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This is very sad. However, instead of wringing our hands over gun control, mental health, etc, we the deaf need to encourage ourselves and one another to use hearing aids or cochlear implants. These aids which enhance our sensory awareness will also enhance our safety by alerting us to sounds...

There is no way any deaf person can be a nurse or a doctor where oral communications are crucial. What if a patient dies as a result of miscommunications? Just because someone says he is a nurse, etc. does not necessarily mean that he is working directly with patients or co-workers in some...

60 yrs ago I applied to three nursing schools. Two rejected my applications because I was deaf. I did not argue with them as I knew (and still know) a deaf person cannot be a nurse where communications are crucial. The third school accepted my application but only if I work with babies which...

I am trying to find the best text mobile phone for the deaf. Voic or speech are not necessary for my needs. Just texting. I amy consider captioning but only and only if voice is not required either way - from caller to recipient and vice versa. I already have VZ plan and moto phone but they...

For retirees, what about Florida? The Villages?

CrazyPaul here is correct. The clinic told me it was their policy to get an interpreter for any deaf patient because the doctor does not have the time to write anything. I pointed out to them that not all hearing impaired know sign language. They were surprised and agreed to let me decide...

Safety comes first.

Speaking of forest rangers, my deaf cousin went to school to study forestry. VR advised him not to because of hearing requirements (radio, etc). He ignored them and after graduation, he applied and was told no. All those four years were wasted, and he had to go back to school to study...

Those tests - aptitude, achievement, IQ, and interest - are wonderful assets and tools to work with. Of course those tests had no way of knowing the test taker was deaf. It is up to the counselor and the client to work together and decide what the client could not do. The reason I took the...

Bottesini may be right. ADA says we have the right to select communicating methods. So I would think the hospital is violating ADA by forcing me to have an interpreter. I am not that good with ASL anyway and certainly don't need an interpeter to tell me to roll up my sleeve, to open my...

I have been a VR client, a VR counselor, and a VR ombudsperson. Generally speaking, it is not the job of VR to find jobs for its clients. What it does is to rehab so they can find jobs. The lower-functiioning the client is, the more likely they will help them find jobs. In your situation...

I am scheduled to have a simple procedure done as an outpatient. I just received word from the hospital that I must have an interpreter or they won't do the procedure. I do not want an interpreter. I am thoroughly familiar with the procedure and will be under anesthesia anyway. Is it true...