A Disability Civil Rights Law Firm
Lainey Feingold is a disability rights lawyer who works primarily with the blind and visually impaired community on
technology and information access issues. She is nationally
recognized for negotiating landmark accessibility agreements
and for pioneering the collaborative advocacy and dispute resolution method
known as Structured Negotiations. To learn more, please visit the
about page.
The most recent information posted on this website appears in the
Recent News on this page. Earlier entries can be found by visiting the categories and archives pages, or by using the search feature.
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Recent News
Breaking News Update! The U.S. Department of Justice has announced that on July 26 it will issue Advanced Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on four issues of importance to the disability community. The Notices will address web accessibility for entities covered by the ADA, movie captioning and video description, accessibility of next generation 9-1-1, and accessibility of equipment and furniture in covered entities.
Continue reading ADA Twentieth Anniversary Rule Making from Department of Justice
Filed under News and Articles, Web Accessibility Articles, Audio Description Issues, Accessibiity Laws and Regulations on Jul 25th, 2010
Posted here is a news report from the Philippines about a legislative push for Talking ATMs in that country. Reading this news on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act is fitting.
Although the law being celebrated this month is focused on “Americans”, disability advocacy in one part of the globe often has ripple affects across the world. Today we have a global economy and multi-national corporations. We also have global advocacy and international advances in disability access. Especially when it comes to accessible technology.
Continue reading Talking ATMs in the Philippines: Perfect ADA Anniversary Story
Filed under News and Articles, Talking ATM Issues, International Issues, Talking ATMs on Jul 23rd, 2010
On July 15 2010, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation adopted “The Equal Access to 21st Century Communications Act,” Senate Bill S. 3304. By a unanimous voice vote the bill was moved to the full Senate floor. The Law Office of Lainey Feingold thanks the disability advocates in the Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT) whose tireless commitment and endless work got this important legislation to this critical juncture.
Continue reading Thank You COAT Advocates
Filed under News and Articles, Accessibiity Laws and Regulations on Jul 15th, 2010
We urge the Board to adopt language in the area of self-service kiosks that will ensure that people with disabilities have real access to the new built environment – the environment where one machine dispenses prescriptions, another boarding passes, and yet another allows a student to select college classes.— Comments to the U.S. Access Board
The United States Access Board is currently considering proposed changes to the ADA Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) that would require certain self-service kiosks to be accessible to people with disabilities. Based on their experience with Talking ATMs and tactile point of sale devices, the Law Office of Lainey Feingold and Linda Dardarian of Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen & Dardarian, prepared comments on the Board’s proposal for use by persons interested in accessible devices. Those comments, all or parts of which were incorporated into submissions filed with the Board by several organizations, are posted here.
Continue reading Access Board Considers ADAAG Coverage for Self-Service Kiosks
Filed under News and Articles, Health Care Access, Accessibiity Laws and Regulations on Jul 11th, 2010
On July 29, 2010, the United States Access Board will hold a public meeting about accessibility standards to be developed for diagnostic medical equipment. This meeting marks the beginning of a rule making process on these issues mandated by the federal health care bill passed in March, 2010.
In this post you can read the press release announcing the meeting, at which Lainey Feingold will be a panelist. Accessible medical equipment is crucial to the health and safety of people with disabilities. The Board’s rulemaking process should allow for public input on a wide range of issues such as the need for mammography equipment and dental chairs that can be accessed by wheelchair users, and the need for blood glucose meters and similar devices that can provide information in a format blind people can access.
Continue reading Accessible Medical Equipment Subject of Access Board Meeting
Filed under News and Articles, Health Care Access on Jul 9th, 2010
July 26, 2010 marks the twentieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. This is LFLegal’s tribute to both the ADA and the dedicated organizations and individuals who got the law passed and continue to implement it. In this post you can read about ADA Twentieth Anniversary Resources and my personal thanks and congratulations to the disability community on this historic occasion.
Continue reading The ADA Turns Twenty
Filed under News and Articles on Jul 6th, 2010
Simplified Summary:
This is the website of disability rights lawyer Lainey Feingold. Lainey primarily
works with blind and visually impaired people to make information and technology
more accessible. She also works with people with other disabilities. Instead of
filing lawsuits, Lainey uses Structured Negotiations. Structured Negotiations involves
talking and working together to find solutions that will work for both sides. On
this home page there are short summaries of recent information posted on this website.
Each summary has a link to the full story. Each full story has a Simplified Summary.
Also, the About Page of this website will tell
you more about Lainey and her work. Back to News.