Activity 9

Activity 9a: Armed with the knowledge that ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) requires businesses and employers to make accommodations for people with disabilities, visit a movie theatre box office and ask for a TDD (Telecommunication Devise for the Deaf). Describe the reactions you will get about your request. If one of the theaters has the unit, describe it and explain how it can be used.

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Activity 9b: Armed with the knowledge that ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) requires businesses and employers to make accommodations for people with disabilities, visit two fast food restaurants and one full-service restaurant and ask the workers in these restaurants for their Braille menus. Describe the workers’ reactions to your request. Examine and describe these menus? What is so different or unique among these menus?

Please support your activity with related web sites and Youtube videos. Please describe the content of these web sites and Youtube videos.

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Activity 9
Activity 9a
According to the Americans with Disability Act (ADA), persons with disability should not be discriminated against by employers, labor unions and employment agencies. It also prohibits against discrimination in public accommodations. This implies that the persons with disability should also have equal access to public facilities that a business offers. To find out if ADA’s regulations were being enforced in the society,

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