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Francesca Hong: “Not all of the government websites have ways for folks who…”

Featuring: Francesca Hong, Democratic | Wisconsin State Assembly, District 76

I sat down Sylvie Fera to talk disability rights

Published October 28, 2025 | Video Starts at 00:34

And I think there's both legislation we can pass. I know one thing that one of the organizers I was working with was talking about is accessibility on government websites, right? So Not all of the government websites have ways for folks who are visually impaired to be able to access these. And a lot of the agencies that have online applications for services and things like that, not all of them are accessible. (00:34–00:41)

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Asserts that government websites lack accessibility features for visually impaired individuals.

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