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Kristy has posted a lengthy comment (comment #35) in response to the blog post “SSI and Deaf People” about what deaf people could do instead of being on SSI. Kristy feels that instead of spending so much on SSI, we should be working to get companies to hire deaf people; she also feels it should not be easy to get SSI. Do you agree with Kristy’s points?
Instead of SSI… originally appeared on About.com Deafness on Monday, March 8th, 2010 at 21:27:14.
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The New York Times reports that starting in April, local TV stations in metro Washington, DC will begin free mobile digital TV broadcasts. (Other metropolitan areas will also get mobile digital TV) The mobile television standard used does support closed captioning. However, that is a standard; it does not guarantee that the broadcasts themselves will be captioned. Again, it is up to the content provider – and the device makers. Need another reason to support HR 3101?
I can already see myself on the Metrorail system two months from now, glaring in envy at my fellow passengers as they watch television on their handhelds. Then again, maybe not. I’m going to place a few phone calls to find out if local stations will include captions in their mobile digital TV broadcasts.
Related blog post: Introducing Caption Action 2
Mobile Local Digital TV is Here. Captioned? originally appeared on About.com Deafness on Monday, February 15th, 2010 at 13:34:56.
As movie theaters become more and more technologically advanced, more states are introducing bills to require movie theater access for deaf and hard of hearing people. A state Senator in Kentucky just introduced a bill to require all movie theaters in Kentucky with 5 or more screens to provide access on at least one screen. It is only a matter of time before one of these state bills passes, because the state officials are beginning to see the ludicrousness of not providing access in the face of expensive movie theater technology being installed everywhere. Will Kentucky be the first?
Related blog post: Something to Laugh At, Something to Shake Your Head At
Will Kentucky Lead the Way for Movie Access? originally appeared on About.com Deafness on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 at 19:44:00.
A fake hearing aid dealer has been arrested. The dealer was fake, not the hearing aids! As reported by the HeraldTribune.com, the dealer did not pass the state licensing exam, yet he went ahead and sold hearing aids anyway. What was so dangerous about this was the harm that he could have done to his customers by not properly fitting their hearing aids.
Why did I choose this to spotlight in the blog? I chose it because as I read it, I found myself wondering how many other fake hearing aid dealers are out there? According to the article, the guy had been in business since 2003. It is one thing to require a license, it is another to make sure that they are in fact licensed. Do consumers have a way to verify that the hearing aid dealer they are about to visit is licensed?
How Many Other Fake Hearing Aid Dealers? originally appeared on About.com Deafness on Monday, January 18th, 2010 at 07:40:58.
Amy Cohen Efron is trying to get more people to vote for DeafHope in the Chase Community Giving program on Facebook. (DeafHope is based in Oakland, California. ) According to the Chase Community Giving program page on Facebook, there are just 5 days left to vote. DeafHope survived the first round, but is hoping to win in round two so they can have the funding to build a shelter for abused deaf women and children. Amy’s blog has all the details and instructions.
Back in the early 1990s, I had my own indirect brush with domestic violence. A secretary at the office where I worked was being threatened by her boyfriend or husband. The entire office was worried for her safety that night. They turned to me, because I was the only one that the man threatening her did not know about, plus I was deaf and the woman and man were hearing. That night the woman and her child stayed in my house for their own safety until they could find another place to go.
As Amy points out, it is even harder for deaf abused women and children who have to go to shelters where they are unable to communicate with staff.
DeafHope may not win, but awareness of DeafHope and the general awareness of the needs of abused deaf women and their children will definitely increase as a result of this charity voting competition.
Help Abused Deaf Women and Their Children originally appeared on About.com Deafness on Sunday, January 17th, 2010 at 02:54:45.
