Collected Item: “Government vital communication to deaf/Deaf/HoH community lacking”
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Government vital communication to deaf/Deaf/HoH community lacking
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One of the frustrations amung the deaf/Deaf/HoH communities is the governments communication during a crisis. Several times there is no sign interpreter available on screen while politicians are speaking. Sometimes there is no live CC available. A few times, fake interpreters are speaking gibberish during a live governmental press conference, putting the lives of many in the Deaf community at risk. There are millions of deaf/Deaf/HoH in the U.S. and I feel like the pandemic had swept our needs aside.
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#ASU, #HST580, deaf, Deaf, HoH, Hard of Hearing, communication, government, politics, alert systems, captioning, interpreter
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http://deafandhoh.com/news/deaf-community-faces-access-issues-to-vital-government-updates/?fbclid=IwAR0jND4nr6I2qRPqbGSkU_tpH4MkAFFGrXiV3YJj9No-3IwPTmtlNvINtMM
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DeafandHoH.com , Melody Ocasio Summararized by Matthew Dehler, staff writer
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2020-06-26