Communication Access and the Deaf Community: An Historic Overview

Karen Peltz Strauss, Powrie V. Doctor Chair of Deaf Studies

Index of Slides

  1. Communication Access and the Deaf Community: An Historic Overview
  2. The Early Years
  3. Weitbrecht, Saks, & Marsters
  4. Early TTYs
  5. The Early Years – 1960s
  6. Robert Weitbrecht shows his TTY modem
  7. Late 60s – Early 70s: Slow Growth of TTYs
  8. Other Reasons for Slow Growth
  9. Pivotal Events
  10. Pivotal Events
  11. A Movement is Born
  12. A Movement is Born
  13. “The Petition” - 1977
  14. “The Petition” - 1977
  15. FCC Response: Docket 78-50
  16. Close of the Decade
  17. … and the Start of Another
  18. One Step Forward and Two Steps Back – Early 1980s
  19. Telecommunications for the Disabled Act of 1982
  20. Telecommunications for the Disabled Act of 1982
  21. Post-1982 Act
  22. FCC Order – December 1983
  23. Equipment Distribution Programs
  24. Telecommunications Relay Services
  25. Telecommunications Pioneers
  26. Telecommunications Relay Services
  27. Telecommunications Relay Services FCC Involvement
  28. No Title
  29. Telecommunications Relay Services Americans with Disabilities Act
  30. Telecommunications Relay Services An Integral Telephone Service
  31. Americans with Disabilities Act passed Title IV requires TRS by 1993
  32. Improved Relay Services Since 2000
  33. Telecommunications Accessibility Enhancement Act of 1988
  34. 711 for Relay Access
  35. 711 for Relay Access
  36. 711 for Relay Access
  37. 711 for Relay Access David Slays Goliath
  38. Hearing Aid Compatibility
  39. Hearing Aid Compatibility
  40. Telecommunications for the Disabled Act – 1982 Hearing Aid Compatibility
  41. Hearing Aid Compatibility
  42. Hearing Aid Compatibility Act of 1988
  43. Hearing Aid Compatibility FCC Proceeding
  44. Hearing Aid Compatibility Final Rule (1995)
  45. Hearing Aid Compatibility for Wireless Phones
  46. Closed Captioning
  47. Enjoying the benefits of closed captions
  48. Closed Captioning
  49. Closed Captioning
  50. Closed Captioning
  51. Closed Captioning
  52. Closed Captioning
  53. Closed Captioning – FCC Rules
  54. Television Emergency Access
  55. Television Emergency Access
  56. Telephone Emergency Access
  57. Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996
  58. TDI Convention – 1999
  59. Access to Electronic and Information Technology (EIT) Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act
  60. Access to Electronic and Information Technology (EIT)
  61. U.S. Telecommunications Policy People with Disabilities
  62. Rules of Successful Advocacy
  63. Where do we go from here?

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