Court Mandates Change in Communication for SSA and Visually Impaired

Currently, SSA communicates with beneficiaries with disabilities via letters and phone calls. A recent class-action suit found this practice violated people's rights to equal access to programs - specifically for individuals with a visual impairment.

The ruling mandates that SSA is to provide the nation's 3 million blind or visually impaired recipients the option of receiving benefit notices in braille or by audio computer disc by April, 15th.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/20/MNQ21A8D2F.DTL#ixzz0UZsatbWW

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