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Reply To: | * EASI: Equal Access to Software & Information |
Date: | Thu, 11 Jan 2001 15:30:19 -0500 |
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Rudy Caris wrote:
> "3. Reasonable modifications refers to the hundreds
> of thousands of disabled persons world wide, who are
> just barely trying to survive day-by-day to meet
> their “basic needs, and the necessaries to sustain their
> lives.” Golfing is the furthest thing from their
> minds. Whom-so-ever, is kidding who?"
Nobody is kidding anyone. This is a real case. Casey Martin is a
professional golfer, that is what he does. The golf course is his
workplace, and "reasonable accommodation" - a golf cart - is not
unreasonable on the face of it. If they feel its an advantage, make
carts available to the whole field! I am sure it would cut down on the
interminable shots of some pro slowing walking up the 18th to make his
final putt.
I think its a mistake to consider the law only applies to the worst off
of the disabled. It should be simply a cost of doing business, without
having to wring pity from the hearts of onlookers, to be accommodated.
The day the White House needs a wheelchair ramp or a TTY to accommodate
the President, we will know we have won.
Rick Sinclair
SNA
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