From deaf digest.com:
– immigrant taxi drivers afraid to communicate with the deaf?
Many taxi drivers are immigrants. For some of us, we have had
bad experiences trying to communicate with some immigrant
taxi drivers. Even when we carefully use gestures, many
immigrants do not understand such gestures! And sometimes
they struggle to understand our handwritten notes. Some taxis
have iPads in front of back seats, which is great for us.
But some taxis don’t. In Vancouver, BC, there was an agreement
between the Vancouver Taxi Association, the B.C. Coalition of
People with Disabilities and the City of Vancouver to require
taxis to be deaf-friendly and disability-friendly. Are we seeing
that in American cities?
