Theater Refuses To Put Closed Captioning On For a Group of Deaf and Hearing-Impaired Patrons

<div><p>If Disney movies have ever taught us anything, it's to be kind to others even if they're different. </p><p>The theater staff in Warwick, Rhonde Island are being accused of not following the values of the childhood movies we grew up with, after an encounter with a group of deaf patrons went south. </p><p>A group of 18 deaf and hearing-impaired adults and children left the movie theater disappointed when they were denied a request that would allow them to see the movie, in spite of their disability.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/08-23-2016-cc-theatre.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/08-23-2016-cc-theatre_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/08-23-2016-cc-theatre_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>When they arrived unannounced at the movie theater, manager Dave Kuncio was asked to switch on the closed-captioning function embedded in the movie for the groups benefit. </p><p>"I can't do it ...,"<a href="http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20170408/warwick-cinema-denies-groups-request-for-captioning--poll"> Kuncio told them</a>. "People are already in there" and have not paid to see a subtitled movie."</p><p>In a movie with an underlying theme of social inclusiveness, the group organizer Time Riker as disappointed when his group was not accommodated.</p><p>"We just want to go out and have fun," Riker said.</p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>What do you think of the managers decision? Was he wrong to deny their request or right about thinking of the other patrons in the theater?</p></div>