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Police Training for Deaf and Hard of Hearing from The Center for Public Television on Vimeo.

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Training is essential for law enforcement to properly understand how to communicate effectively with Deaf and hard of hearing citizens.

Produced in collaboration with Dr. Darrin J. Griffin.

Dr. Griffin with an award from the Jefferson County EMA Committee on Deaf/Hard of Hearing.
Members of the Jefferson Co. EMA Committee on Deaf/HOH. (Left to right) Mrs. Robbie Stewart, AIDB; Mrs. Annette Davis, Jefferson Co. EMA; Mr. John De Block, National Weather Service; Dr. Darrin Griffin, UA; Mrs. Jennifer Saari, NWS; Mr. Kent Schafer, Alabama Dept. of Mental Health, Deaf Services

Deaf Advocacy​


Terminology and media portrayal recommendations from the National Association of the Deaf. 

Severe Weather for the Deaf community

National Weather Service
Severe weather safety videos with sign language and captioning. 

Research Grant: “Improving the Accessibility and Comprehension of Tornado Warnings in the Southeast for Deaf, Blind, and Deaf-Blind.”

Tuscaloosa Police Officers learning American Sign Language.
Tuscaloosa police officers learning ASL
Dr. Griffin teaching Tuscaloosa police ASL
A camera filming Dr. Griffin
Law Enforcement Learn Ways to Interact with Deaf Community at UA Workshop
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — As nearly 20 law enforcement officers from across four different agencies sat in a theatre-style room Tuesday at The University of Alabama, all but one revealed an interaction that surprised workshop organizers Dr. Darrin Griffin and Erin Powell. Nearly all of the officers said they’d had a previous interaction with a person who was deaf or hard of hearing while on duty. “Ninety percent of hearing people meet a deaf person for the first time when it’s their own child who becomes deaf,” said Griffin, assistant professor of communication studies at UA and advocate for the deaf and hard of hearing. “That’s a pretty striking statistic.” READ MORE

Statue of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet at Gallaudet University.

Deafness

Read about a course I offer on Deaf culture. Offered over Winter Interim Feel free to check out the flyer. 

Speaker; How UA can become more accessible to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students.

Speaker; Archives Week, Avoiding Scriptocentrism

Crimson White: "UA Deaf community strives for accessibility, education"
A UA student giving the American Sign Language sign for love.

DEAF Hand Speak

Student group devoted to awareness of Deaf culture and American Sign Language.
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Crimson White Article.
​​Canyon News Article.
Two children practicing American Sign Language.

Volunteering

Explore volunteer opportunities:
Tuscaloosa Regional Center of AIDB
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Resources

Fingerspelling Alphabet
Fingerspelling Alphabet
Alabama Industries for the Blind logo.
ASL Classes
Gallaudet University logo
ASL online classes
National Association for the Deaf logo
National Association of the Deaf
The National Deaf Center on PostSecondary Outcome's logo.
National Deaf Center on PostSecondary Outcomes
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  • Bio
    • Motorcycling
  • Contact
  • Deaf Advocacy
    • Visual Vernacular
    • Media Coverage
  • Research
    • C&IS Human Communication Research Lab
    • Undergraduate Research
    • NSF Grant: Law Enforcement & Robots >
      • Surveys
    • NSF Grant: Radar Sensing for Sign Language
    • NOAA VORTEX-SE Grant
    • ASL and Virtual Reality
  • Teaching
    • BBQ Communication
    • Academic Advising
    • Student Wikipedia Projects
  • Service
  • Book: Lying & Deception