From:	Ricki Coughlan 
Sent:	Friday, 27 November 2009 1:08 PM
To:	disabdis
Subject:	Moves by cinemas for exemption from disability discrimination act

I am extremely alarmed at moves by major cinema chains to gain  
exemption from the Disability Discrimination Act for 2 1/2 years.

The move to exempt them from displaying captioning effectively robs  
people with hearing impairment from access to movies which everyone  
else in the community can enjoy. This a backward step which puts  
profit above people. I hope you will treat the request of those  
cinemas with the contempt it deserves.

I'm sure they wouldn't try this on with wheelchair access.

Yours sincerely

Ricki Coughlan

Avalon NSW 2107