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Information: New Exemptions for Hearing Impaired Truck Drivers
Information About New Exemptions for Hearing Impaired Truck Drivers In a guest column for the Memphis Daily News, Jim Mulroy, managing partner of Jackson Lewis’ Memphis Office, weighs in on the...
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Cruise Ship Observations by Lou Touchette
From Arizona Daily Star, 10/28/2013 About Lou Touchette Lou Touchette is an active member of the Adult Loss of Hearing Association (ALOHA). For the past four years he has spearheaded a program called...
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DOT Announces Two New Air Carrier Access Act Rules, Issues $1.2 Million FIne
DOT Announces Two New Air Carrier Access Act Rules and Issues $1.2 Million Fine For Inadequate Wheelchair Assistance From US Department of Transportation (DOT), 11/4/2013 The US Department of...
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INVITATION: USDOT WEBINAR-AIR CARRIER ACCESS ACT UPDATES
U.S. Department of Transportation Invites you to a WEBINAR Air Carrier Access Act New DOT Rules to Make Flying Easier for Passengers with Disabilities November 14, 2013 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST The...
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Southwest Airlines to Start Wireless Inflight Entertainment in 2014
Southwest Airlines to Offer Closed Captioning on Wireless Inflight Entertainment Captioning to Begin in Early 2014 By Mary Kirby, Runway Girl Network 11/21/2013 Full article at http://bit.ly/1aU0DNm...
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Association for Airline Passenger Rights Partners with Caption First for Access
Association for Airline Passenger Rights and Caption First Announce Partnership to Promote Greater Accessibility May 06, 2014 from...
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Senator wants closed captioning of in-flight movies
The Hill By Keith Laing – 06/05/14 03:16 PM EDT Source: http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/208402-sen-harkin-wants-closed-captioning-of-in-flight-movies#ixzz34TXLytW9 Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)...
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Metro to Host Public Meeting on Annandale Metrobus Service
Metro will host a community meeting to present service improvement proposals for the Annandale service area (Metrobus Routes 16A, 16D, 16L, 29C, 29E, 29G, 29H, 29X). The meeting is being held to...
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Survey Opportunity for VDOT guidance
Consumers, Colleagues, and Partners: The Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services is assisting the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) in assessing both curb cuts in need of repair...
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Hotel Introduces New Technology to Help Hearing-Impaired Guests
Marketwire SOURCE: Marriott International September 05, 2014 The Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel Introduces New Technology to Help Hearing-Impaired Guests State-of-the-Art System Is a...
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Metro Update: For Weekend of November 21-23
Orange Line Station Closures; Red & Blue Line Single Tracking Weekend highlights include: Buses will replace Orange Line trains between West Falls Church and Vienna from 12:01 a.m. Saturday...
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EEOC Lawsuit Against FedEx Ground on behalf of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing
The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) recently filed a nationwide lawsuit against FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. (“FedEx Ground”) alleging that FedEx Ground...
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Fort Wayne airport adds video phone for deaf travelers
By Associated Press April 11, 2015 FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A new video phone that allows the deaf to communicate with other deaf people over a video link has been installed at the Fort Wayne...
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Top Transportation Issues for People with Disabilities and Potential Solutions
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 – 2:00 – 3:30 PM Eastern Presenters: Donna Smith, Director of Training, Easter Seals Project Action Consulting Kristi McLaughlin, Training and Technical Assistance Specialist...
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Metro – Travel – Advisory – Tues. September 22 through Thur. September 24.
Metro is preparing for large crowds and traffic detours during Pope Francis’ three-day visit to Washington, D.C. Tuesday, September 22 through Thursday, September 24. Specific details on the visit...
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TSA Event for Job Seekers with Disabilities – Oct. 21
Disability Mentoring Day at TSA The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) invite you to attend a half-day mentoring program on...
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Woman Jumps From Car, Convinced Deaf Lyft Driver Was Kidnapping Her
New York News • NYmag.com By Nathan Pemberton November 2, 2015 After using ride-share service Lyft to catch a lift back to her home in a San Fransisco suburb, a 28-year-old woman became convinced,...
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Uber Just Made It Easy To Be A Deaf Driver In India
HuffPost India By Adrija Bose Posted: 02/11/2016 When Salman, an Uber driver in Mumbai, could not take calls from passengers, customers would cancel his ride. He would also have to text every rider...
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Needed Deaf & Hard of Hearing people for WMATA & DC Gov. Advisory Councils
Call to increase representation and visibility of deaf and hard of hearing people within both the WMATA and the DC Government. For the following vacancies: WMATA Accessibility Advisory Council...
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Uber aims to put more deaf drivers on the roads
“Uber teaming with a nonprofit group for the deaf to attract more hearing-impaired drivers” Washington Post By Faiz Siddiqui April 19 Wendell Pratt can’t hear what his Uber passengers say about him,...
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