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2017-10-10 -Land of the Free

Movie theaters must provide interpreters for deaf-blind customers, court rules

[DALLASNEWS] Federal disability law requires Plano-based Cinemark and other movie theaters to provide specialized interpreters to patrons who are deaf and blind, an appeals court said Friday.
Beyond stoopid, well into ludicrous.
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.

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.

Posted by Fred 2017-10-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 Deaf and blind? How would he know if they simply took him to a closet and "read" to him from a book? How is that any different?

Posted by Injun Bucket8891 2017-10-10 00:26|| 2017-10-10 00:26|| Front Page Top

#2 How does the man know that the "interpreter" is telling the truth and how does he know they are truly in a movie theater? Why doesn't he provide his own interpreter?

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2017-10-10 01:00|| 2017-10-10 01:00|| Front Page Top

#3 And by extension, Best Buy must supply deaf/blind specialists for the households that buy their televisions.

Posted by Fairbanks 2017-10-10 01:47|| 2017-10-10 01:47|| Front Page Top

#4 It would be impossible for a deaf-blind person to experience the movie .......

hmmmm lets just cut it off there.

Posted by Bov Flimbers 2017-10-10 02:47|| 2017-10-10 02:47|| Front Page Top

#5 Leftists seem to have zero new ideas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjm_zmBoxjw

Posted by no mo uro 2017-10-10 05:00|| 2017-10-10 05:00|| Front Page Top

#6 The original law, before it was corrupted by the aristocracy, said 'reasonable accommodation'. The aristocracy long ago did away with that.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-10-10 06:52|| 2017-10-10 06:52|| Front Page Top

#7 a method of tactile interpretation that involves placing his hands over the hands of an interpreter

So PeeWee Herman was practicing ASL?

Posted by Skidmark 2017-10-10 10:22|| 2017-10-10 10:22|| Front Page Top

#8 "I self identify as blind and deaf, and I would like a ticket to a movie with a happy ending please."

Posted by swksvolFF 2017-10-10 18:41|| 2017-10-10 18:41|| Front Page Top

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