The American Council of the Blind is working with a number of major chain retailers throughout the country in order to get them to provide accessible prescription information to their blind and visually impaired customers. Please answer the questions below and provide your responses to Scott Grimes by no later than Thursday, March 31st. You may e-mail him at sgrimes@gdblegal.com.
1. Do you shop at Wal-mart? If so, at which store? Do you know other people with visual impairments who shop at that store?
2. Do you get prescriptions filled at Wal-Mart? If so, at which store?
3. If you have prescription medications, where do you get them filled?
4. If Wal-mart had accessible prescription information (such as talking prescriptions, Braille, Large Print or other audio formats), would you get your prescriptions filled at a Wal-mart store? If so, at which stores? Do you know other people with visual impairments who shop at those stores?
5. If CVS had accessible prescription information (such as talking prescriptions, Braille, Large Print or other audio formats), would you get your prescriptions filled at a CVS store? If so, at which stores? Do you know other people with visual impairments who shop at those stores?
6. If Rite Aid had accessible prescription information (such as talking prescriptions, Braille, Large Print or other audio formats), would you get your prescriptions filled at a Rite Aid store? If so, at which stores? Do you know other people with visual impairments who shop at those stores?
7. If Walgreens had accessible prescription information (such as talking prescriptions, Braille, Large Print or other audio formats), would you get your prescriptions filled at a Walgreens store? If so, at which stores? Do you know other people with visual impairments who shop at those stores?
8. If Target had accessible prescription information (such as talking prescriptions, Braille, Large Print or other audio formats), would you get your prescriptions filled at a Target store? If so, at which stores? Do you know other people with visual impairments who shop at those stores?
9. If all of these retail chains had accessible prescription information, where would you go to get your prescriptions filled?
