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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor="#F6F7F7" lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I received this from a blogger friend of mine, and he is right, it is shameful that we still have to deal with being treated in this manner.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Page 7 <comment-reply@wordpress.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, January 8, 2023 10:14 AM<br><b>To:</b> kaye.j.zimpher@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> [New post] More Discrimination Against The Blind<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#F6F7F7;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-right:30.0pt;box-sizing: border-box'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:30.0pt 42.0pt 30.0pt 42.0pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width="30%" style='width:30.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.5in;line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><img width=256 height=256 style='width:2.6666in;height:2.6666in' id="_x0000_i1036" src="https://burtonmediaorg.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/cropped-mountaindawn.jpg?w=256" alt="Site logo image"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:.5in;text-align:right;line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'>burtonmedia7 posted: " by Kevin Burton Today, two stories about blind people standing up for their rights, one of a pending lawsuit, one of a successful suit in Ohio. I’m happy to see blind people demanding their rights, but sad that we should h" <span class=header-title><a href="http://burtonmedia.org"><b><span style='color:#101517;text-decoration:none'>Page 7</span></b></a> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;-webkit-font-smoothing: default;-moz-osx-font-smoothing: auto'><span style='font-size:30.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#2D3338;letter-spacing:-.1pt'><a href="https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_email_click&redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fburtonmedia.org%2F2023%2F01%2F08%2Fmore-discrimination-against-the-blind%2F&sr=0&signature=829ab4f478e431cfeef0799bf8f512fd&blog_id=164686138&user=173337934&_e=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&_z=z"><span style='color:#101517;text-decoration:none'>More Discrimination Against The Blind</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></h1><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=64 style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:24.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><img border=0 width=48 height=48 style='width:.5in;height:.5in' id="_x0000_i1035" src="http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b54432f8438cd5e3048166724602bc15?s=96&d=identicon&r=G"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=name style='margin:0in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517;letter-spacing:-.1pt'>burtonmedia7<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=meta style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#646970'>Jan 8 <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><div style='margin-bottom:.25in'><div style='margin-bottom:.25in'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517'>by Kevin Burton<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517'> Today, two stories about blind people standing up for their rights, one of a pending lawsuit, one of a successful suit in Ohio.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517'> I’m happy to see blind people demanding their rights, but sad that we should have to go to such lengths to get the right to lead basic, normal lives.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517'> I’m also sad that for every blind person who fight back, probably scores of others give up under financial and other pressures.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517'> In the first story Scandinavian Airlines refused to allow a blind couple traveling with their one-year-old baby to fly, unless they had a sighted person traveling with them. This was reported by Stephanie Stacey of yahoo News.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517'> “A blind couple and their baby had to wait an entire week to travel home from their holiday in Greece after they were blocked from boarding two separate flights,” Stacey wrote.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517'> “Eythor Kamban Thrastarson and Emilia Pykarinou, who were traveling with their one-year-old daughter, expected to fly from Athens, Greece to Iceland with Scandinavian Airlines on Dec. 2. When they reached their gate, staff refused to let them board unless they paid for an escort, broadcaster <a href="https://www.ruv.is/frettir/innlent/2022-12-10-fengu-ekki-ad-fljuga-og-aetla-ad-leita-rettar-sins"><em><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#0675C4'>RÚV</span></em></a> and the <a href="https://www.icelandreview.com/society/couple-who-are-blind-twice-denied-entry-onto-flight-told-to-pay-for-escort/"><em><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#0675C4'>Iceland Review</span></em></a> reported.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517'> “This would have involved buying another seat on the plane, so they refused.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517'> “Two days later, the couple were again prevented from boarding another flight for the same reason, per RÚV.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517'> “The family finally returned home on Dec. 9 a week behind schedule, on their third attempt. They said they were only allowed to board because another passenger from Iceland agreed to act as their escort,” Stacey wrote.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517'> “In an interview with <em><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'>RÚV</span></em>, Thrastarson pointed out that Scandinavian Airlines allows children as young as five to travel un-escorted on its flights and suggested his family should not be treated any differently.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517'> “He believes that the presence of his one-year-old daughter might have concerned the airline. Thrastarson insisted, however, that he and his partner would not have booked the flight if they didn't feel comfortable caring for their child onboard, per Iceland Review.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517'> “The couple said that they intend to take legal action against Scandinavian Airlines. They were supported by the Icelandic Association of the Visually Impaired and the Icelandic Consul in Greece.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517'> “Eythor told RÚV: ‘This is by no means over.’”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517'> Scandinavian Airlines did not respond to a request for comment. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517'> The second story is about employment discrimination at the Red Roof Inn, where a blind worker was told that applying for a promotion would be “a waste of his time.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517'> This story was widely reported. My information comes from the <em><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'>Kansas City Star.</span></em> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517'> “The Red Roof Inn will pay more than $43,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit after telling a blind employee in Ohio not to apply for a promotion, according to federal authorities.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517'> ‘The employee wanted to attend an information session about a promotional opportunity at the Red Roof Inn contact center in Springfield, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a Dec. 27, news release. He emailed requesting an accommodation to attend the session remotely and ‘expressing his interest in possibly applying’ for the position, prosecutors said in the complaint.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517'> The hotel responded saying it wanted ‘to get the bugs worked out’ and could not offer the session remotely, the lawsuit said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517'> “The hotel also said ‘it would be a waste of his time to apply for the position because his visual impairment could not be accommodated,’ the EEOC said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517'> “The Red Roof Inn told McClatchy News it “respects the rights of any individual with a disability” and “rejected the claims brought by the EEOC.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517'> “Based on the hotel’s response, the employee, who was fully qualified for the position, did not attend the information session or submit a formal application, despite his interest, prosecutors said in the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Western Division at Dayton.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517'> “The incident happened in May 2018, and the employee filed a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission the following month, the lawsuit said. Prosecutors said the hotel violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and denied the employee the promotion when it failed to accommodate his efforts to learn about and compete for the promotion.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517'> The hotel said it “settled this case to avoid the cost of further litigation. … We are pleased to have this matter resolved.” The company will pay the now former employee $43,188 in relief, federal officials said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517'> In addition to providing the now former employee $43,188 in monetary relief, Red Roof must provide comprehensive ADA training to its vice president of Distribution Services, vice president of Human Resources, 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