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Take this scenario – You believe that you have been discriminated against because of a disability. You decide to sue, claiming federal disability discrimination. For either side in the case, the person with a disability or the organization sued, who wins? What does each side need to show or prove to win the lawsuit? ADA […]
The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) recently settled a federal lawsuit with the ACLU, agreeing to translate its drivers’ test manual into four additional languages, Arabic, Burmese, Mandarin, and Chin. The Indianapolis Star reported in 2018 that the BMV expected to have its 95-page manual translated into Spanish by early 2019. The Star reports […]
Bromberg & Associates celebrated our 20th Anniversary of improving language access and promoting cultural awareness in Michigan and beyond! We held our 20th Anniversary Celebration event, “A Toast to the Language Access Champions” at TechTown Detroit on Thursday 11/14. The event was attended by other champions of language access whom we’ve had the pleasure of […]
Bias and discrimination can arise in different situations, many of which are surprising to those affected, both participants and onlookers. Racial slurs, intolerant comments, discriminatory actions often flare up without warning. The businesses where they occur must act swiftly and without hesitation to stamp them out and end the behavior. News of intolerant incidents spreads […]
“A Toast to the Language Access Champions” Bromberg & Associates is proud to announce its upcoming 20th Anniversary Celebration event, “A Toast to the Language Access Champions.” From our humble basement beginnings to our current headquarters in the culturally diverse city of Hamtramck, our goal is and has always been to improve language access and […]
In August 2019, an Oklahoma City area Burger King restaurant refused service to a customer because she is deaf. According to KFOR-TV, the customer, Rachel Hollis, complained that a Burger King employee told her that staff was “too busy” to fill her order. Burger King has fired the employee involved, according to Oklahoma City media […]
Government data, media reports, and anecdotal information all confirm one troubling reality – Bias and hate incidents are increasing. As the intolerance temperature continues its rise, the classifications of bias & hate incidents we see are diversifying, involving myriad groups of people and discriminatory rationales, based on race, color, religion, gender, and sexual orientation. One […]
The number of lawsuits challenging various websites and apps for their accessibility to people with disabilities continues to grow, with no end in sight. While 2018 set a record for the number of website accessibility cases filed in federal courts across the United States, 2019 is on track to break last year’s record and continue […]
Bromberg & Associates is proud to be selected as one of this year’s Corp! Magazine Economic Bright Spot award winners! The Corp! Magazine Economic Bright Spot award recognizes companies who continue to thrive with economic growth, expansion, and hiring Michigan’s brightest talent. This year’s recognition marks three straight years of Bromberg & Associates receiving this […]
Conventional wisdom holds that presidential candidates want to appeal to a wide range of voters. One would imagine that candidates, especially those with lower name recognition than more well-known rivals, would leave no stone unturned in their search for voters who may be attracted to their candidacies. Such voters, presumably, would include people with disabilities. […]
