Thereare also different levels of deafness and blindness.
Beth t the OT
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> From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of ken barber
> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 1:23 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: National Post Digital Disabled man's right to
> travel alone challenged
>
> my wife worked and now substitutes at the alabama institute
> for the deaf an= d blind. There are some studends that are
> both. you might be supprised what= they can do. The name
> Hellen Keller ring a bell? =0A=0A--- On Tue, 4/7/09,= Tamar
> Raine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:=0A=0A> From: Tamar Raine
> <tamar= [log in to unmask]>=0A> Subject: Re: National Post
> Digital Disabled man's ri= ght to travel alone
> challenged=0A> To: [log in to unmask]> Date=
> : Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 12:54 PM=0A> what nonsense. if he
> has done it=0A>= before! but i have to be honest, if i were
> deaf and blind, i=0A> don't kno= w that i would attempt to
> fly alone! =0A> =0A> =0A> Thanks,=0A> Tamar=0A> = =0A>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=0A> Tamar Mag Raine,
> Commissioner, = =0A> =0A> Oakland Mayor's Commission on
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> > ________________________________=0A> From: Meir Weiss
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> CA>=0A> To: [log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday,
> April 7, 2009
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> 3:29 AM=0A> Subject: National Post Digital=A0 Disabled man's
> right=0A> to t= ravel=A0 alone challenged=0A> =0A> REMIND
> ME!!!!!=0A> =0A> THIS IS 2009?=0A=
> > =0A> ON THE EVE OF PASSOVER??????????????=0A> =0A> =0A> =0A>
> > http://digit=
> al.nationalpost.com/epaper/viewer.aspx=0A> =0A> =0A> 7 Apr
> 2009=0A> The Gaz= ette=0A> CANWEST NEWS SERVICE=0A> =0A>
> Disabled man's right to travel=A0 al= one challenged=0A> Air
> Canada to argue in Federal Court=0A> =0A> =0A> OTTAW= A - In
> a case that balances passenger safety and the=0A> rights of
> the=0A> = disabled, Air Canada is challenging a deaf and
> blind man's=0A> contention t= hat=0A> he should be allowed to
> fly without an attendant. =0A> =0A> The air= line will argue
> in Federal Court that not allowing=0A> Eddy Morten to fly=
> =0A> alone is justified discrimination. =0A> =0A> Morten of
> Burnaby, B.C., = counters that he has a system for=0A> safe
> air travel=0A> with his service = dog, he has been
> self-sufficient all his=0A> life, and that he=0A> has made=
> many past trips on planes, trains and buses. =0A> =0A> "I
> have never neede= d a babysitter," Morten, a father of
> two=0A> and a Paralympic=0A> bronze me= dallist in judo,
> wrote in an email. =0A> "Air Canada routinely allows peopl= e
> who are blind, people=0A> who cannot walk=0A> and people who
> may be very = disabled due to aging to travel=0A> unattended.
> Why=0A> not me?" =0A> =0A> = Air Canada is fighting Morten in
> court after losing a=0A> Canadian Human Ri= ghts=0A> Tribunal
> decision in January. =0A> =0A> The tribunal did not order=
> the airline to allow Morten to=0A> travel alone, but=0A> said
> he had the r= ight to be assessed for self-reliance=0A>
> rather than=0A> automatically ord= ered to bring an
> attendant. =0A> =0A> The tribunal, ruling that Air Canada =
> had not met its=0A> obligation to=0A> accommodate Morten to
> the point of "u= ndue hardship,"=0A> ordered the airline
> to=0A> pay Morten $10,000 in damage= s. Air Canada is not
> contesting=0A> the award. =0A> =0A> ------------------=
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