Braille menus — who has them?
| Governor Stumpy’s braille menu was created by a customer. |
I recently got a call from a midtown resident named Lawrence Thomas, who told me about a problem that I hadn’t thought much about.
Thomas is legally blind and says he can’t afford to go out to eat as often as he would like. But when he does, he
‘d rather be able to use a braille menu than have a dining companion (if there is a dining companion, because he sometimes eats alone) read the menu to him. What surprises him — and me, for that matter — is how many local restaurants don’t offer braille menus.
The manager of one restaurant within easy walking distance of Thomas’ home told me that “it wasn’t in their budget” to have a menu copied in braille.
For the record, that’s no excuse: The Kansas Braille Transcription Institute will reproduce menus into braille for a $50 tax-deductible contribution.
