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Deaf and the City
By Deaf411 | May 2, 2008
Deciding whether your city is deaf-friendly?
[Deaf411] You have a date with your city, Rochester. All of your friends are busy and you are alone, so you decide to enjoy the evening yourself. You are about to experience a city and whether it is deaf-friendly.
As you walk by a restaurant, you read their specials on a sign including “Chicken Parmesan with spaghetti for 4.99”. You decide to go in and eat. The hostess starts talking to you and you inform her that you are deaf. She suddenly apologizes and starts signing. The hostess seats you at a table near a window. The waiter noticed the hostess signing to you, and he stops by your table and signs to you as well.
After placing your order, you read in the newspaper that the local movie theater is playing a movie you want to see and it is open-captioned! You decide to watch a movie after you finish eating. At the ticket window, the teller talks to you. After informing her you are deaf, she talks to you in sign language asking which movie you want to see. You buy a ticket and enjoy your movie.
After the movie is over, you walk home. You just finished dating your deaf-friendly city. You just experienced hearing people who know sign language, and being in a movie theater that provides captions.
Is Your City Deaf-Friendly?
- Who should judge and decide which cities meets the standards of a deaf-friendly city?
- What features must a city have before you can consider “dating”, and maybe “marry”?!
What do you look for in a deaf-friendly city – is it:
- Availability of interpreters?
- Number of hearing people knowing signs?
- Availability of deaf-friendly accessibility services (open-captioned films)?
- Businesses hiring deaf employees?
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