Attending various events without a microphone has been a significant challenge for me as a deaf person. It’s critical to ensure accessibility at events for everyone.
Here are examples from three events I attended:
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Those are Harry Lang’s words quoted by I. King Jordan at his presentation during the recent ALDA/TDI conference in New Mexico. Communication is not limited to spoken languages only – it can happen in other ways such as via captioning, sign language, cued speech, lipreading, paper/pen, typing, Braille, etc.
International Federation for Hard of Hearing (IFHOH) World Congress 2012 was held in end of June in Bergen, Norway. I learned about it last year at an annual HLAA (Hearing Loss Association of America) conference that I was attending for the 3rd time. It was my first time attending an international conference outside of the USA, and also first time visiting Scandinavia.
