by Frank James Does paper money discriminate against the blind and visually impaired? Common sense would suggest as much. Then does that mean that the U.S. will have to change its paper currency in order to end that discrimination? Yes, according to the U.S. Appeals Court for the District of Columbia. The court's decision was handed down in a case called American Council for the Blind et al v. Henry M. Paulson Jr., Secretary of the Treasury . The U.S. Mint which prints the nation's currenc