Deaf Awareness Training
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Are you hearing impaired?
Do you know someone who is hearing impaired?
Maybe you witnessed community members struggle when masks were mandated, and they could no longer lip read.
Maybe you just want to become more educated
By attending this Deaf awareness training presented by Deaf connect you will:
• Appropriate terminology to use and some features of sign language
• Three very different deaf people and their experiences of growing up and being in the community
• Five different communication tips for use when you meet deaf or hard of hearing people
• What an accessible workplace looks like
• The adjustments that can be made in a family where there is a deaf child
• What assistive technology is available for deaf and hard of hearing people
• Some famous deaf and hard of hearing people and their successes
Dress Casual (jeans ok)