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During the past year, Rochesterians have been inundated with stories bemoaning the area's problems: job losses, high taxes, crime, and young professionals and companies leaving the area.
However, Planning Committee members for Deaf Awareness Week activities, Sept. 24-30, have come up with a list of many reasons why Rochester is the place to be for deaf people:
The area is home to the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at the Rochester Institute of Technology and to the Rochester School for the Deaf.
Many employers including RIT, the University of Rochester, Eastman Kodak Co. and Xerox Corp. are deaf-friendly.
Monroe County is a leader in the teaching of American Sign Language to college and high school students.
Many of the classes are taught by deaf teachers.
Captioned movies are shown weekly at the Regal Henrietta and Culver Ridge theaters where deaf people can enjoy newly released movies instead of having to wait months for the captioned DVDs.
Businesses such as Wegmans, HSBC Bank, Wal-Mart, Starbucks, McDonald's, Target and others are deaf friendly.
There also are several successful deaf-owned businesses in Monroe County.
Many educational opportunities are offered for deaf children through the Board of Cooperative Educational Services districts 1 and 2, the City School District and a host of K-12 public and private schools with deaf students mainstreamed into the hearing population.
Sign language interpreters are provided for many cultural, social, political and community events.
Many social and special interest clubs and events are available for the deaf community.
TV news broadcasts are captioned and newspapers cover deaf interests.
Rochester also has its own local news publication, Deaf Rochester News, run by and for the deaf community.
Interpreters, signing staff or deaf doctors are available at our health care facilities.
Nondeaf friends, neighbors, colleagues and business people enthusiastically embrace the cultural and language richness that the deaf community brings to Rochester.
Come and celebrate Deaf Awareness Week in Rochester as we bring out the very best our city has to offer in building bridges of understanding between the deaf and hearing communities.
Lovi owns Deaf Outreach Services, a grant writing and nonprofit development business. He wrote this essay on behalf of the Deaf Awareness Week Planning Committee.
During the past year, Rochesterians have been inundated with stories bemoaning the area's problems: job losses, high taxes, crime, and young professionals and companies leaving the area.
However, Planning Committee members for Deaf Awareness Week activities, Sept. 24-30, have come up with a list of many reasons why Rochester is the place to be for deaf people:
The area is home to the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at the Rochester Institute of Technology and to the Rochester School for the Deaf.
Many employers including RIT, the University of Rochester, Eastman Kodak Co. and Xerox Corp. are deaf-friendly.
Monroe County is a leader in the teaching of American Sign Language to college and high school students.
Many of the classes are taught by deaf teachers.
Captioned movies are shown weekly at the Regal Henrietta and Culver Ridge theaters where deaf people can enjoy newly released movies instead of having to wait months for the captioned DVDs.
Businesses such as Wegmans, HSBC Bank, Wal-Mart, Starbucks, McDonald's, Target and others are deaf friendly.
There also are several successful deaf-owned businesses in Monroe County.
Many educational opportunities are offered for deaf children through the Board of Cooperative Educational Services districts 1 and 2, the City School District and a host of K-12 public and private schools with deaf students mainstreamed into the hearing population.
Sign language interpreters are provided for many cultural, social, political and community events.
Many social and special interest clubs and events are available for the deaf community.
TV news broadcasts are captioned and newspapers cover deaf interests.
Rochester also has its own local news publication, Deaf Rochester News, run by and for the deaf community.
Interpreters, signing staff or deaf doctors are available at our health care facilities.
Nondeaf friends, neighbors, colleagues and business people enthusiastically embrace the cultural and language richness that the deaf community brings to Rochester.
Come and celebrate Deaf Awareness Week in Rochester as we bring out the very best our city has to offer in building bridges of understanding between the deaf and hearing communities.
Lovi owns Deaf Outreach Services, a grant writing and nonprofit development business. He wrote this essay on behalf of the Deaf Awareness Week Planning Committee.