A Visual Guide Saves Lives! Sign Language Used in Training Deaf Persons Doing CPR

Suicide prevention training saves lives in Nunavut.

A Sign Language Screen Reader for Deaf

Screen reader technology has appeared first to allow blind and people with reading difficulties to use computer and to access to the digital information. Until now, this technology is exploited mainly to help blind community. During our work with deaf people, we noticed that a screen reader can facilitate the manipulation of computers and the reading of textual information. In this paper, we pr...

Saving time saves lives.

C onsider the following 3 patient stories: Reluctantly, A.B. heaved his bulk out of the air-conditioned car and into the hot, bright afternoon sun. The walk across the steaming macadam parking lot left him breathless, and his hand shook as he buried the cigarette butt into the sand on top of the shining brass receptacle guarding the entrance to the casino. His head pounded with the exertion, an...

Education saves lives.

issue of WMJ describe a community-based social marketing and education campaign created in an attempt to increase immunization rates in vulnerable populations. the authors used interviews to assess how and what neighbors need to know about immunization practices and then developed a series of posters on basic themes directed toward a number of health habits. Some of these messages appeared on b...

Sign Language Development in Young Deaf Children