DeafDigest Mid-Week edition - March 27, 2019
-- judge orders UPS to go stand a job lawsuit trial
A deaf UPS employee applied for promotion as
a driver. UPS refused, and he filed a lawsuit.
The UPS asked the judge to throw out the
lawsuit. The judge said no, lawsuit must
proceed. Keep in mind pay as driver is much
better than regular inside UPS jobs.
It is taking place in Maryland.
-- SAT board slow to provide interpreter
A deaf student, wanting to take SAT exams,
asked for an interpreter. She had to wait
three months before the SAT College Board
would OK the interpreter request. It didn't
help that the student's mother is an
attorney.
-- deaf is one of four categories
In Myanmar (Burma) there are four categories
defined by the government. These are physical
disability, vision impairment, intellectual
disability, and deafness. In that nation,
a deaf person holding down a regular job
is considered a success.
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