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An interview with the HLAA-TC President and Sites of interest for people with disabilities

In this blog post, we have a variety of helpful website links. The first link of mention is a video that HLAA-TC President Christine Morgan was featured in. Morgan was interviewed by University of Minnesota Journalism student Ashley Clemens. Morgan spoke about how the global health crisis of COVID-19 is affecting the hearing loss community. […]

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Virtual theatre and live performances

Virtual Theatre and Live Performances By Laura Hagemann As the concern of COVID-19 still dominates our lives more and more aspects of daily life are becoming virtual.  Now areas of life that were more “special events” or occasional activities are also becoming virtual. In that latter category is theatre, live performances, and cultural events. Broadway

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Masks during COVID-19 for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

(This article originally appeared in the May 2020 HLAA-TC newsletter. Written by Laura Hagemann.) As COVID-19 has changed a lot of daily activities for everyone, surgical and cloth face masks are becoming more commonly used by the average person. Those who are deaf or hard of hearing know, a mask that covers the wearer’s mouth

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Virtual Travel Allows For Safe Exploration of the World

As Minnesotans, we’re used to spending time at home dreaming of the vacations we’ll take. However, the dreams usually involve dreaming of warmer climates when we’re knee-deep in snow. With the current global health pandemic of COVID-19 keeping us homebound, our dreams of travel no longer just involve getting away from Minnesota weather. Now our

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