tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6288524896384762841.post7229482957412910171..comments2023-08-23T10:21:29.288-04:00Comments on a more silent world: Caption frustrations at workAaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11615600285728746241noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6288524896384762841.post-40418528848964467662008-11-21T07:17:00.000-05:002008-11-21T07:17:00.000-05:00I was already HOH before I started where I current...I was already HOH before I started where I currently work and they know this. My needs have changed in the last 2 years now. If I need to contact a Supervisor from where I'm working I have to go up to them, as I can't hear no longer on their phones like I use to. Even though some are ideal for hearing aid wearers with the same deafness as me. After I realised I could use a Lipspeaker as an interpretur last year, I decided I was going to ask for one everytime I'm in a training session that lasts an hour or more and I've been fobbed off. Alternative arrangements were done, but they still broke the DDA. But I was fine with it, although annoyed, as I could hear this person well and lipread if I need to. But next year I shall have to make a stand for myself. Because if I'm expected to go on a Fire Lecture, then I will need an interpretur as the bloke doing it is not the same one as before, so I won't know if I will be able to hear or lipread him.If I don't get one. I won't attend, and will probablly have to take the matter further.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6288524896384762841.post-74250372213177638412007-08-23T21:55:00.000-04:002007-08-23T21:55:00.000-04:00I took a class called, "Disability and Society" fo...I took a class called, "Disability and Society" for my Sociology degree years ago. Wouldn't you know it, it was NOT captioned! The entire class found that ironic.<BR/><BR/>Cindy<BR/><BR/>http://beethovensears.comCindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04648918098825340886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6288524896384762841.post-28030806290346664592007-07-16T19:16:00.000-04:002007-07-16T19:16:00.000-04:00I dealt with it perhaps too politely this time, bu...I dealt with it perhaps too politely this time, but my letter assures them I find this completely inexcusable and will certainly assert my rights in the future.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11615600285728746241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6288524896384762841.post-50031492091518584562007-07-16T18:44:00.000-04:002007-07-16T18:44:00.000-04:00I experienced the same problem at my workplace. I ...I experienced the same problem at my workplace. I politely informed my supervisor that I absolutely refuse to watch videos without captions and that they must find captioned videos, transcripts, or alternative ways to train me. My supervisor immediately ordered a transcript for videos and I began my training within a week. From then on, everything went perfectly fine :)Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10090004581109105219noreply@blogger.com