Deaf Canadians ‘at risk’ in times of national emergency – CBC
Other countries have on-screen interpreters during news broadcasts
Sep 27, 2018
When the next ice storm, wildfire or terror attack happens, Canadians who are deaf or hard of hearing will be in greater peril than others because most public notification systems are not accessible to them, experts say.
The Canadian Hearing Society estimates there are 3.15 million Canadians who are hard of hearing and 340,000 Canadians who are deaf, including an estimated 11,000 who are deaf-blind. In policy and in practice, Canada lags behind other countries in ensuring their safety in an emergency.
“Canadian deaf, hard-of-hearing, and deaf-blind people do not have access to information in a way that is designed to survive a crisis,” said a report produced in March by DLR Consulting for the Canadian Hearing Society (CHS).
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