by: Chris Griffith From: The Australian A trial run in Samoa with implant recipient Anzac Pulu, centre, and Stephen Pascoe and Karen Bate from the Sydney Cochlear Implant Centre on screen. Source: Supplied CHILDREN in the [...] Read More
Archive for the ‘Advocacy’ Category
Remote servicing helps spread word to the deaf
November 26th, 2012 by Cochlear Implant Online
Posted in Advocacy, Cochlear Implant, Deaf |
It Has Been FIVE Years Already!!
November 6th, 2012 by Caption Action 2
Five years. That’s how long deaf and hard of hearing people (and family and friends) have been asking Yahoo to update their video player to support closed captioning. Yesterday @yahoocare was asked about updating the Yahoo video player. Their response did not give us much hope that Yahoo Read More
Posted in Advocacy, Deaf, Hearing Loss |
Don’t Leave Me Out!
June 13th, 2012 by Speak Up Librarian
Please take a few moments to watch this important film created by CCAC (Collaborative for Communication Access via Captioning.) I am proud to say I know two of the women featured in it! Read More
Posted in Advocacy, Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing |
Sorenson set up Video Booth
May 31st, 2012 by At The Rim
Sorenson Communications unveiled a new student-designed videophone booth containing a Sorenson ntouch(R) VP, a videophone that empowers deaf and hard-of-hearing people to communicate with hearing people. The unveiling took place at Lexington School for the Deaf, part of the largest organization Read More
Posted in Advocacy, ASL, Deaf, Education |
Deaf teens excluded in Conversations…
May 4th, 2012 by At The Rim
Deaf teenagers are being left out of conversations because other young people don’t know how to talk to them, the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) has warned. NDCS launching a campaign to educate hearing teenagers about how to better communicate with deaf people their age. Read More
Posted in Advocacy, Deaf |
Hospital forced to apologise over ‘Deaf and Dumb’ label.
March 31st, 2012 by At The Rim
Caption [maybe one reason not to !] 19thc terminology in an 21stc hospital. A deaf man from Winchmore Hill is “deeply offended” after a hospital labelled him ‘deaf and dumb’ while he stayed there for surgery. Christopher Drew, 23, of Maxim Road, noticed the insult Read More
Posted in Advocacy, Deaf |
The Power of Text and Captioning
March 12th, 2012 by ls
Here’s a development in some newspapers today: http://www.scotsman.com/news/health/scientists-translate-sign-language-to-text-in-pioneering-phone-software-1-2167261# The more systems we have for translations, in all languages, to communicate WITH each other, the better. ls/ccac Read More
Posted in Advocacy |
Relief as Government protects funding for specialist support services for deaf children
February 6th, 2012 by Campaigning for deaf children
Last week was full of depressing news about cuts to welfare support for deaf and other disabled children. So it was a relief to get a government announcement towards the end of last week with a glimmer of good news on the education side of things. This was the announcement that the Department Read More
Posted in Advocacy, Deaf, Education |
Three Cheers to all CCAC Members, Friends, and Followers!
December 19th, 2011 by ls
The CCAC is Two Years Old Today, Hoorah and horray . Giving a cheer to you all too, Members, friends and all who follow, Without so many, we’d be much more — well…hollow! With love to our family cheering squad too, And hugs to all of you! Caption Up Everyone – Advocate, Read More
Posted in Advocacy, Deaf |
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October 17th, 2011 by Miss Kat's Deaf journey
Something incredibly cute happened this week-end, and I wanted to share it with the world Miss Kat came up to me and told me that she wanted to sell candy. She had made a sign, selling it for 1¢. So, we did it. We set up a little table, made a bigger sign, and sold salt water taffys We sat Read More
