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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:
https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/materials/asl.html
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8bUdMEsiPQ&t=1s
 
From PA Dept. of Health:
https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/ASL.aspx
 
From Wisconsin Dept. of Health:
https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/covid-19/resources-asl.htm
 
COVID-19 communication card (from Wisconsin)
https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/publications/p02629.pdf
 
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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SiMAX, the Sign Language Avatar, is coming to Kickstarter!

We are Sign Time, a company that has been creating high-quality signing avatars for years, making information more accessible to the d/Deaf and hard of hearing.

Our avatar has a broad vocabulary in languages such as Austrian Sign Language, German Sign Language, and British Sign Language, and over the past decade, we have made everything from presidential broadcasts to music videos accessible. Now, we are making the jump to American Sign Language!

In order to make this a reality, we have launched a Kickstarter campaign, and we are asking you to spread the news about us to your audience!

 
 
 
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Should FMCSA lift restrictions on deaf drivers?

A lack of support from major trucking organizations, state licensing agencies and an influential medical group could impede efforts by disability rights advocates to lift commercial driver’s license (CDL) restrictions for truck drivers who cannot hear.

The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) petitioned the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) in December to propose a rule repealing requirements that commercial truck drivers be able to hear. NAD’s petition also requests that FMCSA amend the requirement that interstate drivers be able to speak, as well as a rule barring interpreters from the CDL skills-test process.

Read the rest at https://www.freightwaves.com/news/should-fmcsa-lift-restrictions-on-deaf-drivers.