Comments on: Accommodations and Small Businesses

By: HPO

HPO — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:57:35 +0000

You are correct that because of the tax credit being dollar-for-dollar, the cost would be zero for the business owner, but ONLY UP TO THE MAXIMUM CREDIT. This means, if as pointed out above, it is a minimum of $400 for each class, the family could only take 12 classes and then it would start costing the business owner $400 per week for this family (who has no doubt paid about that much for the ENTIRE YEAR OF MUSIC CLASSES) to take classes for another 40 weeks, i.e. $16,000.00. That is probably one-fifth to one-quarter of this business’ profits for the year. And let’s hope that more than one class per week doesn’t need an interpreter at that price–pretty soon the business owner will actually be paying more out of pocket than he brings in, period.

I couldn’t agree more that accommodations need to be made, but I wholly agree with Noelle that it should be at the taxpayers’ expense, not the individual small business owners’. Society as a whole benefits from a case such as this–this child will be enriched and this will be one more step toward him/her becoming a productive member of society, particularly if he/she gets to enjoy the class with Mom. However, this business owner should not be made to bear such a cost–who on earth would go into business if it ended up costing him money at the end of each year???

By: Lantana

Lantana — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:20:55 +0000

Well if some deafies continue to go to the ER and stomp their foot screaming for an interpreter when they are only there for a sore throat or a hangnail, then a college student interpreter would be just fine. They could call the experience “lab work”. They would get very good first hand info on some these deaf people who do not have a clue!

Lantana

By: mcconne

mcconne — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:03:48 +0000

Then again, would you stake your college career (and your good grades) on these volunteer “interpreters”? Think about it. This is your working career you’re talking about after you graduate.

By: Paotie

Paotie — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:22:45 +0000

Kate -

That’s a great point: using interpreter students. I know a few Deaf and HOH organizations who have used university-level sign language students as interpreters. Why not?

Great suggestion!

:o)

Paotie

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:42:11 +0000

Do you have any idea how many people would do this for you free? Even thank you for the opportunity!? Go find some eager sign students, put up with them, and most likely they will do a good job of it because a dance class isn’t that complicated. I would jump at the chance.

By: Lantana

Lantana — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:16:56 +0000

Ahhhhh, and so on it goes. Anything NEW??

Lantana, Lantana’s Latitude

By: Lantana

Lantana — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:14:00 +0000

Michele I am very happy to hear that. Thanks for this great information.

Lantana

By: Christopher Brown

Christopher Brown — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:10:30 +0000

Yes, that’s correct. Small world, eh?

By: Parenting Gone Wrong | Paotie’s Green Couch | Crumblings of Things

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:19:41 +0000

[…] Interestingly enough, many educators of the Deaf might take heed, too: too many deaf residential schools focus on isolating deaf children from the larger, hearing society because of mistaken claims that, “deaf children need protecting” from the hearing world. This does little to develop the esteem, and again focuses on the ego of deaf children (since they think they are so special as to have their own school, and “protection” from the evil, hearing society). Again, if you need proof of Deaf children grown up and incapable of understanding the wider world as it relates to them, then consider the case of a grown Deaf man. […]

By: Aquafina

Aquafina — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 05:05:41 +0000

Chris-

Are you there every morning at 9:30 in the classroom on the right side of the hall? If so, then I think I’ve met you and your wife already.