NAD Participates in Hearing on Capitol Hill
NAD Advocacy Celebrity witnesses testified on May 1, 2008, at a House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet hearing on “Enhancing Access to Broadband Technology and Services for Persons with Disabilities.” Witnesses included: Jamaal Anderson, defensive end and 2007 first round draft pick of the NFL Atlanta Falcons whose father is Dr....
Media Tech Legal Culture Mon, May 12 2008 hide this blog

Dreaming of Accessible Airline Movies
DeafMom A month before our flight to Oahu, I called United Airlines to see if they had movies with subtitles. "Yes, the movies on longer flights are subtitled," I was told. So yesterday, we boarded the plane and I asked the crew person to make sure that the movie's subtitles were turned on. "I'll check into that," she said. ...
Tech Legal Mon, May 12 2008 hide this blog

Sign Language Police assist the UK Deaf
At The Rim Police Here are helping UK-BSL users out, nice one Paula !
Language Legal Mon, May 12 2008 hide this blog

The 3Ps… and friends
Becoming Deaf in Norway 2007 Thanks to Sam “Blitzer” for a reminder of the key to endurance: “The 3Ps”. His post on Michael from Minnesota who has trouble with getting approval of CI served as an inspiration to me today. The 3Ps: Persistence Perseverance Patience I want to use this opportunity to thank everyone around me in my life who helps me keeping my spirits up:...
Language Tech Legal Mon, May 12 2008 hide this blog

First Sucessful Claim of Disability Discrimination against...
Grumpy Old Deafies The first disability discrimination case has been brought against a recruitment agency, Sales Link Services, and won. The case in hand concerned a deaf person, Pauline Alexander: "I was asked to phone in, which I did using TypeTalk [a relay telephone service for deaf people]," says Alexander. "The person I spoke to said he thought my hearing loss would be an impedim...
Audism Legal Culture Mon, May 12 2008 hide this blog

Parliament: Cochlear Implants & National Institute for...
Grumpy Old Deafies Last week there was a debate in parliament about the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Within this debate, there was reference made to cochlear implants, and wider benefits not being factored or measured when making a budgetary argument. This suggestion was made by the RNID: Sandra Gidley (Shadow Minister, Health; Romsey, Liberal Democrat) ......
Tech Legal Culture Mon, May 12 2008 hide this blog

NAD Participates in FCC 10-Digit Numbering Workshop
NAD Advocacy The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) hosted a “Numbering Solutions Stakeholder Workshop” on April 29, 2008. This all-day session was attended by FCC and industry representatives, consumer advocates, and technical experts. The morning session began with industry representatives providing detailed overviews of the three proposals to provide real 10-digit telephon...
Tech Legal Sat, May 10 2008 hide this blog

NAD Files Reply Comments on 10-Digit Numbering System
NAD Advocacy The NAD worked closely with TDI and other consumer groups to file additional reply comments to update the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) record about adopting a system to assign real 10-digit telephone numbers for users of IP-based relay services (VRS, IP Relay, and IP Captioned Telephone Service). Click here to read the reply comments that [...]
Tech Legal Sat, May 10 2008 hide this blog

Update on Chad and His Parents - You're Not Going to Like...
Jamie Berke (About.com) Remember Chad and his parents? Chad was the deaf youth whose parents battled ASDB contending his education was inadequate. His parents have now posted an update to the original...
Education Legal Fri, May 09 2008 hide this blog

BSL Recognition: Tender to Improve Access & Demand for BSL
Grumpy Old Deafies Following the meeting with the Prime Minister in February, the Department for Children Schools and Families are planning to announce the publication of a tender for a project to improve access to and demand for BSL. The relevant DCSF page by Lord Adonis can be found here, and the direct link to the document is here [Word] (the link on their website does not work). B...
Audism Education Legal Culture Fri, May 09 2008 hide this blog

Deafness awards at Houses of Parliament
At The Rim The award ceremony for ‘It’s my future: Being Deaf in 2018’, a competition run by UCL’s Deafness, Cognition and Language Centre (DCAL), was held at a ceremony at the Houses of Parliament earlier this month. The competition invited deaf people aged 15–19 to write 1,000 words on how new ideas and research into deafness might have changed their lives by 2018 or even la...
Legal Culture Fri, May 09 2008 hide this blog

Northern Ireland Assembly: The Bamford Review & Deaf People
Grumpy Old Deafies The Northern Ireland Assembly recently had a generic debate on health services. Within this debate it made mention of a review of deaf mental health services in Northern Ireland: Michael McGimpsey (UUP) The Bamford Review did not examine needs in respect of the mental health and well-being of people who are blind or partially sighted; however, it did examine those n...
Legal Culture Thu, May 08 2008 hide this blog

Parliament: Health Service Funding & Provision for Deaf...
Grumpy Old Deafies Sandra Gidley (Shadow Minister, Health; Romsey, Liberal Democrat) To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much funding was provided for support services for deaf people in each region in each of the last five years; (2) what steps he is taking to improve health services for deaf people. Ivan Lewis (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Health; Bury...
Tech Legal Culture Thu, May 08 2008 hide this blog

Adult Education fights for its life
I look so I can hear.... Calling all lipreading teachers and students! The Government's consultation on the future of non-skills based adult education ‘Informal Adult Learning - Shaping the Way Ahead' can be accessed at the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills website. Please respond to this consultation - the deadline is 12 June. You have a chance to stop the...
Education Legal Wed, May 07 2008 hide this blog

23: Not Again! $%&#@!!!
The Countdown To The Resurrection Many knew that I do not trust the cops. I avoid them as much as I can. Why? Because many, many, many, many cops trampled on Deaf individuals' dignity from A to Z. Of course, mainly with the communication barrier that led them to trample, dismiss, disregard, subjugate and disparage Deaf [...]
Legal Culture Wed, May 07 2008 hide this blog

Steak 'n Shake Issue Still Creating PR Waves
Karen Remember when I had the drive-thru window shut in my face (not once, but twice!) back in January? The issue continues to ripple on. In April, it was the subject of Laurel Papworth's presentation at the RMIT Communicator of the Year event in... Australia. That's right, Steak 'n Shake has gone down under. Laurel has an excellent presentation on why companies need ...
Audism Legal Wed, May 07 2008 hide this blog

Deaf Child's Bill of Rights Becomes Law
Waving With My Deaf Hands Deaf Child's Bill of Rights Becomes Law in ColoradoPosted May 1996Colorado Governor Romer signed the Deaf Child's Bill of Rights (DCBR) into law on Monday, March 18, 1996. The bill's chief provisions are: 1. educational options for all Deaf and hard of hearing children will continue to be available, 2. deaf children will be protected for their language development nee...
Language Education Legal Culture Sun, May 04 2008 hide this blog

C|NET Article: Democrat wants to require...
bill creswell WASHINGTON–At the moment, most TVs and telephones must be outfitted with special features for people with hearing, vision, and speech impairments under U.S. law. Now an influential Democratic congressman wants to expand those requirements to their Internet counterparts. Weigh in on this article at CNet - [link] about a bill being drafted by Rep. Edward Markey ...
Media Language Tech Legal Sat, May 03 2008 hide this blog

Hot Off the Press from "Communication and Video...
RLMDEAF The U.S. House of Representative's' House Commerce and Energy Committee held an entire morning hearing from the panelists variously among consumer advocates, daily technological users and industry providers on Thursday, May 1st, 2008. House Commerce and Energy Committee Chairperson, Rep. Markley and several House committee members frequently grilled the industry provi...
Media Tech Legal Thu, May 01 2008 hide this blog

Why Disabilism is Your Problem, My Problem, and Everyone's...
Veralidaine I live in two worlds when I'm logged on to the internet. I live here, on Disaboom and in the disability blogosphere and on disability-related email lists. On the other side of the coin, I live in forums that relate to my job, to my pets, as a commenter on blogs that are witty, clever, and insightful but have nothing to do with disability. Rarely do I mix...
Media Audism Legal Thu, May 01 2008 hide this blog

Old Closed Caption device (warning!)
Sam Dunn I haven't seen it for a while. It's exactly I have, when I live with parents long time ago. But I don't want to see it again! Here is thoughtful from Grant Jr's “How Closed Captioning Changes our lives“.
Media Language Tech Legal Wed, Apr 30 2008 hide this blog

DEADLINE FOR FCC CONSUMER INPUTS REGARDING 10-DIGIT...
RLMDEAF There is a recommendation for all the VRS consumer inputs regarding the 10-digit portable phone numbers and related issues within the VRS providers to submit their comments by 30th June 2008. So the FCC could write up the recommendations and policies in timely manner for next December 30th 2008. This recommendation made by the FCC hearing chairperson and staff member....
Language Tech Legal Wed, Apr 30 2008 hide this blog

Updated Newsreport from the FCC Hearing, 4/29/08
RLMDEAF Approximately 30 deaf "consumer advocate" representatives attended yesterday's FCC hearing on the timetable implementation of the 10-digit portable phone numbers within the VRS service providers. The FCC commissioners and industry personnel faced each other across from the opposite end of table to make their public comments. Deaf consumer advocate representatives from...
Language Tech Legal Wed, Apr 30 2008 hide this blog

Congressional Hearing on Communication and Video...
RLMDEAF The House Subcommittee (U.S. House of Representatives or HR) on Telecommunications and the Internet will have the congressional hearings on the 21Th Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2007 this Thursday, May 1st, 2008. The enclosed legislation proposed by the Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology known as the COAT. It is consisted of ...
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CDI, interpreters and Code of Professional Conduct
deafutahhiker Hello! It has been a fantastically busy month for me, with several things going on. First of all, the first weekend of the month, I attended a CDI workshop which lasted three days. For you who are unfamiliar with the abbreviation, a CDI is a certi... Read and post comments | Send to a friend
Language Legal Culture Sun, Apr 27 2008 hide this blog