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by Jessica Guynn and Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY Executives at Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune discriminated against people of color, then fired them for raising concerns about a toxic work environment, two former employees claim in civil rights complaints obtained by USA TODAY. The two former Sony Pictures Entertainment workers said they were …
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by Terri Gerstein Slate.com Last year, former U.S. Circuit Court Judge David Tatel, who is blind, was denied a Lyft ride to court when a driver refused to accept his guide dog. It should not be necessary to state this, but: People who are blind deserve full access to trains, airplanes, and other transportation …
by ABC World News (LVIV, Ukraine) — Col. Oleh Avtomeenko was wounded while performing a combat mission in Donetsk region, in the first days of the Russian full-scale invasion in late Feb. 2022, and lost his eyesight. And now, after 20 years in the Ukrainian Army, he has to say goodbye to it and …
by Kevin Burton If you’re looking for something to drink, or somewhere to work, choose Coke, not Pepsi. According to multiple published reports, PepsiCo hired a blind man for a call center, then fired him rather than get him a screen reader – even after a state vocational rehabilitation counselor offered to buy …
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by Sophie Huskisson The Daily Mirror Twenty percent of businesses say they would not be willing to adapt their workplaces to employ a blind or partially sighted person, research has found. One in five companies said adjustments to make their firm more accessible would be too costly, with nearly half not knowing how …
by Carol Warner Hrmorning.com When do employers’ ADA obligations kick in? Do compliance requirements start as soon as employees get to work? Or do they begin during the commute — before workers even arrive at the job site? A newly filed lawsuit puts the question to the test. According to the Equal Opportunity …
by Stephen Kuusisto (Nationally-known poet and disability advocate Stephen Kuusisto writes the “Planet of the Blind” blog on WordPress. The following is from his posts of Nov. 28 and Dec. 2.) When Helen Keller attended Radcliffe she observed that the experience was a “largely lonely triumph” and described how she was ignored by …
by Kevin Burton Giant pizza-delivery chain Papa John’s will cough up a big chunk of dough, for employment discrimination against a blind man, according to multiple published reports. Louisville-based Papa John’s is the fourth-largest pizza delivery chain in the US, according to USA Today. On its website, Papa John’s lists “the values that …
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by Julia Metraux Mother Jones After becoming blind in his late 20s, designer and artist Marco Salsiccia had to learn to navigate the world through assistive technology—like a screen reader, software that speaks digital text and image descriptions aloud. Leveraging that experience, Salsiccia began work as an accessibility specialist, eventually working part-time at a well-known …
by Jessica Stemple (The following is a blog from the Valenci Rose law firm from Los Angeles.) Consumers in America and around the world have embraced online shopping for everything from food and fashion to vehicles, medicine, travel, and countless other purchases. But many retail websites are inaccessible for consumers who are blind …
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