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Nov. 28th, 2006 08:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingUS district judge rules that US government is unlawfully discriminating against the blind by printing money that all looks the same and is all the same size, with no way for them to tell the bills apart.
The judge points out that other countries all over the world have money of different sizes and textures without a cost or counterfeiting problem, meaning there's obviously not a *fiscal* reason to not do it.
(Before Canadians get too smug: Our bills are different colours and have Braille printing on them, but they're all the same size and the Braille is gibberish. Really, truly gibberish. The $20 reads "for for". Literally. And that's before normal use crushes the Braille divots flat, which generally takes about three foldings, making it nearly impossible for sighted people to *locate* them, let alone the blind to read 'em - but at least we're trying.)
The judge points out that other countries all over the world have money of different sizes and textures without a cost or counterfeiting problem, meaning there's obviously not a *fiscal* reason to not do it.
(Before Canadians get too smug: Our bills are different colours and have Braille printing on them, but they're all the same size and the Braille is gibberish. Really, truly gibberish. The $20 reads "for for". Literally. And that's before normal use crushes the Braille divots flat, which generally takes about three foldings, making it nearly impossible for sighted people to *locate* them, let alone the blind to read 'em - but at least we're trying.)