access Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/access/ Everything about the Deaf Community! Wed, 20 Nov 2019 04:27:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://deafniche.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cropped-logo_gigantic_png-32x32.png access Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/access/ 32 32 Real-Time Texting: FCC Announces New Communication for Deaf and Hard of Hearing https://deafniche.com/fcc-announces-new-communication-deaf-hard-hearing/ https://deafniche.com/fcc-announces-new-communication-deaf-hard-hearing/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2016 13:57:38 +0000 http://deafniche.com/?p=9686 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that starting December 2017 the TTY will be gone. Instead of the TTY, Real Time Texting (RTT) will be put in place. The FCC recognized that an overwhelming number of deaf and hard of hearing use cell phones to communicate with families and friends. With this recognition and […]

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]]> https://deafniche.com/fcc-announces-new-communication-deaf-hard-hearing/feed/ 1 North Dakota’s Deaf Children’s Bill of Rights Went Into Effect This Year https://deafniche.com/north-dakotas-deaf-childrens-bill-rights-went-effect-year/ Mon, 19 Dec 2016 06:32:02 +0000 http://deafniche.com/?p=9666 After several proposals from Deaf educators, parents of deaf children, and advocates in 2015, North Dakota’s Legislature passed the House Bill 1366: Deaf and HOH Children’s Bill of Rights. HB 1366 went into effect this year, requiring all hearing schools to provide accommodations for deaf children who attend their schools. If they cannot do so, […]

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