[blindlaw] OT Seating
Angie Matney
angie.matney at gmail.com
Wed Feb 25 14:46:44 UTC 2009
I know some people with residual vision who prefer to sit where they can actually see what's going on. For this reason, they might ask for accessible seating, though this obviously might be different from seating that is most accessible for people who use wheel chairs.
This part of the message is not directed at Mark. I wonder if we could try to have the subject lines reflecting the topic under discussion. It looks like several threads are being discussed under "job discrimination."
Thanks for making a law student's life a bit less chaotic. :)
Angie
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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] job discrimination
From: Mark BurningHawk <stone_troll at sbcglobal.net>
Date: 02/25/2009 7:47 AM
I have neer understood the relationship that seems to exist in the
minds of sighted people between blindness and needing preferential
seating. Mere blindness alone would not cause any such need, that I
can figure out, but another disability that affects walking, balance
or whatever might. Why must a blind person sit in a certain area of a
theater, or board a plane first, or not sit in an exit row? If the
argument is, "It will take you longer to find your seat because you
can't see," that's plainly absurd, as anyone who's observed someone
trying to find their car in a parking garage will attest to. So, why
am I bombarded with requests that I stick out like a sore thumb by not
only having someone lead me about by the hand, but also having that
someone make sure I'm all safe in my special little seat? What gives?
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