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Federal disability law requires movie theaters to provide specialized interpreters to patrons who are deaf and blind, an appeals court said Friday. The Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Cinemark, the nation's third-largest movie chain, in a case involving a Pennsylvania man who wanted to see the 2014 movie "Gone Girl" and asked a Cinemark theater in Pittsburgh to supply a "tactile interpreter." The theater denied his request. The plaintiff, Paul McGann, is a movie enthusiast who reads American Sign Language through touch. He uses a method of tactile interpretation that involves placing his hands over the hands of an interpreter who uses sign language to describe the movie's action, dialogue and even the audience response. AIRLINE DIDN'T ALLOW BLIND MAN, GRANDDAUGHTER ON PLANE The federal appeals court concluded Friday that tactile interpreters are covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, which requires that public accommodations furnish "auxiliary aids and services" to patrons with vision, hearing and speech disabilities." It would be impossible for a deaf-blind person to experience the movie and understand the content without the provision of tactile interpretation," said Carol A. Horowitz, managing attorney of Disability Rights Pennsylvania, which filed suit on McGann's behalf. The ruling said Cinemark still can argue that providing the interpreters would present an "undue burden," an exception to the disability law that takes into account the cost of the accommodation and the business's ability to pay for it. It sent the case back to a federal judge to consider that argument. WHY OTHER SENSES MAY BE HEIGHTENED IN BLIND PEOPLE Because of the intensive nature of the work, McGann requires the services of two interpreters. The interpreters cost a few hundred dollars per showing.Cinemark earned $257 million in 2016. The movie chain also has said that before McGann, it had never before received a request for tactile interpretation. A spokesperson for the Plano, Texas-based chain said Cinemark is evaluating its legal options. The U.S. Department of Justice filed documents in support of McGann. Link Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | ||
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I actually worked for a place about 15 years ago that employed a blind sign painter. -------------------------- Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -- H L Mencken I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is. -- JALLEN 10/18/18 | |||
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Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici |
 _________________________ NRA Endowment Member _________________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." -- C.S. Lewis | |||
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| Slayer of Agapanthus |
The man himself should pay for the services of the interpeter. And pay for the ticket and snacks. Probably cost only $200. And don't forget Zatoichi. "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye". The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, pilot and author, lost on mission, July 1944, Med Theatre. | |||
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Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
Well, movie theater ticket prices just went up again. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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Baroque Bloke |
This could get interesting if it applies to porn films too. Serious about crackers. | |||
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Mensch |
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Yidn, shreibt un fershreibt" "The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind." -Bomber Harris | |||
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Truth Seeker |
These are unreasonable requests in my opinion. We have a deaf family in my neighborhood who love to make life hell for the HOA. They show up every month for the meeting and demand an interpreter, which I can understand because it is a formal meeting open to the public. The interpreters are not cheap and you have to have more than one so they can take breaks. Well now our HOA had to cancel the National Night Out tomorrow night because they are demanding the HOA pay for interpreters to follow them around for the 5 hour event to interpret conversions people are having. There is no formal speech being given. They threatened to sue if it doesn’t happen so now it is cancelled instead. NRA Benefactor Life Member | |||
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goodheart |
Why don't they just go with speech-to-text? I have explained medical details to my deaf patients using an iPhone. There must also be a speech-to-braille app, no? _________________________ “Remember, remember the fifth of November!" | |||
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| Mensch |
They need Speech-to-Asshole. Must still be in development. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Yidn, shreibt un fershreibt" "The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind." -Bomber Harris | |||
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Delusions of Adequacy |
Do they have to wear vests? I have my own style of humor. I call it Snarkasm. | |||
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Yes, but you can take them on a plane with you. Unless someone is allergic. | |||
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Told cops where to go for over 29 years… |
I imagine it totally sucks to be deaf and blind, however lots of things suck and create costs/hardships for the suckee. I am all for laws to protect them from discrimination, but that is much different than forcing businesses to foot the bill to overcome their disabilities. It is a medical condition, it is a cost as a result of the medical condition, let them pay for it or have insurance cover it. What's next, functional retards who don't understand everyday things having off-duty kindergarten teachers explaining complex life situations like 4-way stops and roundabouts to them using two-syllable words? What part of "...Shall not be infringed" don't you understand???  | |||
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Had a narcoleptic convict nicknamed Sleepy that was a lookout for a bank robbery crew. Guess why they got caught. | |||
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| Do---or do not. There is no try. |
So, JAllen, the beggar was blind, but the organ grinder and his minkey were the lookouts? I see..... | |||
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| women dug his snuff and his gallant stroll |
I went to a car show this morning. There was a blind man walking around. | |||
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| Honky Lips |
Those old engines can be a feast for the ears as well as the eyes. ___________________________ The point is, who will stop me? | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process |
Imagine what it has cost to remodel countless buildings all over the country to retrofit ADA compliant restrooms, put in ramps, elevators, etc. Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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| Purveyor of Fine Avatars  |
Is the whole family deaf? Can't they have one of their hearing-enabled relatives do the signing? Seems like an unreasonable demand on their part. Or maybe this is just their way of retaliating against the HOA for rules? "I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak!" - Calvin, "Calvin & Hobbes" | |||
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| women dug his snuff and his gallant stroll |
There were some glorious sounds, but not just from the old engines! | |||
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