Comments on: Death to the Workers http://the-rebuttal.com/?p=678&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=death-to-the-workers "Accountability breeds response-ability." - Stephen R. Covey Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:52:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Bunker http://the-rebuttal.com/?p=678&cpage=1#comment-692 Bunker Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:06:00 +0000 http://the-rebuttal.com/?p=678#comment-692 I added your blog to bookmarks. And i'll read your articles more often! I added your blog to bookmarks. And i’ll read your articles more often!

]]> By: Karen http://the-rebuttal.com/?p=678&cpage=1#comment-690 Karen Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:28:03 +0000 http://the-rebuttal.com/?p=678#comment-690 Hi Gary, I was hoping you would be talking about this request from the major cinema chains for an exemption from the DDA on here and I see you are. ;) The request for an exemption is going to be considered by the human Rights Commissioner and he will decide if giving the cinemas a two and a half year exemption from the DDA is going to help deaf, HI, blind and vision impaired people get more access to cinema. All the details of this can be found at the link below. They want to hear from any deaf or HI person interested in cinema captioning : http://humanrights.gov.au/disability_rights/exemptions/cinema/subs.htm I hope everyone interested in access to captioned cinema will make a submission. The deadline is Monday 7th December. I just looked and, after Arts Access got involved, there are now 33 submissions - 32 against and, strangely, one from it from an anti Discrimination Office in Tasmania! The most surprising thing is how many of the submissions are coming from mainstream Australia. That is fantastic. While the cinemas don't care much about us as they can't make a profit from us or blind/vision impaired people, this now stands to be a big public relations disaster for them. It'll be interesting to see what happens next. ;) Hi Gary,
I was hoping you would be talking about this request from the major cinema chains for an exemption from the DDA on here and I see you are. ;)
The request for an exemption is going to be considered by the human Rights Commissioner and he will decide if giving the cinemas a two and a half year exemption from the DDA is going to help deaf, HI, blind and vision impaired people get more access to cinema. All the details of this can be found at the link below. They want to hear from any deaf or HI person interested in cinema captioning :

http://humanrights.gov.au/disability_rights/exemptions/cinema/subs.htm

I hope everyone interested in access to captioned cinema will make a submission. The deadline is Monday 7th December. I just looked and, after Arts Access got involved, there are now 33 submissions – 32 against and, strangely, one from it from an anti Discrimination Office in Tasmania!

The most surprising thing is how many of the submissions are coming from mainstream Australia. That is fantastic. While the cinemas don’t care much about us as they can’t make a profit from us or blind/vision impaired people, this now stands to be a big public relations disaster for them. It’ll be interesting to see what happens next. ;)

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