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Access to Health Care for Women with Disabilities
Women with Disabilities including persons who are Deaf or Hard of hearing often cannot get good health care services for a variety of reasons.
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Hearing Highway Safety Project
The Hear Fayette Program has designed a card to place in the visor of your car to minimize communication breakdown if you are pulled over by a police officer. Learn more about the project and order your own copy of the card today.
Deaf Strong Hospital in Harper’s Magazine
Healthbridges comment: The current issue of Harper’s Magazine includes an article that features Deaf Strong Hospital. DSH was part of our presentation together for the 2015 ADARA in Rochester. When I was nineteen, my grandmother suffered a heart attack. I sat by her side while she was slumped in her hospital bed, and watched her…
Safe Interactions with Police
https://youtu.be/c8b4wEp3gJA A collaboration Project shared with permission from advocates from Oregon Law Enforcement and Oregon Office of Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Traffic stops can be dangerous. The following video from Oregon outlines how to stay safe when pulled over by law enforcement officers. This video is made by DHS – Oregon Department of Human…
How to use VRS (Video Relay Service)
VRS is a free, 24/7 service which guarantees citizens who are deaf (or hard-of-hearing) and use American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate, access to prompt, professional and accurate communication through a certified ASL (American Sign Language) interpreter via a high-speed internet connection and a video relay solution (or VRS call option). VRS is provided through…
How to use PA relay
To use VRS to receive a call, #3, I recommend including something in regards to “not hanging up”. Often times callers who receive this kind of call hang up instantly thinking it is a scam call or whatever. It is nice to remind them to not hang up when they hear this is a relay call.