National Deaf Center Forum
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Introductions
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College Equity Virtual Conference
This space is intended for any questions or concerns from the College Equity Conference from Oct 17-19, 2023. If you are looking for specific content or topics, please use the forum topics on this page.
NDC Suggestions Box
If you have a suggestion on the forum or NDC process in general, please post here.
General Questions
This space is intended for any topics or posts that may not fit in any other category.
Sign Language Interpreting Services
This space is intended for discussions related to sign language interpreting services. Such as hiring, developing contracts, scheduling, classroom set ups, fieldwork/internship interpreting, and more.
Speech-to-Text Services (including CART, C-print, and TypeWell)
This space is intended for discussions related to sign language interpreting services. Such as hiring, developing contracts, scheduling, classroom set ups, fieldwork/internship interpreting, and more.
Captioned Media Services
This space is intended for discussions related to captioned media such as who is responsible for captioning, relevant copyright rules and regulations, campus wide captioning policies, transcript distribution, and more.
Classroom Accommodations
This space is intended for discussions related to classroom accommodations and access to instruction. Questions and/or topics related to the following can be posted here: note taking services, assistive listening systems, remote services, testing accommodations, online classes, study abroad, internships/clinicals, foreign language classes, etc.
Campus Access
This space is intended for discussions related to overall campus access. Questions and/or topics related to the following can be posted here: proactive accommodations for graduation, access to student life activities, housing accommodations, emergency campus protocols, etc.
Institutional Policies/Processes
This space is reserved for questions and discussions related to institutional responsibilities, legal compliance, and implementation of campus policies and procedures. Questions or discussions related to the following topics could be posted here: funding for accommodations, policy implementation and processes, evaluation of services, etc.
Professional Development & Career Resources
This space is reserved for posts and announcements regarding professional development opportunities, research requests, and job postings.