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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


  1. Accommodations For individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing

  2. Typical Accommodations • ASL/Sign Language interpreting • Cued Speech Transliterating • Assistive Listening Devices • Notetakers • Captioned media • Speech-to-text services – CART – C-Print/Typewell

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. DOJ Effective Communication • http://www.ada.gov/effective-comm.htm

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