Oh they have a legal duty to test the fucking audio description before a showing. Boot the film into the projector and test it.
Basically the AD is provided as an auxiliary aid reasonable adjustment under the Equality Act. It is the provider's duty to ensure it is performing appropriately. If as is clear in this case the cinema know the AD often doesn't work on arrival, then they would be even more bound to check it as soon as they get hold of the film. You legal beef is with them, how they wrangle their suppliers for a shit AD track isn't your problem.
I'd be inclined to let them know this in writing - would be very happy to draft polite words which are only slightly legally. You shouldn't have to sit through shit ads and then be unable to watch the film. Also you have a claim for your companions being affected by association cos they aren't going to usually wanna stay when you can't.
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Date: 2017-06-04 10:41 am (UTC)Basically the AD is provided as an auxiliary aid reasonable adjustment under the Equality Act. It is the provider's duty to ensure it is performing appropriately. If as is clear in this case the cinema know the AD often doesn't work on arrival, then they would be even more bound to check it as soon as they get hold of the film. You legal beef is with them, how they wrangle their suppliers for a shit AD track isn't your problem.
I'd be inclined to let them know this in writing - would be very happy to draft polite words which are only slightly legally. You shouldn't have to sit through shit ads and then be unable to watch the film. Also you have a claim for your companions being affected by association cos they aren't going to usually wanna stay when you can't.