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Accommodations For individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing Typical Accommodations ASL/Sign Language interpreting Cued Speech Transliterating Assistive Listening Devices Notetakers Captioned media Speech-to-text

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Accommodations

For individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing

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Typical Accommodations

ASL/Sign Language interpreting
Cued Speech Transliterating
Assistive Listening Devices
Notetakers
Captioned media
Speech-to-text services

– CART – C-Print/Typewell

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Technology use

Videophones and programs like Facetime or

Skype

Chat and video text messages
Speech to text programs and apps
Hearing aids and cochlear implants

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Trends

K.M. v. Tustin Unified School District

– DOJ extends ADA to secondary schools, CART is considered a reasonable accommodation

Argenyi v. Creighton

– ‘the individual with a disability is most familiar with…and is in the best position to determine what type of aid will be effective’

Harvard, MIT and Netflix captioning cases
FCC and quality requirements
Technology standards

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DOJ Effective Communication

http://www.ada.gov/effective-comm.htm