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From: Peter Shikli
Date: Oct 20, 2019 11:02AM

After learning about the work we do to help the internet become more
accessible, a lawyer friend asked me a question I couldn't answer. What
exactly could a lawyer do to help the disabled?

Of course he could do any number of things for free, but in his
experience free is often too close to worthless, or at least the
perception on the part of the recipient.  He's been around long enough
that he doesn't need to pencil out a new profit center.  He's definitely
not an ambulance chaser, in fact, he sees some of what he calls drive-by
lawsuits as being morally challenged.

So, in your experience, where could a lawyer do the most good for the
disabled, perhaps an underserved angle to add to his practice -- and how
should he go about getting into that?

Cheers,
Peter Shikli
Access2online
Wilsonville, OR 97070
www.access2online.com
Prison inmates helping the internet become accessible