Oh, FFS...
Dec. 1st, 2023 09:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
23 years on from the debacle of not having a ramp up to the stage when Tanni Grey-Thompson placed Third in Sports Personality of the Year, the Beeb is still forgetting to provide access for disabled people. One of the University Challenge Christmas Specials had one blind team member and another with what sounds like Auditory Processing Disorder. The blind team member was told as the show was about to start that the agreed audio description of the visual questions would not be provided, and the team member with APD had a point blank refusal to provide subtitling to let them process the questions at the same speed as everyone else, plus apparently other adjustments that were provided, but weren't effective.
They both complained and the show has now been pulled at their request.
They both complained and the show has now been pulled at their request.
By refusing to provide reasonable adjustments, I think there's a pretty good chance that the Beeb actually breached the Equality Act.