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Re: NAD v. Netflix: "This is a bad ruling. Reallyterrible."

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From: Léonie Watson
Date: Jun 27, 2012 11:51AM

Ryan Hemphill wrote:
" I guess the only thing about this that is a 'good thing' is that it points
out something that needs to change, like racism."

By a strange coincidence, this is something I'll be talking about next week.
http://lanyrd.com/2012/post-ict-for-disabled-people/


These are the notes for a couple of my slides. Hope you don't mind me
sharing...


The world has come a long way since Emmeline Pankhurst refused to accept
that women were second class citizens, and in doing so kicked off the
women's' rights movement of the early 1900s.

It's been more than half a century since Rosa Parks refused to give up her
bus seat, and in doing so sparked the civil rights movement of the mid 20th
century.

Yet we live in a time when many disabled people are refused access to the
digital world. This isn't a question of technology, of budget, or even of
capability.

It is simply a matter of digital liberty.

Léonie.