31 October 2008, by A. Cedilla
Part 1 of 2
The Americans With Disabilities Act was enacted in 1990 to protect persons with disabilities from being discriminated against. Designed to help guarantee equal opportunities for people with disabilities in any public area, this act covers regulations in areas of transportation, telecommunications, and state and local government services, to start.
Now, one of the really wonderful things that the Internet today has given us is the gateway it opens to new worlds for people who otherwise would have difficulty moving around in the regular world because of their disability.
Due to the very nature of the manufacturing process, for example, Braille books are painfully expensive and hard to get for everyone who needs them. But with specialized equipment, a blind person can access the internet and a whole world beyond the one his blindness has previously limited him to. People with restricted physical mobility can use the internet to ˜see” the world.