Yes, same here.
Maria
-----Original Message-----
From: Lennard Davis [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 10:48 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: deafness as a cause of traffic accident?
I, for one, would like to hear the story.
At 05:08 PM 9/13/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>I can speak from personal experience about being told that I have no worth
>as a woman and Episcopal priest with a disability. This has only been
>compounded by the "state" saying I have no human or civil rights when it
>comes to experiencing discrimination in and by the church.
>
>I am more than willing to share the broad outlines of this story if it is
>appropriate to do here. I would make it brief.
>
>(The Rev.) Nancy Lane, Ph.D.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Lennard Davis <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Monday, September 13, 1999 11:54 AM
>Subject: RE: deafness as a cause of traffic accident?
>
>
>>Dear NAGASE Osamu:
>>
>>Thank you for your understanding comments.
>>
>>I wonder how many cases like this there are world-wide? I think this may
>>be an overlooked area in legal cases. Does anyone else know of cases in
>>which people with disabilities are seen as having "less worth" than others?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> At 04:20 PM 9/13/1999 +0900, you wrote:
>>>I would like to thank all those who responded, including
>>>Lennard Davis, who shared with us a very, very painful
>>>experience.
>>>
>>>>Of course, the money was not the issue, but this shows how much
>>>>socio-economic status is linked to disability issues.
>>>
>>>
>>>Yes, that is the case.
>>>Now I have learnt about another case in which a deaf person
>>>was killed in a traffic accident and the driver
>>>was senteced to one year with three years' suspension.
>>>In the following suit over the damage, the driver
>>>is claiming that the average years of work for
>>>a disabled person in the company the victim
>>>was working for was 15 years, so the damage
>>>should be calculated on this, not on 40 years
>>>for the non-disabled workers.
>>>
>>>NAGASE Osamu
>>>[log in to unmask]
>>>tel/fax +81-(0)45-503-1219
>>>http://itass01.shinshu-u.ac.jp/tateiwa/1.htm
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>Best,
>>
>>Lennard J. Davis
>>Professor and Graduate Director
>>Department of English
>>Binghamton University
>>Binghamton, NY 13902
>>607-777-2770 Fax: 607-777-2408
>>
>>
>>
>
>
Best,
Lennard J. Davis
Professor and Graduate Director
Department of English
Binghamton University
Binghamton, NY 13902
607-777-2770 Fax: 607-777-2408
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