The host provided equitable access with 1) sign language interpretation and 2) transcription services.
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Schein and Delk (1974) reported that 91.7% of the deaf persons in the NCDP came from families where both parents were identified as hearing (based upon a stratified, random sample, household survey of 1,838 persons drawn from the census, from which 1,476 individual responses were collected).
Ross Mitchell. PDF. Chasing the Mythical Ten Percent: Parental Hearing Status of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in the United States
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The German Sign Language is used not only by around 80,000 deaf people, but also by people with cochlear implants or children of deaf parents.
Source: UNESCO. German Sign Language – DGS
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The percentage of Montana students ages 6-21 with hearing impairments in 2011 was .05%.
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There are 16,554 individuals aged 18-64 who are deaf.
Source: Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services. Hearing Impairment
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The rehabilitation model seeks to ‘rehabilitate’ disability through alterations to the human mind and body as well as to the environment; however, unlike the social model below, and much like the medical model, it is led by an authoritative class of rehabilitation-experts, whose goal is to minimize the presence of disability in society.
Source: Digital Methods for Disability Studies. Models of Disabilities
Sixty-three days to renewal
That is how many days I have to renew my certificate as a Certified Professional in Web Accessibility ( CPWA ).
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Attitudes towards disability affect the way people think and behave around people with disabilities.
Adapted from: U.K. Ombudsman PDF Introduction to the Social and Medical Models of Disability
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Deafness is much broader than just a hearing loss; it is a complex sociopolitical reality that permeates one’s life.
Roslyn Rosen
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In the UK, 8% of profoundly deaf people communicate by sign language alone. They don’t read English.
Sarah Winters, Accessibility is usability
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Because when we have an inaccessible site, we are telling a quarter of the U.S. and Canadian population, 15% of the people worldwide, that your voice isn’t important.
Donna Bungard, Accessibility Program Manager