no tactile means
of identifying currency has yet been developed or introduced;
THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Blinded
Veterans Association, in convention assembled in Reno, Nevada
on this 14th day of August, 2004, strongly supports efforts to
make currency of the United States tactually identifiable within
a reasonable period of time.
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