Hearing Loss/Deafness
Great news for techno access for Deaf, late-deafened, deafblind, hard of hearing, blind, and low vision individuals!
Submitted by NAD on Fri, 08/06/2010 – 07:03
The U.S. Senate passed the Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (S. 3304) on August 5, 2010, by unanimous consent! Thanks to the extraordinary efforts of advocates across the [...]
Posted by Carla Del Pizzo
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The Learning Center for the Deaf American Sign Language (ASL) Program offers Fall ASL courses, from ASL Level 1 to Level 5, starting September 14th from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at both campuses, Framingham and Randolph.
A course fee is $150.00. REGISTRATIONS ARE ACCEPTED ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS. WALK-IN REGISTRATIONS [...]
For the First Time, Captioned Telephone Services Are Now Available for Individuals who are Hard of Hearing
AURORA, Neb., July 28 /PRNewswire/—Hamilton CapTel and Hamilton Relay, a division of Hamilton Telecommunications, today announced that, starting August 1, for the first time captioned telephone services will be available to the residents of Massachusetts. Now, individuals who are [...]
From Lisa Chiango (Lisa_Chiango@yahoo.com):
Did you know that the third week of June is National Deaf Blind Awareness week?
In 1984, President Ronald Reagan signed a proclamation to recognize and enhance the awareness of the Deafblind throughout the United States.
Fast forward to 2010, Governor Deval Patrick signed a proclamation recognizing Deaf Blind Awareness week from [...]
When a postal worker was terminated for losing a key and failing to notify a supervisor about the loss, the postal service had no obligation to treat the employee any differently even though she did not hear the key drop because of a known, existing hearing problem, according to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of [...]
From today’s LA Times—not exactly in our neck of the woods, but this is too cool not to pass along! :)
Marlee Matlin launches reality series on YouTube
March 30, 2010
Marlee Matlin had an idea for a reality show that she hoped would bring some insight into the lives and struggles of deaf people and how [...]
Originally Submitted by NAD on Wed, 02/24/2010 – 11:16
Consumers can now file complaints directly with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), thanks to new closed captioning complaint rules by the FCC effective February 19, 2010. These new closed captioning rules, requested by the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and consumer groups in 2004, make [...]
A recent blog posting about close caption that may be of interest: The Future Will Be Captioned: Improving Accessibility on YouTube
From now on, when you put a video up on YouTube it will get captions.
From Jennifer Glinos of DEAF, Inc.
DEAF, Inc. in Allston, MA is still accepting registrations and money for the upcoming winter/spring American Sign Language (ASL) classes (for levels 1-5). The deadline is Friday, January 15, 2010—-so register now!!!
The classes are open to all adults who are interested in learning ASL or want to continue their studies [...]
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