A Deaf Accessibility Specialist Log

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The German Sign Language is used not only by around 80,000 deaf people, but also by people with cochlear implants or children of deaf parents.

Source: UNESCO. German Sign Language – DGS

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The rehabilitation model seeks to ‘rehabilitate’ disability through alterations to the human mind and body as well as to the environment; however, unlike the social model below, and much like the medical model, it is led by an authoritative class of rehabilitation-experts, whose goal is to minimize the presence of disability in society.

Source: Digital Methods for Disability Studies. Models of Disabilities

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Deafness is much broader than just a hearing loss; it is a complex sociopolitical reality that permeates one’s life.

Roslyn Rosen

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Because when we have an inaccessible site, we are telling a quarter of the U.S. and Canadian population, 15% of the people worldwide, that your voice isn’t important.

Donna Bungard, Accessibility Program Manager