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Panel on communicating with deaf patients gets early lesson when interpreter can’t be seen

Por: Portland Press Herald Nation December 05, 2023

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A new task force seeking to improve access to sign language interpreters in health care settings was less than an hour into its first meeting Monday when its leaders realized they did not have an American Sign Language interpreter visible to people watching the meeting online. The oversight perfectly highlighted the challenge members of the Deaf and hard-of-hearing communities face in a world not geared to them, some of which the task force was... + full article



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