Catholic Canon Lawyer's Misunderstanding about the DIVERSE population of the deaf/Deaf and Hard of Hearing
*“I would have warned against seeing
captioning as the solution to the communication problem for the simple reason
that captioning is one-directional; people might read captioning, but they don't respond in
it. Captioning cannot, therefore, offer "that fully conscious and active
participation in liturgical celebrations which is demanded by the very nature
of the liturgy” Sacrosanctum
Concilium
14).
Sign languages do.
Source:
http://www.canonlaw.info/2008/01/to-best-accomodate-deaf-begin-by.html
In reality, one could ‘technically’ respond to
Captions w/ sign language if the person can also read. However, the population who uses Captioning
in real time (CART) are the deaf/HOH who are verbal. You read the
captioning (receptive) and respond orally (expressive) of the SAME language for
two-directional communication in most situations, generally speaking. Classes, RCIA, Virtus training, and
Catholic conferences are very useful having access to it in CART/Captioning.
For the Mass; The issue is
more of the lag time translation services can
present when translating from spoken English to verbatim English and how one
would manage that discrepancy (albeit brief) lag time of ‘real time’. This BTW, is similar to most services being
done in translation. There is always a lag time when translating, be it from
English to ASL, English to Spanish, spoken words, to verbatim (CART). Do
you respond with a delay verbally when others are a few words ahead of you
‘like an echo slightly off beat’? Or do you
mentally engaged the response ‘orally’ without vocalizing to adapt to the
situation? This would be if the entire
Mass in in CART. Many hearing people
often mentally engaged ‘voicing the singing or responses in their head’ without
vocalization during a Mass and spiritually participating in that mental
processing/engagement.
"However, in order to serve ALL deaf, hard of hearing,
the hearing impaired or people with hearing loss
(whichever terms you choose), all of these accessible
solutions need to be provided, and the Deaf and
hearing impaired should always be placed down front
where they can use their eyes to see to hear and the
audio amplifiers to be picked up by their assistive
devices. Captions should be on the wall or a screen for
those who need to read what is being said."
(Source: http://limpingchicken.com/2014/01/16/deaf-discrimination-to-deaf/)
Examples of Effective communication: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~accessibility/effcomm/index.html
"You get the jokes, the satire, the innuendo. You have full access. You are an equal participant. That’s CART Captioning. That’s Communication Access Realtime Translation.” (Source: http://www.realtimeworldwide.com/services/cart-communication-access-realtime-translation/)
How do you make it Inclusive to all those who are deaf and hard of hearing?
How do you make it Inclusive to all those who are deaf and hard of hearing?
"However, in order to serve ALL deaf, hard of hearing,
the hearing impaired or people with hearing loss
(whichever terms you choose), all of these accessible
solutions need to be provided, and the Deaf and
hearing impaired should always be placed down front
where they can use their eyes to see to hear and the
audio amplifiers to be picked up by their assistive
devices. Captions should be on the wall or a screen for
those who need to read what is being said."
(Source: http://limpingchicken.com/2014/01/16/deaf-discrimination-to-deaf/)
"What does it mean for communication to be “effective”? Simply put, “effective communication” means that whatever is written or spoken must be as clear and understandable to people with disabilities as it is for people who do not have disabilities."
"You get the jokes, the satire, the innuendo. You have full access. You are an equal participant. That’s CART Captioning. That’s Communication Access Realtime Translation.” (Source: http://www.realtimeworldwide.com/services/cart-communication-access-realtime-translation/)
"Accessible meeting space allows
everyone to participate."
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