[blindlaw] OT Seating

Wed Feb 25 18:07:56 UTC 2009

Yes it takes tremendous time and effort to get a reasonable seat at a somewhat reasonable price. It is in fact, exhausting. Sadly many people take advantage of disabled seating, parking and other perceived "perks" making those who might help the visually impaired with reasonable seating skeptical and often unwilling to help. It takes a monumental effort to get to the right person and have them listen. 

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From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of tim and vickie shaw
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 12:05 PM
To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] OT Seating

oh i have some vision to, and i do prefer a close seat so i can see, but they dont take that into account when they designate accessible seating. As far as they are concerned accessible seating is spaces for wheel chairs or seats near the back of the theater. I tried to go to a baseball game awhile back and we had already bought tickets and I asked the box office if they had any accessible seating that I could change my tickets to and they said they did but id have to pay a hire ticket cost because tehy only had the accessible seatign in a certain section that was a hight cost section.

> From: angie.matney at gmail.com
> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:46:44 -0500
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] OT Seating
> 
> 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
> 
> Sent from my Nokia N82.
> 
> -original message-
> 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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