Posted on 03/11/2017 11:33:23 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
Berkeley previously housed an online library consisting of more than 20,000 videos of lectures. These videos were free and accessible to the public. But they are free no longer: next week, administrators will withdraw access to anyone who isn't a Berkeley student or professor.
Two employees of Gallaudet Universitya school for the deaf in Washington, D.C.filed a complaint with DOJ alleging that Berkeley's online content was inaccessible to the hearing-disabled community. After looking into the matter, DOJ determined that Berkeley had indeed violated the Americans with Disabilities Act
Berkeley had two choices: spend a fortune adding closed captioning to the videos, or remove them from public view. Cost-conscious administrators chose the latter option.
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IIRC, it was a "her" that got replaced with a "him".
One thing I remember about that — the new head was trying to address the students, and they went and pulled the fire alarms in the building. When she complained about the noise, they all signed, "What noise?"
I am in the same boat with you, WildHighlander 57. I don’t find family gatherings enjoyable anymore because just about everyone is talking over my head.
But please don’t limit yourself to hearing friends and family. Learn American Sign Language (ASL) and once you learn it, you will enjoy conversation with some very smart Deaf people! Some hearing people have learned ASL and it has been great conversing with them, too! Some community colleges offer beginning ASL. Please go and open up a whole new world for yourself!
I tried to remember my past names but failed. I am sorry that I can’t tell you.
Try this for a day:
Turn down the volume on your car radio, stereo, PC, & tv.
Put earplugs in your ears.
Now see how well you do.
I am surprised there isn’t an app that does this well enough on the fly by now.
I'm going out on a limb, and guessing the ADA is one of those many laws that Congress - who themselves are the employers of large staffs of sycophants** - have exempted themselves from, just like they exempted themselves from other labor-related laws, ObamaCare, etc. Am I right? Anyone know?
**(Not just office staffs, but those who run all the plush perk facilities they indulge in).
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