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Imagine not being able to communicate with people around you or tell someone you are sick or in pain. That is what the hearing impaired go through living in a world for those who can hear.
Women from Aurora of Central New York, Deaf Advocacy Council, and Whole Me, Inc. stopped by our studio to discuss the challenges the hearing impaired face communicating in their daily lives. They shared stories of times they were in distress, but unable to communicate with people sent to help. They say their gestures are sometimes misinterpreted.
"You probably notice that deaf people sign very emotionally and animatedly, and we don't clap our hands. We wave our hands. That's our way of applause. So, maybe we appear to be aggressive, but really it's just the way we are. That's how we express ourselves," Lindsay Ryan said.
Aurora, Deaf Advocacy Council, and Whole Me, Inc. will begin training local police officers how to communicate with the hearing impaired. This initiative comes after an altercation in September between a deaf man and a DeWitt Police officer who was unable to understand him.
"What came out of that was an awareness now that people hearing impaired in the community overall have a fear, perhaps, of law enforcement. That greatly concerns me, and as a result, we've reached out to a couple of organizations here locally, and they have agreed to come here and provide training," DeWitt Police Chief Gene Conway said.
Police officers will begin training to better communicate with the hearing impaired later this month.
Imagine not being able to communicate with people around you or tell someone you are sick or in pain. That is what the hearing impaired go through living in a world for those who can hear.
Women from Aurora of Central New York, Deaf Advocacy Council, and Whole Me, Inc. stopped by our studio to discuss the challenges the hearing impaired face communicating in their daily lives. They shared stories of times they were in distress, but unable to communicate with people sent to help. They say their gestures are sometimes misinterpreted.
"You probably notice that deaf people sign very emotionally and animatedly, and we don't clap our hands. We wave our hands. That's our way of applause. So, maybe we appear to be aggressive, but really it's just the way we are. That's how we express ourselves," Lindsay Ryan said.
Aurora, Deaf Advocacy Council, and Whole Me, Inc. will begin training local police officers how to communicate with the hearing impaired. This initiative comes after an altercation in September between a deaf man and a DeWitt Police officer who was unable to understand him.
"What came out of that was an awareness now that people hearing impaired in the community overall have a fear, perhaps, of law enforcement. That greatly concerns me, and as a result, we've reached out to a couple of organizations here locally, and they have agreed to come here and provide training," DeWitt Police Chief Gene Conway said.
Police officers will begin training to better communicate with the hearing impaired later this month.