From DeafNetwork: Compu-TTY, Inc. has announced the availability of a new Braille TTY, the VTouch Braille TTY. The lightweight and portable TTY is only three pounds. The VTouch does not have batteries in the Braille display like older models. Plus, it comes with one adapter and one cable between the TTY and the Brailled display. …
October 2005 archive
Meet the Lugnuts
Last week’s therapy included reading a page of sentences, some of which caused my tongue to twist. The fun part was the listening that we did for the latter half of the session. I met the Lugnuts, a family with seven kids. They liked to watch TV all day long, shop at the mail (all …
The Reality behind Katrina
The Washington Post interviewed a Gallaudet student who was affected by Katrina as well as two employees who discuss emergency preparedness and awareness. Lisa Fabstein, a spokeswoman for Washington, D.C.’s Metro, said it best: “But right now if people need to evacuate, realistically, deaf passengers would just follow others out.” That’s what I do when …
Phone Access for Hurricane Evacuees with Speech Disabilities
From Deaf Network of Texas: Victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita who have a speech disability need to know that they can use a free telephone service 24 hours a day. This service, called “Speech to Speech” (STS), provides communication assistants (CAs) for people who have difficulty being understood on the telephone. STS is a …
Monster Garage
What in the world does the show, Monster Garage have to do with this blog’s topic?KVUE of Austin reports that students from the Texas School for the Deaf appear in an upcoming episode of the show on Discovery Channel. The episode was shot on the school’s campus as it has its own auto-body garage. They’ve …
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