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Full History - 2019 - 09 - 05 - ID#d0b7y6
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Legality of hiring or refusing to hire a blind (exotic) dancer? (self.Blind)
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razzretina 15 points 3y ago
Legally, if she can do the work, and it sounds like she can, they can't refuse her because she's blind. She's probably not the first person to get drunk and fall of the pole. That's got nothing to do with her being blind, she was just being stupid like anyone else is capable of being. So yeah. Exotic dancing isn't outside the law on this one.
k8_ninety-eight 1 points 3y ago
that is absolutely wild. and she can’t exactly do the work by herself, she has to have other dancers walk her to & from the dressing room, the restroom, and even up to customers. does this affect her ability to be hired or would it not matter that she relies on other dancers for help? dancers (at my club) had stopped doing this for her though because she had burned those bridges, if u will. the dancers realized a) they didn’t make any money when helping her & b) she was one of the dancers telling fake stories in order to get more $$ and sympathy out of customers. I don’t want to put a ton of this girl’s business out there but her mother came in one day to pick her up and told everyone the truth about what she had been saying. and she is actually the first dancer I’ve ever had fall from the pole or be sloppy drunk in the club. all of our other dancers, even the newer ones, know their limits 😅

full disclosure: we never fired her from my club. she just didn’t come back after her mom told us the truth abt what she had been saying. I was just curious because I hadn’t seen anything about a blind exotic dancer anywhere.
-shacklebolt- 1 points 3y ago
This is not a venue for legal advice.
k8_ninety-eight 1 points 3y ago
very helpful comment there 🙃 also asked if anyone else had thoughts on this.
Carnegie89 1 points 3y ago
No matter the profession, I believe ADA in US and AODA in Canada stands. An employer can't fire or not hire someone because of a disability. This would be a violation of human rights.

Ask her if she can get private insurance in case of an incident.
k8_ninety-eight 1 points 3y ago
thank you, my club didn’t actually fire her because of her disability (or at all.) the dancers just stopped helping her because she was lying to them as well as customers and when she stopped being able to make money in that way, she left of her own accord. the owner did actually try to get her to have insurance but since dancers are private contractors, he couldn’t require that in order for her to have a job there. thank you again for your reply. this answered my question.
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