Judge Orders White House to Include Sign Language in Covid Briefings

The Trump administration may have violated federal law by not including American Sign Language interpretation in televised briefings on the coronavirus pandemic, a federal judge in Washington ruled Wednesday.

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg granted temporary relief that will require the White House to include in-frame ASL interpretation, already adopted by the governors of all 50 states in their Covid-19 video broadcasts, pending final judgment in the case.

The judge found “there is little debate” that deaf Americans would suffer irreparable harm — the threshold to warrant injunctive relief — if denied timely access to critical information on the pandemic.

Read the rest at https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-orders-white-house-to-include-sign-language-in-covid-briefings/amp.

COVID-19 (Cornavirus) ASL Videos and additional resources

Below are some additional ASL resources on Covid-19 (Cornavirus) in addition to those already posted here at DAD which can be found doing a simple search for covid – https://www.delawaredeaf.org/?s=covid

From Minnesota Dept. of Health:
 
 
From PA Dept. of Health:
 
From Wisconsin Dept. of Health:
 
COVID-19 communication card (from Wisconsin)
 
COVID-19 communication card (from Massachusetts)
https://www.mass.gov/doc/covid-19-card/download
https://www.mass.gov/service-details/covid-19-card (General Info and other card formats)
 
NAD (National Association of the Deaf)
 
CDC (Centers for Disease Control) ASL Videos
 

 

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