🚀 go-pugleaf

On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 23:17:14 -0500, "Beachhouse"
<sendnomail@please.com> wrote:

>Good luck in court.  You don't have a "slam dunk" case.
>
>from Title III...
>"(a) General. A public accommodation shall take those steps that may be
>necessary to ensure that no individual with a disability is excluded, denied
>services, segregated or otherwise treated differently than other individuals
>because of the absence of auxiliary aids and services, unless the public
>accommodation can demonstrate that taking those steps would fundamentally
>alter the nature of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages,
>or accommodations being offered or would result in an undue burden, i.e.,
>significant difficulty or expense."
>
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>A physician's office could argue that hiring and paying for your interpreter
>is an undue burden -- and likely could make a case that alternative and
>effective means of communication are possible.  I'm sympathetic to your
>disability -- but your obvious goal of wanting to punish somebody with a
>lawyer makes me want to puke.   You just want somebody else to pay for your
>trouble.

And you want me to pay for their trouble? You're a big asshole.

>"Michael Campbell" <mjcampbell@erols.com.remove> wrote in message
>news:3ca2776a.3668044@news.rcn.com...
>> On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 19:04:00 -0600, "fpharryc" <fpharryc@telocity.com>
>> wrote:
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>> >Right, go ahead, sue, sue him, sue everybody. Sue for your right, sue for
>> >more cash, sue for higher satisfaction, sue for your future.
>>
>> I'm not suing for big money. Its just that I'm not going to spend alot
>> of money bringing my interpreter to every doctor I visit. I have
>> medical bills to pay also.  Doctors can receive tax credit for
>> providing disability access aids and services so why don't they take
>> advantage of this if they do really care for their patients?
>>
>> http://www.nad.org/infocenter/infotogo/legal/doctors.html
>>
>> http://www.nad.org/infocenter/infotogo/legal/ada3qa.html
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>> >Mind you, doctors have enough crap already, just like you do. This
>country
>> >need help.
>>
>> Is just because they refuse to abide by the ADA law? Yes, and you are
>> right, this country needs help... we need stricter ADA law so that
>> these doctors WILL be enforced to abide by it. Too many deaf people
>> are suffering from lack of reasonable accommodations, and I'm sure
>> many of them are not willing to see their doctors often because of
>> this. This happens to me too. I've tried paper writing but I feel this
>> is not effective enough for me. It is time consuming and cumbersome to
>> write notes. And some doctors are not patient with writing note. So,
>> less note, poor medical care.
>>
>> With interpreter, I can communicate freely and effectively. I feel I
>> get better medical care this way.
>>
>> >"Michael Campbell" <mjcampbell@erols.com.remove> wrote in message
>> >news:3ca132f8.623105@news.rcn.com...
>> >>
>> >> It seems many doctors in the Northern Virginia area, especially in the
>> >> whole USA, are violating ADA laws by refusing requests for sign
>> >> language interpreter. All they think of is money, not patients and
>> >> their needs. I ran into four of of them already, and I'm looking for
>> >> an attorney. Do you know of a good lawyer that specializes in ADA in
>> >> the Northern Virginia area?
>> >>
>> >
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