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US Laws on Deaf Culture

Loren Upchurch

Examples

Examples

of Situations with Equal Access

Captioned Televison

TV & Movies

The Deaf community enjoys watching TV and movies, and these require captions. It took a law being passed before the TV production companies added captions to their shows and movies.

Teletypewriter

Electronic Communication

When the telephone was invented, texting communication was not yet in existance. The Teletypewriter for the Deaf was a device that became the first texting phone. For Deaf individuals, texting is an essential way to communicate. The TTY opened the opportunity for Deaf people to communicate with others at a distance for the very first time.

Interpretation

Interpreters

-When a Deaf person needs to speak with a professional in the community who doesn't sign, interpreters are used to communicate. Interpreters are not cheap and need to be paid.

- Some people in the hearing community think its unfair to demand that the Deaf person pay for their own interpreter everywhere there is no sign language available.

- This is why the ADA Law had to include provisions for Deaf people.

ADA Law

ADA Stands for "Americans with Disabilities Act"

Even though Deaf people do not view themselves as disabled, they still need accommodations.

The Deaf Community needs rights to EQUAL ACCESS!

Title I

EMPLOYMENT

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Private and State/Local

ADA Title I prohibits employers, employment agencies, labor unions, and joint labor-management committees from discriminating against people in the Deaf community.

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Filling a Complaint

Under ADA Law, complaints must be filed with the U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). People may file a lawsuit in court after they receive a “right-to-sue” letter from the EEOC.

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State and Local GOVERNMENTS

Title II

This requires state and local governments to make their programs, services, and activities accessible to people with deafness or hearing defeciencies.

Places of Public Accommodation

(Private Businesses)

Title III

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WHAT DOES

IT REQUIRE?

- This requires businesses that are open to the public to ensure that people in the Deaf community have equal access to all that they offer.

- It covers both profit and non-profit organizations.

- ADA Title III applies to all businesses, regardless of size.

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Who Does it Include?

It covers a wide range of private businesses, including retail stores,hotels, theaters, restaurants, doctors’ and lawyers’ offices, optometrists, dentists, banks, insurance agencies, museums, parks, libraries, day care centers, recreational programs, social service agencies, and private schools.

Title IV

Telecommunications

Relay Services

What Does This Mean?

This mandates a nationwide system of telecommunications relay services to make the telephone network is accessible to people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or who have speech impairments.

Miscellaneous Provisions

Title V

States cannot claim immunity from ADA-related legal action. People with who are Deaf may sue any state agency for violations of the ADA, but may not recover money.

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Protects the Deaf or Hard of Hearing from being punished for asserting their rights under the ADA.

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Courts may award attorney’s fees to the winning party in an ADA lawsuit.

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Congress is covered by the ADA.

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Other federal and state laws can be stronger and provide greater protections and rights than the ADA.

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