Posts filed under: dwarfism

Aug. 18, 2011
KLTV-TV (Tyler, Texas)
Barista with dwarfism settles lawsuit with Starbucks
Starbucks Coffee Company has agreed to pay $75,000 and provide other significant relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged Starbucks Coffee Company with unlawfully denying a reasonable accommodation to a barista with dwarfism at one of its El Paso stores and firing her because of her disability.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), dwarfism, employment, public policy

July 16, 2009
Salon
Who you calling a “midget”?
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Filed Under: dwarfism, language, little people

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