[goldstategop]

Deafness is not an impediment to good driving. You have to compensate by looking ahead and behind you and judging the flow of traffic. When backing out of a parking space, I honk my horn since I can't hear the traffic behind me and I warn other drivers I'm about to leave. You can't judge someone solely by their disability. UPS has to evaluate deaf drivers on the same basis they would evaluate hearing drivers in deciding on fitness for the job. As a deaf person, I don't ask for special treatment; just to be treated like every one else.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[dmw]

"As a deaf person, I don't ask for special treatment; just to be treated like every one else."

Thanks for saying that. I too am deaf and that's all I ask for too. What you said in your post is very intelligent, unlike some of the ignorant comments made by fellow FReepers. It always amazes me how ignorant some people can be. Thanks for sharing and educating the "ignorant ones" among us.

[Andonius_99]

UPS has to evaluate deaf drivers on the same basis they would evaluate hearing drivers in deciding on fitness for the job.

I agree with you on this, but I'm kind of split. Don't you think that with the large trucks they drive, the driver's view is already limited? I'm not trying to say deaf people can't do it, I'm sure some can better than a lot of those who hear perfectly, but couldn't there be a compounding of two potential problems? And with the idiots on the road like there are these days, who knows what could happen?

[Captain Kirk]

As a deaf person, I don't ask for special treatment; just to be treated like every one else.

No, you're just calling for Uncle Sam to completely throw aside the rights of employers to hire and fire as a means to guarantee "fairness." Do their rights enter into your moral calculus? Apparently not. Of course, I am probably wasting my time. Few people care anymore about such "outmoded" concepts as freedom of contract and private property.