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Healthcare Careers Highlighted To Deaf Students
Less than six per cent of people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing work in healthcare in the US, compared to almost ten per cent of people who hear. These statistics were issued by four research-partners, seeking to increase the number of deaf and hard of hearing people working in healthcare. Taskforce Reviews Healthcare Career Options
Captions And Subtitles ‘Help Everybody To Learn’
Rebecca Dunne, who just finished her Leaving Cert. exams, shares some views on classroom captions, based on her own experiences. Captions and subtitles help everybody, not just deaf people. This year I did my Leaving Cert Vocational Preparation (LCVP)/Link Modules, which involved watching a video and answering questions on it, at the same time. I personally
Reflections On The Leaving Certificate Experience
Rebecca Dunne, a Dublin-based student, submitted this piece to IDK after a full week of exams. Her generous effort is appreciated! My name is Rebecca Dunne. I am deaf, with a cochlear implant. I have just finished my Leaving Certificate exams and found them really challenging, as everybody does. Because of my deafness I was
Being Deaf: Some Workplace Challenges Identified
Recruiters and HR directors need to read this piece. It’s brilliantly written by a 21-year-old programmer who’s deaf and finding his way in his workplace. Read more: Being deaf (and other life lessons) This lad’s start-up has limited budget for access services, but a transcriber is hired for big meetings. Generally speaking, he says “HR
Video Captioning Requires Automated Work-Flows
By January 2013, US federal law will require all online web-videos to be captioned if the content derives from material that was broadcast on TV. This law, the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (2010), poses big challenges for TV broadcasters and video-creators. What of the uncaptioned material that is online? Automated workflow and accurate
Deaf Medical Student Not Fazed By Hearing Issues
When deaf students are mainstream-educated, observers may not realise the level of extra work they can put in, to get similar results to their peers. This piece reveals a deaf student’s commitment to her medical studies. Read more: Hearing loss not a barrier for medical student In this case, the student relied on her determination,
Taking A Mainstream Route To Self-Employment
The Irish Times Insight magazine asked what state supports are open to entrepreneurs with disability who start a business – at risk of losing any social welfare benefits they may get? Interestingly, mainstream education is cited as a source of the learning and skills people need for self-employment. Fiona Reddan talked to Caroline Carswell about her
Cornell STEM Captioning May Reach High Schools
Cornell University is testing an online, remote captioning system for deaf and hard of hearing students, which may reach into the high school sector. The move is geared to encourage more deaf students to study STEM topics. Read More: Cornell Supports Deaf Students In STEM Field Market-size figures from the US value speech-recognition, captioning and transcribing solutions
Barcelona’s “Cities For All” Hosts IDK Presentation
The Barcelona-based “Towns and Cities For All” European online resource network for universal design, recently approached IDK’s Miriam Walsh for permission to host her CESI 2012 presentation on its website. Read more: Captioning Videos In Education IDK is delighted to receive this contact from Spain, and invites expressions of interest from other entities who may
TeachNet Blog: Closed Captions In The Classroom
Attendees of the CESI 2012 conference last February, will recall the live captions that were requested by Sound Advice’s Caroline Carswell, to facilitate her access to the sessions – and to give a live demo in her own presentation. Live Captions Retained A Full Day At CESI 2012 The CESI organisers arranged these live captions
eBook: Teaching A Deaf Child To Hear And Speak
Edited by Caroline Carswell