Hearing disability
Deafness is considered an invisible disability.
Learn more about hard-of-hearing people and deaf people and get it over with clichés about hearing impairment.
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What You Need to Do to Ensure Accessibility for Deaf People at Public Venues
Discover all the solutions to make the deaf community feel welcomed at your venue!
Invisible Disabilities: 80% of Disabled People Are Concerned!
What are the types of invisible disabilities? And how can you help people who have some be more comfortable at your venue?
Disability Pride Month: What Is It and Why Is It Important?
July marks the celebration of Disability Pride Month! People with disabilities can raise awareness on their issues. It concerns all of us!
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Intellectual Disability, a Little Known and Multidimensional Disability
Intellectual Disability, a Little Known and Multidimensional DisabilityIntellectual disability, sometimes called mental retardation, affects 1 to 3% of the global population, which represents approximately 6.5 million people in the United States. Who are they? What...
How Innovation Promises to Revolutionize Accessibility in the New York City Subway
How Innovation Promises to Revolutionize Accessibility in the New York City Subway With more than 1.5 billion passengers per year, the New York City subway is one of the most used rapid transit systems in the Western world. And it’s also one of the oldest. It...
Accessibility Data Collection: a Huge Challenge for Cities and Transit Networks
Accessibility Data Collection: a Huge Challenge for Cities and Transit NetworksIt has been around ten years since we massively adopted the use of GPS on our smartphones. But while this tool is extremely helpful for car journeys, it is much less efficient to calculate...
Hearing Impaired People: a Multitude of Profiles for Different Needs
Hearing Impaired People: a Multitude of Profiles for Different Needs Did you know that hearing impaired people have several profiles and that the way they identify themselves is important? You may be familiar with deaf and hard of hearing people but for each of...
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