Deaf Town Hall Meeting

A Deaf Town Hall will take place in Rochester, New York this afternoon, starting at 4pm. The Center for Disability Rights and Regional Center for Independent Living is co-sponsoring the event along with the Genesee Valley Region Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf and the New York State Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities. The gathering will provide information for a report due to state lawmakers by January on the conditions of services for the deaf and hard of hearing in New York. The report is being put together by the Deaf Interagency Council on Services for Individuals who are Deaf, Deaf/Blind or Hard-of-Hearing. There will be sign language interpreters on hand, a hearing assistance loop and live captioning through Communication Access Realtime Translation.