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Kaiser Permanente and the Veteran’s Health Administration will discuss how telehealth has affected health equity in their patient populations before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. CDC will share telehealth strategies that incorporate CDC’s frameworks to Addressing Health Equity in Public Health Practice. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at https://emergency.cdc.gov/coca/wmv/2020/coca_call_12_08_2020_3.mp4]
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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition – April 26, 2019
— the ADA industry
Because of ADA, there is a booming industry of
ADA-specialist attorneys. One such ADA attorney
gave this advice for businesses that need to be
deaf-friendly – captions, interpreters, easy-to-
point signs on the wall, need to hire staffers that
are willing to communicate with the deaf, pen and
pad easily available, and so on.
— deaf victims in Japan to get money
Japan, years ago, sterilized the deaf so that
they cannot have children. Japan just passed a
law that sterilized deaf will get money for that
reason. DeafDigest is talking about older deaf
people that are 80-90 years old.
— learning ASL or watching captions
For young hearing people, which is more interesting to
them – learning ASL or watching captions on TV?
According to a teacher, it is learning ASL.
Deaf jobs – latest update
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
04/21/19 Blue and Gold editions & sub options at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
Source: http://deafdigest.net/mid-week-news/2019-04-26/
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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition – April 24-25, 2019
— written agreement to refuse an interpreter
A deaf woman lost her case when she signed
papers with a hospital to allow her hearing
sister to function as interpreter instead of
using a certified interpreter. The woman
said she was forced to sign papers but it
hurt her in the court case. Not sure why
she signed papers but it was a bad advice
the hospital gave her.
— Skype not allowed for the deaf
Deaf people are not allowed to use Skype
because it is against the law in one
nation – the United Arab Emirates.
Hearing people are also not allowed, but
it hurts the deaf more. Leaders are
trying to have the government lift
the Skype ban.
— problems with subtitles in foreign films
Deaf people depend on subtitles to watch
foreign films (the same goes for captions).
There was a big story about subtitle translators
fighting each other, not agreeing with each
other on words correctly or incorrectly subtitled.
It has gotten to be so bad that two organizations
are asking for better cooperation among professional
subtiters. Are there such problems among
captioners in USA? Don’t know.
note: There was no 4/24/19 edition. DeafDigest
was in the process of migrating from an old
server to a new server – to make reading a
better and faster experience for all of you.
Thank you for your patience.
Deaf jobs – latest update
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
04/21/19 Blue and Gold editions & sub options at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
Source: http://deafdigest.net/mid-week-news/2019-04-25/
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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition – April 23, 2019
— probably a first, a hearing event cancelled
A planned event in Florida was cancelled. The
reason was lack of interpreters to accommodate
the deaf in the audience. Is it a first?
Normally hearing events continue as scheduled
despite interpreters not showing up or couldn’t
be booked!
— deaf character programmed into a video game
One of the video games (name was not mentioned in
the web story) involved a deaf animated character.
She was communicating in sign language with her
hearing friend, in which a hearing participant
caught while trying to make his way through
the video terrain.
— high number of deaf-owned businesses became low number
High-number of deaf-owend businesses becoming low
numbers? Yes. Years way back, many deaf schools had
strong vocational programs which trained the deaf to
become printers, shoemakers, upholsterers, tailors,
auto body repairmen, barbers, etc. Times have changed,
hence fewer deaf-owned businesses. Even Dummy Hoy
was a shoemaker, operating his own shop before he
decided to become a professional baseball player.
Deaf jobs – latest update
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
04/21/19 Blue and Gold editions & sub options at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
Source: http://deafdigest.net/mid-week-news/2019-04-23/
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Hey y’all, it’s that time again. Time for some spring cleaning? Yes, but I was also thinking of the Northwest Progressive Institute spring funding gala. It looks like a pretty good lineup as usual.
Source: http://horsesass.org/open-thread-april-22/
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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition – April 22, 2019
— flight attendants do observe all passengers
In a web story it says that all flight attendants
observe all incoming passengers – to see which of
them may be trouble makers, which of them may
have had too much to drink, which are traveling
alone and which are disabled – and yes, which
are deaf! These attendants communicate with
each other via body language, facial expressions
and hand gestures. Does this help with deaf
passengers? Lets’ say if there are no incidents
with deaf passengers then things went well on
the flight!
— refusing to sign up for Chicago Smart 911
Chicago had hoped that residents would sign up for
Smart 911 to allow emergency services people reach them
during emergencies. This meant revealing private
information (medications, health histories,
behavorial problems, mental issues, etc). Many of
them won’t sign up for reasons of privacy.
Smart 911 would allow dispatchers to find interpreters
for the deaf. Yet, many deaf people won’t sign up!
— a well known entertainer refuses interpreters
Tyler Perry is an actor, playwright, filmmaker and comedian.
Does he like the deaf? Or even more so, does he like
interpreters? At a recent event that he hosted, he would
not allow interpeters to come up on the stage to
interpret for the deaf. If this is his attitude, then
it is disappointing.
Deaf jobs – latest update
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
04/21/19 Blue and Gold editions & sub options at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
Source: http://deafdigest.net/mid-week-news/2019-04-22/
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Source: http://deafdigest.net/newsletter/deafdigest-blue-april-21-2019/
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Source: http://deafdigest.net/newsletter/deafdigest-gold-april-21-2019/
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DeafDigest Mid-Week edition – April 19, 2019
— SSA to revise SSDI application steps
The Social Security Administration (SSA) may reconsider
the ways deaf applicants could get SSDI. SSA said the
application process is different from the past, and
that the wait will get longer for approval. Scary?
Yes!
— interpreter lottery
A lottery to get an interpreter?
Crazy? Well, in the rural areas of Scotland, the
shortage of interpreters is pretty much bad.
Those needing an interpreter must hope to have
their winning name pulled out of a hat in a
lottery! DeafDigest worries this situation may
get worse when Brexit is finalized.
— Court says ADA plus 504
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District
of New York appeals voted to “combine” ADA
with Section 504 if discrimination cases refer
to both regulations. It is said to be the first
time that discrimination cases could be combined
under these two regulations. The judges’ vote
was split, though.
Deaf jobs – latest update
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
04/14/19 Blue and Gold editions & sub options at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
Source: http://deafdigest.net/mid-week-news/2019-04-19/
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