Crisis interpreting and Deaf community access in the COVID|19 ...

5 Tips for Deaf People during COVID-19 Crisis

COVID-19 has also forced many of us to use video-call technology instead of face-to-face meetings. This kind of communication poses a unique ...

The Role of Deaf and ASL Interpreters in COVID-19 Messaging

ASL and deaf interpreters are critical for COVID-19 messaging. However, the federal government still has not embraced these interpreters.

SignHealth releases results of pulse survey of Coronavirus impacts ...

According to a recent survey by SignHealth, the Deaf health charity, Deaf people's mental health and ability to access basic healthcare are ...

Noah Buchholz Provides Service to Deaf Community During the ...

... interpreting these hard situations.” The COVID-19 crisis is unparalleled in modern times and this assignment has been nothing like any ...

Governor's Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Maryland.gov

Survey results showed that 17.5% of Deaf people in nine states expressed complete satisfaction with access services in their state during the ...

Governor Cuomo cannot cut the Deaf Community out of efforts to ...

Eight months ago, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo needed to be sued to provide an ASL interpreter as part of his televised coronavirus briefings. Following the ...

WFD-WASLI JOINT STATEMENT ON ACCESS TO HEALTH ...

The coronavirus situation reminds us of the need to ensure best practices in sign language interpreting access and in the health and safety of ...

988 and Deaf Services - CrisisTalk - Crisis Now

... community will provide deaf people access to care. “Are they going to assign specific interpreters to help develop and expand the crisis ...

Lack of ASL Access to Covid-19 Health Information Puts Deaf ...

The absence of qualified ASL interpreters at these briefings means that the Deaf community and those who are native ASL speakers cannot access necessary health ...

Deaf Americans are urging the White House to use sign language ...

As the pandemic continues to upend daily life, Greenlee, and several deaf advocacy groups, are fighting to have interpreters at these briefings ...

COVID-19 Sign Language Interpreters | Idaho State University

Andrew says the Deaf community in Idaho has benefited from the advanced crisis preparation, and that because of this planning, there were ...

How sign language interpreters are vital to the fight against COVID-19

As information continues to evolve surrounding COVID-19, sign language interpreters are vital to communicate the latest developments to the deaf community. Read ...

How the COVID-19 crisis impacts the deaf in the Netherlands - nWise

The coronavirus affects society profoundly, but in which ways has the pandemic influenced access to and need for sign language ...

COVID-19 is creating communication barriers for the deaf community

PHOENIX – For many people who are deaf or hard of hearing, lip reading, facial expressions and body language are vital to communication, ...

Deaf community hopes interpreters at COVID-19 press conferences ...

Now, ASL is getting more exposure. Interpreters are often seen at Gov. Prtizker and local health department's daily COVID-19 press conferences.

Deaf people's experiences of accessing COVID-19 briefings and ...

Access to information during crisis, as well as the means to communicate it, is a basic humanitarian need. Thus, all people and populations have a fundamental ...

Deaf Community Faces Unique Challenges During The Pandemic

Houston's deaf community is facing some challenges these days. For one, interpreters can't wear masks to convey messages during press conferences.

Deaf Community Creates New Solutions for Misinformation, Isolation ...

Looking further ahead, Soukup hopes coronavirus speeds up the adoption of needed services for the deaf in the healthcare system. Right now, few ...

Pandemic takes unique toll on deaf community - KRCG

JEFFERSON CITY — American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters have been hard at work translating during COVID-19 briefings held by government ...

Why Are ASL Interpreters so Hard to Find? - GLOBO

In 2022, the National Deaf Center (NDC) on Post-Secondary Outcomes stated that the lack of ASL interpretation is currently creating a crisis among college ...