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Values Into Action Scotland work to ensure full rights, choice and control for people with learning disabilities & individuals on the autistic spectrum. We are delighted to offer this session on Hearing Loss Awareness.
This course will be presented by partner organisation RNID , who work to make life fully inclusive for deaf people and those with hearing loss or tinnitus.
This session will cover:
- An introduction to significant hearing loss and common difficulties that people face
- Reasonable adjustments’ and how to implement these
- Strategies to include and support people with a significant hearing loss
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Join our friendly, relaxed and informal reading group run by Sheffield Library staff for people with a hearing impairment.
This is an online event held on Zoom and British Sign Language supported.
I'm deaf 365 days of the year. Please caption the future. A practical one-hour lesson on everything you need to do to be a better ally to people with hearing disabilities an make the future accessible.
July 26- Monday Motivation | Community Innovation
(6:00 - 7:30 PM NYC)
Pitch night where people with hearing disabilities talk about technical problems they have and solutions they want to come up with for those problems, we will be recruiting software developers and connecting people with teams
July 27 - Tech Tuesday | Demo night
(6:00 - 7:30 PM NYC)
Sponsorship demo night. If you are a company that creates products for people with hearing disabilities, let our audience know about your products. Partner with u to hihlight those services. Breakout rooms.
July 28- Wednesday Wisdom | Breakout Rooms
(6:00 - 7:30 PM NYC)
Conversación en Español
Motherhood + Disability Panel
The Law + Workplace + Disability Panel
Dating + Disability panel
July 29- Throwback Thursday | A History of the ADA
(6:00 - 7:30 PM NYC)
31 years after the ADA: A panel with the OGs of the disability movement
July 30- Feature Friday | Panel Conversations
(6:00 - 7:30 PM NYC)
Conversations with popular disability advocates on the state of disability with the social media revolution. We will discuss how we make the accessibility movement Instagrammable
July 31- Safety Saturday | Emergency and hearing disability prep
(6:00 - 7:30 PM NYC)
Everyday emergency prep for people with hearing disabilities, best practices for self-advocacy in a COVID-world.
August 1- Self Care Sunday | NYC Tour Celebration
Times TBD.
*This ticket type is only for paying customers and those who purchase a Sponsor Ticket* We will have a list of restaurants and activities planned out for NYC. More details for this ticket type coming soon.
ABOUT THIS CONFERENCE
The Hearing Access & Inclusion Conference is a seven-day event that will highlight the tools, technologies, and best practices for people with hearing disabilities in celebration of the Americans with Disabilities Act’s 31st Anniversary. This is our second annual event! Last year we were sponsored by Google and this year we hope to see you again!
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE
We would love to see the majority of our attendees be people across the spectrum of hearing disability: cochlear implant and hearing aid users, members of the Deaf community, age or disability related hearing disability, and all those who identify as having some form of hearing challenge.
We welcome people of all disability status, education levels, job descriptions, whether you’re a designer, developer, marketer, entrepreneur, project manager, student, professor, or just a curious aspiring ally. In particular, we are focused on making space for, and elevating and respecting the voices and perspectives of all participants.
Register and tell your friends! Let’s make the future accessible to those with hearing disabilities.
Jul 26, 2021 at 6 PM to Aug 1, 2021 at 7:30 PM EDT
This free online seminar will help your business understand the barriers faced by staff and customers who are deaf or have hearing loss and the steps you can take to overcome them.
SUSE is the lead partner in the Disability Employment Gap Public Social Partnership (PSP) which has been commissioned by the Scottish Government.
The Disability Employment Gap PSP is a unique and forward-thinking initiative in the Scottish employability landscape. We aim to contribute to the ambition set by the Scottish Government in The Fairer Scotland for Disabled People – Employment Action Plan, to half the Disability Employment Gap by 2038.
As part of funding made available from the partnership, we are delighted to offer providers a free introductory session exploring significant hearing loss.
This course will be presented by partner organisation RNID , who work to make life fully inclusive for deaf people and those with hearing loss or tinnitus.
This session will cover:
· An introduction to significant hearing loss and common difficulties that people face
· Reasonable adjustments’ and how to implement these
· Strategies to include and support people with a significant hearing loss
SUSE is the lead partner in the Disability Employment Gap Public Social Partnership (PSP) which has been commissioned by the Scottish Government.
The Disability Employment Gap PSP is a unique and forward-thinking initiative in the Scottish employability landscape. We aim to contribute to the ambition set by the Scottish Government in The Fairer Scotland for Disabled People – Employment Action Plan, to half the Disability Employment Gap by 2038.
As part of funding made available from the partnership, we are delighted to offer providers a free introductory session exploring significant hearing loss.
This course will be presented by partner organisation RNID , who work to make life fully inclusive for deaf people and those with hearing loss or tinnitus.
This session will cover:
· An introduction to significant hearing loss and common difficulties that people face
· Reasonable adjustments’ and how to implement these
· Strategies to include and support people with a significant hearing loss
Hosted by HLAA and presented by the New York State Association
Federal, state and local disability laws are intended to bring people with all manner of disabilities, including hearing loss, into the mainstream of public life. But implementing those laws in practice is up to affected individuals. How well do you understand your accessibility rights? What steps can or should you take if you feel your rights have been denied?
Speakers:
- Marc Fliedner, J.D., Attorney and Director of the PAIR Program (Protection & Advocacy for Individual Rights), Disability Rights New York
- John Herrion, J.D., Attorney and Director of Disability Rights, New York State Division of Human Rights.
- John Waldo, J.D., Attorney
- Moderator: Jerry Bergman, HLAA member and hearing loss advocate.
Lexington Hearing and Speech Center on Heart of Gold
Lexington Hearing and Speech Center on Heart of Gold October, 2017
Lexington Girl Excels Despite Severe Hearing Loss
3-year-old Jasmine was born with severe hearing loss.It was so bad, audiologists say in another era she would have been considered completely deaf .Not long after her first birthday, she had surgery to get cochlear implants in each ear. Now, she works with therapists at Lexington Hearing and Speech Center and is making remarkable progress.
Starkey Hearing Foundation Hear Now Program
Hear Now is a national non-profit program that helps people who are deaf or hard of hearing get hearing aids if they have no other resources. Hear Now also collects hearing aids for recycling purposes.
https://www.starkeyhearingfoundation.org/hear-now
Hearing Aids Linked to Fewer Hospital and ER Visits by Older Adults
Many older adults with severe hearing loss don’t have hearing aids, but those with them typically use less costly types of health care, a new study finds.
N.L.'s lost-time injury rate at all-time low, but hearing loss continues to rise
Despite Newfoundland and Labrador's lost-time incidence rate being at a historic low, Hearing Loss injuries continue to climb (hitting 10.6 per 10,000 workers, up from 9.5 in 2016).
How To Support A Loved One Who Has Hearing Loss
When someone has hearing loss, friends and family are also impacted. Communication patterns must be altered, new technologies learned, and everyone must adjust to the new reality.
Self-reported Hearing Difficulty and Risk of Accidental Injury in US Adults, 2007 to 2015
People with Hearing Impairments are at increased risk for accidents, a new study in "JAMA Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery" reports.
Mumbai restaurant pushes for social change with differently-able staff
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec.23 : A restaurant in Mumbai has pushed for social change by employing people who are speech and hearing impaired.
