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Amherst Police to use video remote sign language interpreters to communicate with the deaf

Tom Dinki

What happens when police pull over a driver, and the driver can’t hear them? What happens when a deaf person needs to report a crime? Those are questions…
Health & Wellness

Health disparities put deaf community at risk

Deaf individuals are up to seven times as likely as their hearing peers to have heart disease, high blood pressure, and strokes. That's according to…
Education

Promoting sign language as a 'cool factor'

A Buffalo Sabre has offered his 'star power' to promote sign language. WBFO'S Eileen Buckley says Deaf Access Services (DAS) wants the community to learn…

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