Peripheral Brain: Comunication Policy for the Deaf Workplace

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Published Thursday, January 13, 2011 by Jim Cromwell | E-mail this post

BSL must be used at all times.
Speech may not be used except off-site. Exceptions to this are only a) specific parts of specific jobs, such as answering the telephone or Speech Therapy, and b) non-signers who need to use interpreters.
Interpreters are only to be used to enable non-signers to communicate with signers.
Private conversations must be conducted in BSL out of sight of other people. Use of speech in order to conceal communication from Deaf people is unethical, ineffective, and rude.
Face-to-face meetings should be used in preference to webcam. Webcam in preference to email. Email in preference to text message. Text message in preference to speech.
All rooms should have flashing light doorbells and flashing fire alarms.

This post will be adapted as my ire develops.

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