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Audiofuzzy

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Could anybody tell me please what kind of help REALLY is available out there to people
with hearing loss - any kind, deaf, HoH - either born deaf, late deafened,
ASL or speaking,
-really all kind of deafness degrees and speech or no speech,

- who want to get educated and then when they are looking for work?

For example, suppose I am completely deaf/ASL individual, firstly I want to study to become a lawyer,
then hoping to get hired as a criminal court judge.

How is that possible?
will I be allowed at all to even to study to be lawyer?, considering it is kind of a job rather demanding a lot of person to person verbal communication?,
and even more so if I would wish to become a judge?

will I receive special aides, assistance while studying? what kind?
then, will I receive any while working? if yes, what kind?

Is there any limit in regard to what a deaf person may choose for
his/her education course, and later - for a job he or she would like to train?

Please help, I'll explain later what this is about. for now I need an objective responses, though.

Fuzzy
 
I know a few deaf lawyers.
here's an article about one..

Hear ye, hear ye, a deaf attorney | Deseret News

As for me, I have goals of becoming a teacher specialist and twice I got rejected to be one at a deaf program so I am going to try my luck at the areas public schools and the federal govt. I do wonder about the same thing as you do being deaf and working/leading hearing people but I gotta give it a try since getting that job with ASL users seems not to be working out.
 
Audiofuzzy said:
Could anybody tell me please what kind of help REALLY is available out there to people
with hearing loss - any kind, deaf, HoH - either born deaf, late deafened,
ASL or speaking,
-really all kind of deafness degrees and speech or no speech,

- who want to get educated and then when they are looking for work?

For example, suppose I am completely deaf/ASL individual, firstly I want to study to become a lawyer,
then hoping to get hired as a criminal court judge.

How is that possible?
will I be allowed at all to even to study to be lawyer?, considering it is kind of a job rather demanding a lot of person to person verbal communication?,
and even more so if I would wish to become a judge?

will I receive special aides, assistance while studying? what kind?
then, will I receive any while working? if yes, what kind?

Is there any limit in regard to what a deaf person may choose for
his/her education course, and later - for a job he or she would like to train?

Please help, I'll explain later what this is about. for now I need an objective responses, though.

Fuzzy
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Not sure what you're looking for. Perhaps it is because I see ASL using lawyers quite a bit and see this as a simple common sense thing.

Schools are required to provide reasonable accommodations. This goes for any "disability" you may have. Note takers, interpreters, and captioning are the most common accommodations for the deaf.

Today a lot of communication is done through email. You could be talking to a deaf lawyer without even knowing it until you go in to have a face to face discussion. Or they could be working for a company as a paper pusher without really seeing clients.

For judges, yeah. Just get elected. Then have the gov't pay for the accommodations.
 
many thanks!, this is a great beginning,
here for example, see:
As Allebest tells it: “He wanted to meet with someone at the college, but they wouldn’t provide an interpreter.
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hear ye, hear ye

exactly, what does one got to do to receive an interpreter during his or her studies at college or university?
I am surprised this gentleman was denied an interpreter, I thought if any deaf person wants to study an interpreter is automatically given by law! ?

Does an assistance for the deaf during college or university course
cost a lot of money?

Fuzzy
 
I know of one deaf guy (mainly ASL user) who is attending law school right now. I'm not exactly sure of his accommodations but am sure he does have interpreters in the classroom.

The cost of interpreters and other services comes out of the university/college budget- budget that is slotted for disabled students services. At least that's how I remember it. No idea how expensive it is as the college is the one paying for it (or should be).
 
Audiofuzzy said:
many thanks!, this is a great beginning,
here for example, see:

hear ye, hear ye

exactly, what does one got to do to receive an interpreter during his or her studies at college or university?
I am surprised this gentleman was denied an interpreter, I thought if any deaf person wants to study an interpreter is automatically given by law! ?

Does an assistance for the deaf during college or university course
cost a lot of money?

Fuzzy
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It does cost a lot of money. It shouldn't be too surprising that people have been denied interpreters. You see many stories here on AD about it.
 
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