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Moorhead college expands program as sign language interpreters in high demand
MOORHEAD - A shortage of sign language interpreters in the region has officials from a local college taking matters into their own hands.
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Feds: Hospital violated ADA in treating deaf man from Dearborn Heights
DETROIT -- The U.S. Justice Department has reached a settlement with the Henry Ford Health System to ensure effective communication with individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing and need medical services.
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State School for Deaf, Blind Sees Increased Demand
GOODING • As students walked the hallways Thursday at the Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind, some communicated using a combination of sign language and talking.
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Edmonton deaf community fights for return of voice
Edmonton's deaf community is pleading with the federal government to return the voice relay service.
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Impeachment trial in sign language
No, this is not about mysterious signals coming from the senator-judges or from the parties’ counsels about where the impeachment trial is going. This is literally about sign language, and the “inset” or the small box that you see on the TV screen if you watch via ANC, showing an interpreter who translates the proceedings in sign language for the deaf. This is a triumph for Filipino deaf rights ...
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Settlement in ADA complaint against Henry Ford Health System
Henry Ford Health System has agreed to pay out $70,000 and enact various policies to resolve a complaint from a deaf patient who said he was not provided with a sign language interpreter at a facility in Ferndale.
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Family of deaf patient gets $70,000 in settlement with Henry Ford Health System
Henry Ford Health System will pay $70,000 to a family who alleges the system failed to provide sign language interpreters to a patient and family members in 2004, and must train staff on the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act, according to a settlement announced Wednesday by the U.S. Justice Department.
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Phone companies may be forced into developing video service for the deaf
Telecom giants may be forced to develop a video service for the deaf which uses sign language.
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Interpreter Touts Sign Language Skills for Kids
While some kids are enjoying a few days off from school others are learning sign language. Monday at two classes Heather Porter taught basic sign language for kids.
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‘Switched at Birth’ a good sign for deaf people
Olivia Stein, a 17-year-old student at California School for the Deaf in Fremont, Calif., can probably count on one hand how many times she has seen someone like herself beaming from a television screen.
