Posted on 08/02/2012 11:32:05 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
The local Girl Scouts council paid for a sign-language interpreter to attend Megan's Girl Scout meetings, a camping trip and other outings.
But a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday on the 12-year-old's behalf alleged that the Girl Scouts abruptly disbanded Megan's Schaumburg troop early this year in retaliation for her mother's efforts to keep the 100-year-old organization paying for the interpreter.
....Megan, who has been deaf since birth, joined the Girl Scouts in kindergarten, her mother said. At the time, her mother requested that an interpreter be present at Scouting activities, and the Girl Scouts agreed to that, she said.
But in the fall of 2011, the Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana told Runnion that the "council does not pay for these services," the lawsuit alleged. Runnion made another request in October for her daughter to have an interpreter for a rock climbing event the next month.
But the local council complied only after Equip for Equality, a Chicago-based advocacy group for people with physical or mental disabilities, and the National Association for the Deaf sent a letter requesting an interpreter for the event, according to the lawsuit.
....Runnion said she later learned from the Girl Scouts that the group would pay only a maximum of $50 a month for support services for girls with special needs. Megan's family would have to pick up the added expense.
"People aren't supposed to pay for their accommodations," said Barry Taylor, legal director for Equip for Equality and one of the lawyers representing the Runnion family.
....But Runnion said her family of six relies on her husband's income as an inventory purchaser and can't afford the expense of an interpreter for her daughter....
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If the child needs to be accompanied, why doesn’t her own mother do it? Who would be better suited for the job?
Demanding that other people bear one’s burdens doesn’t get one very far in life.
Demanding that others shoulder your burdens is what the Democrat party is all about.
I know reasonable accommodation applies to the workplace, not sure about this case, but that doesn't mean that a company has to spend unreasonable amounts of money to accommodate you. If your accommodation costs more than you're worth, it ain't gonna fly.
What’s sign language for “go F yourself?”
Some people just kill me.
If progressives like pro-infanticide ethicist Peter Singer had their their way, this young deaf girl would not be alive.
But since she is, the Left will use her to make things “fair.”
If the child needs to be accompanied, why doesn’t her own mother do it?
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My thought to...
There is only a need for an interpreter, the mother can do it...
Another foot soldier in “The Free Sh*t Army” demands others pay for what she wants.
We all know that sign, and it’s appropriate toward the mother filing this frivolous lawsuit.
Probably because they have 6 kids.. and she can’t be at every event for one of them.
Don’t agree with this womans lawsuit, but with 6 kids, no way she’s going to be able to attend every event one of her children is doing.
Probably because they have 6 kids.. and she can’t be at every event for one of them.
Don’t agree with this womans lawsuit, but with 6 kids, no way she’s going to be able to attend every event one of her children is doing.
I'd guess flying the bird is universally understood.
It's a family of 6 -- so most likely 4 children. If the family can't attend every event, then the girl misses some. Perhaps they should save and pay to have an interpreter attend those outings they don't want her to miss, ones someone in the family can't attend. No one made her enroll her daughter in scouts.
The “Deaf””Community” is by in large VERY Liberal and VERY “entitled”.
The GS are a voluntary organization. You voluntarily join them, they didn’t come after you. So if it’s voluntary that you joined, then .....
A quick web search on Gallaudet University will provide plenty of confirmation on that for those that don't believe you.
I still don't understand why the GSA ever started providing a deaf interpreter for the girl. I don't think they meet the "public accomodation" requirement/definition. The GSA seems to have dug its own ditch in this matter.
I think there is precedent (now) for that (THANKS DUMBASS
I mean Roberts!)
We live about 5 miles from the “Iowa School for the Deaf” WHAT an “Entitled” bunch THEY are. 24 Karat EVERYTHING! Nothing but the BEST for the “Crippled” “Mafia”!
We happen to have a good number of deaf people in our poker league. One of them is married to an interpreter. I’m going to show her this article to see what she thinks of the entitlement mentality this lady has in regards to her daughter.
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