BRIGHTON, COLORADO– [Excerpt provided by Inclusion Daily Express] When Adams County sheriff's deputies knocked down the motel-room door of a deaf couple, slammed the man to the ground and locked him in jail for 25 days without providing a sign-language interpreter, they violated the Americans With Disabilities Act, a federal lawsuit says.
Lawyers for Timothy Siaki claim the man was not provided an interpreter until he went to court on domestic assault charges last year. Siaki eventually was cleared of the charges, said Kevin Williams, an attorney who filed the suit on behalf of Siaki and his fiancee, Kimberlee Moore.
"There were 25 days of his life that he had access to nothing — no information on why he was being held, no information about his case or what was going to happen to him," Williams said.
The Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition advocacy group is also a plaintiff in the suit.
Entire article:
Deaf couple sue Adams County sheriff over lack of accommodations
http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_19414901
Related:
It Seems Like Cops Should Be Aware of the Existence of Deaf People (Reason)
http://reason.com/blog/2011/11/28/it-seems-like-cops-should-be-aware-of-th
SBI probing use of stun gun on Halifax County man who died (WRAL)
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/10418205/
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Those of us who are lucky enough to know Susan ukicqly forget the fact that she can’t hear us. She is so adept at lip reading that we’ll continue to carry on a conversation with her even after she’s turned away and can’t see us. I think it’s ironic that I, as a hearing person, know more sign language than she does. Also, the lip reading thing comes in handy when you’re in a group of people and want to have a semi-private conversation with her (or when you don’t want her to know what you’re saying and you cover up your mouth when you speak don’t do this if you meet her, though, it REALLY annoys her!).I do have to disagree with one thing in the article. I’m fortunate enough to be very close with Susan, and she is NOT your normal 27 year-old. I don’t know many 27 year-olds that that can claim more than one or two of the things she’s listed for normal activities, much less all of them. At the very minimum, I’d rate her as extraordinary!And, yes, her Mom is awesome, too! Trust me on that.
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