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Inability to Type Not a Disability

Posted by michael on from the never-stopped-CmdrTaco-before dept.

gizmo_mathboy writes: "The 9th Circuit Court has ruled that not being able to type does not give one protection/privilege under the Americans with Disabilities Act(ADA). This article on Yahoo! has information concerning the case."

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  1. Re:She's an Ingrate! by sharkey · · Score: 3, Funny

    ATTENTION! Legal note: The above post may not be read in the State of Kansas.

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  2. This must be sad news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    for Taco. He was hoping claim a combination grammatical/typo handicap.

  3. Why is this forum so one sided? by Dutchmaan · · Score: 4, Funny

    Where are the people who are against this decision...?

    oh wait.

  4. I'm disappointed. by sadcox · · Score: 3, Funny

    I was hoping to use this ruling to force the NBA to let me play, even though I can't run, jump, dribble, or shoot.

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  5. Programming Languages fall into two categories by ReelOddeeo · · Score: 5, Funny
    Programming Languages fall into two categories:
    1. Languages designed by people who can type (i.e. Pascal, Modula2, Basic, Fortran)
    2. Languages designed by those who can't (C, Perl)
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