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Article: Center provides services for deaf people and their families.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
- Article date:
- September 2, 1997
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PHILADELPHIA _ A father gets a notice of a parents meeting at school. He wants to attend, but doesn't. A woman notices a lump in her breast, but doesn't know that it warrants attention. An employee works in a big office, but she isn't invited to join the coffee break or have lunch in the cafeteria with her coworkers.
These are three not uncommon occurrences for people who are deaf. A parent doesn't attend school meetings because there will not be an interpreter using sign language. Medical information, often delivered by television or radio, goes unnoticed by deaf people. And deafness _ an invisible disability _ can build a wall as unbroachable as a prison ...