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I think the stated purpose is the purpose: to cut waste. DEI based on race or sex is corruption. Helping the blind be maximally comfortable with maximal opportunity is just a plain decent thing and that should be law (for those people and orgs who unfortunately need the compulsion). The conversation about DEI is not about the blind.

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Unfortunately (for those impacted) accessibility has been rolled into DEI and called DEIA and the executive orders included accessibility in their revocation. See https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/endi... for an example. You'll see revocation for both DEI and DEIA, where the A stands for accessibility.

If they wanted to, they could have focused on DEI, but they intentionally and explicitly added accessibility to the conversation and are impacting those programs directly.

It references DEIA because some DEI programs did a sneaky rebranding effort, using disabled people as a political shield. Where in the EO does it reference eliminating services for disabled people?

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