In today’s world, emergency preparedness is an important topic. Too often, deaf people do not have access to emergency alerts. Visual emergency alerting systems provide equal access and allow deaf people to evacuate safely during emergencies. Both the ADA and…
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Introductory Information
Useful For: Disability Services Professionals
Topics: Assistive Listening Systems
Deaf students enrolling in colleges across the country are on the rise and securing access services can be difficult for institutions….
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Introductory Information
Useful For: Disability Services Professionals
Topics: Remote Services
Effective communication affords deaf people the ability to share and/or receive information in a manner that is successful for them. Effective communication increases the opportunity for full and equal participation in any situation. Effective communication is fluid and allows all…
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Introductory Information
Useful For: Audiologists
Topics: Deaf Awareness, Policy
This study explored how vocational rehabilitation counselors promote the self-advocacy knowledge and skills of their deaf consumers within postsecondary employment and educational contexts….
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Research
Useful For: Families
Topics: Research & Data, Transition
This brief summarizes the research related to deaf culture as a potential resource to be drawn upon in support of postsecondary education and employment outcomes for deaf people….
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Research
Useful For: Disability Services Professionals
Topics: Research & Data, Transition
This study investigated patterns of educational accommodations use between high school and postsecondary settings by deaf students….
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Research
Useful For: Disability Services Professionals
Topics: Research & Data
This study describes the results of a large nationwide study of accommodations use by deaf students in secondary and postsecondary settings….
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Research
Useful For: Disability Services Professionals
Topics: Research & Data
At the nucleus of every successful vocational rehabilitation employment goal is a well-delineated individual plan for employment, often referred to as a roadmap of services that lead to employment. By better understanding the myriad services offered by vocational rehabilitation, a…
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Introductory Information
Useful For: Families
Topics: Transition
Approximately 20% of the adult population has a disability. Most deaf people do not seek vocational rehabilitation services, but those who do most often want employment-related services or education and/or training to prepare for employment….
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Introductory Information
Useful For: Families
Topics: Transition
With technology always seemingly one step ahead of us, it’s easy to confuse the various telecommunication services used to visually connect hearing and deaf people who wish to communicate with each other. Three primary telecommunication services are in use today:…
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Introductory Information
Useful For: Disability Services Professionals
Topics: Interpreting, Assistive Listening Systems
Telecommunication technology has significantly changed the communication landscape for deaf people. For more than 40 years, text telephones (TTY) and amplified phones were the only options. Today, videophones, smartphones, and instant messaging most often replace TTY as preferred communication tools….
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Introductory Information
Useful For: Disability Services Professionals
Topics: Assistive Listening Systems
Cochlear implants are complex electronic devices surgically implanted under the skin behind the ear. These devices use electrodes placed in the inner ear (the cochlea) to stimulate the auditory nerve of people who have significant permanent hearing loss….
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Introductory Information
Useful For: Audiologists
Topics: Assistive Listening Systems