Is This Mother Of A Deaf Child Going Beyond The Bounds Of Common Sense In Her Demands?

[dave50]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42776454
Is she just pushing an agenda? I think she is being unreasonable and trying to make a point.

[-Talbot-]

All rather puzzling.
She can't hear the music so wants someone to sign language the lyrics?

That would mean not only can she not hear the music ... her focus is on the person doing the sign language. She now is not even watching Little Mix.

Why not learn the lyrics yourself and get your daughter to tell you what song they are about to play ... you can then sing along in your head and watch the band.

[Old_Geezer]

Bully for the cinema.

[douglas9401]

Except that she couldn't sing along, not being able to hear the music so wouldn't know da tune.

She may well chant the words in a semblance of the song but that would interfere with the enjoyment of others. Not her problem I'm sure.

I say enjoyment, you know what I mean.

[hc4361]

It's not just the music, it's the interaction between the songs that form a big part of the overall experience.

[hc4361]

douglas, I bet she DOES know the tunes, the rhythms at least.

[emmie]

am i getting confused i thought that the children can hear but the mother is deaf, reading through it??

[ummmm]

Correct Emmie. The OP got it back to front.

[-Talbot-]

It's not just the music, it's the interaction between the songs that form a big part of the overall experience.


I'm sure that 'a big part of the overall experience' is actually watching the band.

[douglas9401]

This is only going to give me a bad start to a day off. I'll pass for now and look back later for the final score.

[jackthehat]

Yes.
Deaf people......know your place! If you can't be bothered to make any attempt to hear then don't expect anyone else to pander to you or try to make life just that little bit more enjoyable....

[murraymints]

Practicalities...not willingness is the issue...

[naomi24]

She was offered a free ticket so that she could bring an interpreter. Had she accepted it she would have had the interpreter she required.

[hc4361]

How would she and her friends be able to see the interpreter, naomi?

I really cannot understand why some people are having an issue with this. A big business is asked to comply with the law so that disabled people can fully enjoy the experience they are paying for. It doesn't affect the other people in the audience and could encourage more deaf people to go to the show.

Being unable to hear is hugely isolating and in this case the mother wanted to share the experience as fully as possible with her daughter and who can blame her for that?

If I go to the cinema to watch a foreign film the subtitles mean that I can fully enjoy the film - reading the subtitles doesn't distract me from the action on the screen. In the same way a sign language interpreter wouldn't distract a deaf person from the act on stage.

From the OP's link:
Under the Equality Act 2010, any organisation supplying a service to the public is under a duty to make reasonable adjustments to ensure that a disabled person's experience is as close as possible to that of someone without a disability.

Providing an interpreter is reasonable.

[dannyk13]

Which they did.

[murraymints]

at EVERY venue for EVERY live / stage performance throughout the UK ..including EVERY amateur/school production....? Not viable ...

[naomi24]

hc4361, //How would she and her friends be able to see the interpreter, naomi? //

She'd have seen him if she was sitting next to him. She would have had to watch him, rather than the band, wherever he was situated.

[jackthehat]

I am quite able to watch sub-/sur-titles on TV programmes, cinema films and at the Opera without missing any of the visual action.

I imagine that deaf people are able to do the same.

[hc4361]

murray, just as certain shops and other businesses are not required to provide a wheelchair ramp, similar exclusions would apply.

[hc4361]

naomi, there were three deaf people in the group and the seating area is dark.

[hc4361]

Yes, they are, jack.