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Deaf community of whatcom county: services and advocacy

Deaf community of whatcom county: services and advocacy. By Jill Toronchuk and Molly Riegel. Who are the deaf?. Causes Rubella High fever Over use antibiotics (ear infections) Meningitis Genetics Usher’s syndrome – blind and deaf Accidents Damaging hearing. Little and big ‘d’.

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Deaf community of whatcom county: services and advocacy

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  1. Deaf community of whatcom county:services and advocacy By Jill Toronchuk and Molly Riegel

  2. Who are the deaf? • Causes • Rubella • High fever • Over use antibiotics (ear infections) • Meningitis • Genetics • Usher’s syndrome – blind and deaf • Accidents • Damaging hearing

  3. Little and big ‘d’ • Deaf with a big ‘D’ • Who they are • Strengths • Social cohesion/support, resiliency, strength based perspective • Martha’s Vineyard • Deaf with a little ‘d’ • Looks at disability • Struggles • General population’s unawareness (Seattle law enforcement), assumption against intelligence

  4. Flag Salute

  5. Sound and fury Sound and Fury

  6. Services • HSDC (Hearing, Speech & Deafness Center) • Hearing Loss Association of Whatcom County • Guide by Your Side • WSAD (Washington State Association of the Deaf) • NAD (National Association of the Deaf) • Grade schools – Vancouver, WA • Campus disability services • WWU • TECHNOLOGY!

  7. How to connect to services • Word of mouth • Networking • Kerri Holferty – Disability Support Services • WCC, BTC, SVC, Bellingham • Long process to become interpreter • Arriving in new area

  8. New population • Veterans • Leading injury is hearing loss • “suffering in silence”

  9. references (2008). Hearing loss up among veterans. http://www.military.com/veterans-report/hearing-loss-us-among-veterans. Holferty, K. personal communication, April 29, 2011. Martha’s vineyard island. Retrieved from http://www.handspeak.com/byte/m/index.php?byte=marthavineyard National association of the deaf. Retrieved from http://www.nad.org/ Sound and fury: deaf culture with sign language. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/v/PvvDf4RUtc8 Washington state association of the deaf. Retrieved from http://wsad.org/ Washington state hands & voices. Retrieved from http://www.wahandsandvoices.org

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