[blindlaw] Text of a pending complaint

[Sarah Clark]

Exactly the point I was going to make.  Though the ADA does mandate that 
accommodations be made, it doesn't say that a particular accommodation has 
to be made in a particular way.  It just says that there has to be a 
reasonable accommodation.  There is nothing saying that they have to let 
passengers know which trains are coming via a voice announcement system.  If 
they had employees all around who could tell passengers which trains were 
arriving, then that could be said to be a "reasonable accommodation."

Sarah


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ashley, Kathy J" <Kathy.Ashley at fssa.in.gov>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 9:23 AM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Text of a pending complaint


>I am not a lawyer nor do I play one on TV but I think a broken
> announcement system wouldn't be a violation of the ADA.  The
> accessibility is there, just not working at that time.  Maybe if it has
> been broken for say, 15 years, that would be a different ball game.
>
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> On Behalf Of Mark BurningHawk
> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 11:36 AM
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>
> On re-reading, I apologize for my use of the terms "disgusting," and
> "spineless."  They were too subjective, and I'm sorry.  Let me clarify
> the
> salient points of why I posted this here:  I want to know what the ADA
> *DOES* say about what measures such bodies as BART police or others have
> the
> right to take,, and in what situations,,. The BART cop in this instance
> stated, "Your ADA gives me the right to protect you," and I want to know
> if,
> as I suspect, she's just full of it.  Second:  Was the BART station not
> in
> compliance with the ADA because its voice announcement system was not
> working, making it much more difficult if not impossible for me to know
> which trains were arriving on what tracks.  This was the sole purpose of
> my
> post.  I apologize again for the inflammatory nature of my remarks; I
> have
> no wish to start a flame war or even an intellectual debate about
> anything;
> I was merely looking for knowledge.
>
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