DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, November 2, 2016
-- state Attorney General happy Supreme Court reject deaf case
A very happy person in Texas is state Attorney General
Ken Paxton. He was angry when a group of deaf filed
a discrimination lawsuit, accusing driving schools of
refusing to provide interpreters. The Supreme Court
agreed with him, and Paxton said the court did the right
thing. Why did the Court dismiss the case? Because
either the deaf moved out of Texas or got drivers'
licenses on their own despite discriminatiion. See
picture at:
http://deafdigest.com/attorney-general-happy-deaf-lost/
-- web access in hotels could be tricky
The ADA requires hotels to accommodate the deaf on
their lodging needs. One hotel issue may be
tricky - web access. Hotel guests are given
passwords to allow their laptops to access the
web. In many hotels, using the password is easy.
In many other hotels, using the password is
tricky and difficult. If it is difficult, then
it may require a voice phone call to get technical
assistance. For the deaf, it is Catch-22 - how
can the deaf person use the phone call through
the relay if their laptop cannot access the
web because of password problems!
-- reasons deaf restaurant is struggling
Yesterday's DeafDigest mentioned SIGNS, an all-deaf
restaurant in Toronto struggling for business.
Why did it struggle? A deaf foodie that lives
in the neigbhorhood said several reasons -
always changing their menus; expensive dishes
that the deaf cannot afford; the oversized
restaurant layout; public tired of the deafness
hype among the waiters. The mission of all
restaurants is just two words - great food,
and in that case, SIGNS came up short. This
is sad because deaf waiters would lose their
jobs if the restaurant eventually closed.
Latest deaf jobs:
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update)
-- accidental deaf actor in a Hollywood movie
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
10/30/16 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
