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Career > Interviewing
Phone Interview Accommodations for Hearing and Speech Disabilities
...language interpreter provided by the employer Email-based interview where you answer questions in writing Relay services (Video Relay Service for ASL users, Captioned Telephone Service for real-time text) In-person interview instead of remote screening Written questions sent in advance for a video...
Career > Interviewing
Accessible Interview Locations: What to Request and What Employers Must Provide
...sensory accommodations like quieter rooms and communication supports like ASL interpreters. Here's what you're allowed to request, how to ask for it, and...hallways or doorways under 32 inches wide Communication accommodations like ASL interpreters, CART (real-time captioning), or assistive listening devices...
Career > Finding Jobs
Networking Events for Professionals with Disabilities: Finding Accessible Opportunities
...Accessibility isn't something you request; it's how the event was built. Venues are vetted before contracts are signed. Sessions include live captioning, ASL interpretation, and accessible presentation materials by default. Organizers expect accommodation requests and plan capacity accordingly. The professional...
Career > Advancement
Professional Conferences and Travel Accommodations for Career Networking
...event, and not once you realize the agenda involves more standing than you expected. The reason is practical: quality accommodation services book up. ASL interpreters and CART captioning providers work months in advance, particularly during busy conference seasons. If you need captioning, reach out at...
Career > Accommodations
Sign Language Interpreters and Communication Accommodations for Deaf Employees
...suggest you "just email everyone," that's not effective communication. Effective communication accommodations include: Sign language interpreters (ASL, SEE, tactile, or other signed languages) CART services (real-time captioning by a live stenographer) Video Remote Interpreting (VRI) for scheduled...
Special Needs > Hearing Impairments
Disney's Songs in Sign Language Debut April 27
...Deaf children whose first language is ASL, these represent the first time Disney...rather than word-for-word translation." ASL has its own grammar and syntax. Facial...clause. When you translate a song into ASL, you're working with a different linguistic...from Deaf West performed the songs in ASL. DJ Kurs served as sign language artistic...
Assistive Tech > Hearing
Alerting Devices for Deaf Households: Room-by-Room Safety Guide
A smoke alarm goes off at 2 AM. You're asleep. You can't hear it. That scenario drives home safety decisions for deaf and hard-of-hearing households. Standard auditory alerts don't work when you...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Sleep and Autism: Evidence-Based Help for Children Who Can't Fall Asleep or Stay Asleep
...Autistic Children Struggle With Sleep. Sleep difficulties in autism aren't one problem. They're a cluster of related challenges: difficulty falling asleep, frequent night wakings, early morning waking, and irregular sleep-wake cycles. The neurology behind it involves melatonin production timing, sensory...
Special Needs > Hearing Impairments
Classroom Accommodations That Work for Students with Hearing Impairments
...forgets to wear the microphone. By the time he gets off the bus, he's exhausted from straining to hear all day. Or maybe your daughter is deaf and uses ASL. She has a qualified interpreter, but she sits in the back corner of the classroom where she can't see the teacher's face or the board when students...
Special Needs > Hearing Impairments
IDEA Rights for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in Public Schools
...getting a qualified interpreter. The one assigned to her classroom learned ASL through an online course last summer and struggles to keep up when the teacher...with peers and staff in the child's language (whether that's spoken English, ASL, or another signed language) Academic level and full range of needs,...
Special Needs > Hearing Impairments
Communication Options for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children: A Family Decision Guide
ASL, cochlear implants, total communication, oral approaches: understand all options to make an informed choice without judgment.
Parenting > The Early Years
Sleep Solutions for Young Children with Developmental Differences
...extinction work by conditioning a child to fall asleep independently. The child learns that crying won't...parent, so they stop crying and eventually fall asleep. For typically developing children, this works...child's brain is processing while trying to fall asleep. Weighted blankets provide deep pressure input,...