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Inability to Type Not a Disability

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. Catch 22 by SilLumTao · · Score: 3, Offtopic

    I would have responded to this article, but I can't type...

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  2. Re:well... by Psmylie · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    The same sort of idiot who will soon mark us both as "offtopic"

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  3. Re:well... by LNO · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    No complaints about the post itself, but what sort of asinine moderator marks the First Post as "Redundant?"

  4. asfewtv93 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    wekwew wee-303;l vsczcx asdaa.qsw pp#@@ #. CZOER

  5. Re:well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm still trying to figure this one out myself...

  6. My grandmother has a hard time typing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    due to her arthritis, but she was able to bang this one into the old computer last night:

    * g o a t s e x * g o a t s e x * g o a t s e x *
    g g
    o / \ \ / \ o
    a| | \ | | a
    t| `. | | : t
    s` | | \| | s
    e \ | / / \\\ --__ \\ : e
    x \ \/ _--~~ ~--__| \ | x
    * \ \_-~ ~-_\ | *
    g \_ \ _.--------.______\| | g
    o \ \______// _ ___ _ (_(__> \ | o
    a \ . C ___) ______ (_(____> | / a
    t /\ | C ____)/ \ (_____> |_/ t
    s / /\| C_____) | (___> / \ s
    e | ( _C_____)\______/ // _/ / \ e
    x | \ |__ \\_________// (__/ | x
    * | \ \____) `---- --' | *
    g | \_ ___\ /_ _/ | g
    o | / | | \ | o
    a | | / \ \ | a
    t | / / | | \ |t
    s | / / \__/\___/ | |s
    e | / / | | | |e
    x | | | | | |x
    * g o a t s e x * g o a t s e x * g o a t s e x *

  7. Re:well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    that's just life

    Yeah, like those early industrial age workers who got injured on the job. Screw 'em, they're fired! "Disability", my ass! As soon as that 9-year-old girl gets her mangled hand out of the loom, she's outta here! Buncha deadbeats!

  8. Re:well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yeah, now he`ll have to work for a living..there go his chances of making millions....

  9. Re:6th Post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    7th actually

  10. 6th Post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I am so l337.

  11. Thank God by Jin+Wicked · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I don't want any of the people like this getting any more special privledges than they might already have.

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  12. Re:Uhhh, no shit. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You're seriously bragging about the number of words per minute you can type? Dewd, you're fucking lame.

  13. Re:i've always wondered.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    They'll probably just blame Microsoft.

  14. Re:well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yeah, they would never believe you were a programmer :)

  15. IANAL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    but does this mean that Hemos is not handicapped?

  16. Re:BS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey dumbass... repetitive stress disorder is not a mental condition. before posting, make sure you know what you are talking about and stop posting crap like this here

  17. people like that? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Don't pick on him, he may have grown up in areas without lead paint laws.

  18. lwjop wljfwl wlilll!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fslj sk spwif fjjkhsf w wihkwu skww qw. lwlwkhjh klsk ldk wull dlelelw ielrnldl dlnjl l lweloif. wkll sdlhboe lwkr!!!!

  19. Re:Uhhh, no shit. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    h ah aha you izz a dumbazz! L33T HaX0R WoRm rockz da haus.