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ASL videos about Emergency Preparedness
CEPIN Deaf and Hard of Hearing Disaster Preparedness Video. Check HERE to view the video.
ASL Emergency Preparedness Videos. Check them out on YouTube.
MCDHH News
As a result of the severe economic crisis and budget cutbacks, the Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (MCDHH) will no longer have funds to provide on-call interpreters for hospital emergencies during evening, weekend, and holiday hours. Effective November 30, 2009, the MCDHH Emergency After Hours Referral Service will be able to refer only for legal/ police emergencies. This change does not alter the fact that Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals have the right to qualified interpreters during hospital emergencies, and it continues to be the hospitals' responsibility to provide communication access in event that a Deaf or Hard of Hearing person is involved in a medical emergency. The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) and member hospitals have informed MCDHH that they wish to establish their own plans for compliance with the legal obligation to locate and provide communication access for Deaf and Hard of Hearing persons during after hours emergencies. Therefore, MCDHH is advising hospitals to give consideration to a combination of procedures for obtaining qualified ASL interpreters for emergencies occurring during evening, weekend, and holiday hours. MCDHH is making information and technical assistance resources available to all hospitals in Massachusetts. Click HERE for more information.
FCC Announces New Closed Captioned Complaint Rules
Click HERE for more information.
Tax Topics in ASL
Welcome to the official YouTube channel of the Internal Revenue Service. This channel will feature videos produced by the IRS on various tax administration topics in American Sign Language.
Census Information in ASL
Check out this Video Blog about the importance of the census for people who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.
MCDHH & Budget Cuts
Watch Commissioner Heidi Reed's message about budget cuts.
Deaf MD-Bridging Medicine & the Deaf World
Check out this innovative website providing accurate, concise, and valuable health information in American Sign Language to the Deaf & Hard of Hearing population. Using health information created by two trustworthy and unbiased government sources--the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institutes of Health, DeafMD.org, a team of healthcare providers, linguists, and educators translates this complex information into ASL.
Miley Cyrus
Check out Party in the USA in ASL here.
Swine Flu Information
Public Service Announcement in ASL on Swine flu influenza (H1N1)
