Archive For The “Effective Communication” Category

Communicating with the Deaf and Speech Impaired

By Matthew Stoloff, Esq. | September 21, 2009

One of the most important cases that affect business owners in New Jersey is a case where a deaf patient repeatedly requested that her doctor hire a sign language interpreter. When the doctor refused to provide a sign language interpreter after repeated requests over a period of some 18 months, the deaf patient sued. At [...]

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Deaf People are not Deaf to Justice

By Matthew Stoloff, Esq. | September 9, 2009

Deaf people are not deaf to justice. Blind people aren’t blind to justice either. When deaf, hard-of-hearing, blind, and visually-impaired people are offered accommodations, generally, there should not be any issues related to fulfilling their juror obligations. Provided that individuals with disabilities understand the proceedings and can intelligently answer questions during the voir dire stage, [...]

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Web Accessibility for the Blind and Visually Impaired Under the ADA

By Matthew Stoloff, Esq. | August 31, 2009

Unlike music and stand-up comedy, the internet is largely a visual art. Colors, photographs, videos. These are the things that make websites look attractive. But unless the photographs are captioned and the videos are narrated, these things are unimportant to someone who is completely blind. If you are a sighted person and have a few [...]

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