Brown, M.J. (1983). "Please speak slowly. I lipread." ABA Banking Journal, 75(9), 30.
Describes the U.S. Bank of Oregon's program to hire and train deaf people as tellers.
Career exploration series [media]. [n.d.], 3/4" or 1/2" videotapes, captioned, color, sound.
The videotape series explores various career options for hearing-impaired college graduates, with an emphasis on jobs typically found by graduates with associate degrees. Each videotape shows the day-to-day duties of the job, and the technical and communicative skills that are required, as well as information on the appropriate college major and related coursework. Possibilities for advancement and promotion also are discussed.Applied accounting (11 min.) Appied photography Architectural technology (15 min.) with booklet Art (14 min.) with booklet Civil technology (18 min.) with booklet Data processing Electromechanical technology Industrial design-drafting (9 min.) with booklet Manufacturing processes (8 min.) Media production Medical lab technology (15 min.) with booklet Medical record technology (11 min.) with booklet Office technologies (9 min.) Optical finishing technology (9 min.) Printing (15 min.) Social work (7 min.) Available: Captioned Films for the Deaf
Career information registry of hearing-impaired people in professional, technical, and managerial occupations: Directory 1986-1987. (1987) Washington, DC: Gallaudet University.
This registry provides information about professional, technical and managerial occupations pursued by hearing-impaired individuals. The registry was established to promote awareness and understanding of the career achievements of individuals with hearing loss. The individuals listed are willing to provide information about hearing-impaired people working in their career field.
Careers & the disAbled. (1986-). Hauppauge, NY: Equal Opportunity Publications, Inc.
Formerly titled Careers & the Handicapped, this magazine is published three times a year. It covers a wide variety of information about life on campus, living with disabilities, and adaptations to the workplace for disabled people.
Christian, M. (1984). Breaking through barriers: Workers who are disabled. Lincroft, NJ: Brookdale Community College. (ERIC Document Reproduction Services No. ED 251 600).
Profiles of successful handicapped workers highlight two deaf individuals, Rita Corey, dancer and founder/director of MuSign, and Nansie Sharpless, research neurochemist.
Cross, L. (1988). The forgotten workforce. Graphic Arts Monthly, 60(11), 86, 88, 91.
Technical training shortages have cut the number of deaf employees in the graphic arts industry. The author describes the NTID printing technology program, and shows that employers must recognize that the role of deaf workers in the industry has been altered, but that the emerging deaf work force has the technical and communication skills to be productive workers.
Danek, M.M. (1987). Personnel shortages and practitioner competencies in deafness rehabilitation. American Rehabilitation, 13(3), 8-14.
Notes sever shortage of trained and qualified personnel in different rehabilitation roles to service deaf adults, without which programs and services cannot be developed successfully.
Emerton, R.G., Foster, S.B., & Royer, H. (1987). The impact of changing technology on the employment of a group of older deaf workers. Journal of Rehabilitation of the Deaf, 21(2), 6-18.
Interviews with 17 deaf adults examined the perceived effects of changing technology on older deaf workers. Responses concerned effects on the individual of education, formal accommodations to deafness, informal accommodations, attitudes, and small shop versus large shop workplace setting.
Fierman, J. (1985). Cookies by deaf bakers. Fortune, 111(6), 61-62.
Gimmee Jimmy's Cookies is a cookie company about to enter the national cookie competition. The owner, Jimmy Libman, and nine of his twelve employees are deaf.
Foster, S.B. (1987). Employment experiences of deaf college graduates: An interview study. Journal of Rehabilitation of the Deaf, 21(1), 1-15.
A group of 25 RIT graduates were selected at random and interviewed at length on a variety of topics to learn about their characteristics, attainments, and experiences. In this report, data relevant to the employment experiences of the graduates were reported, analyzed and discussed.
Foster, S. (1992). Working with deaf people: Accessibility and accommodation in the workplace. Springfield, IL: C. C. Thomas.
Foster examines the historical barriers to full and equal participation within the workplace by deaf people. Interviews with hearing supervisors and with a panel of deaf workers are summarized in chapters which cover hiring, training and evaluating work performance; communication; relationships between deaf and hearing employees; evaluating the potential of deaf employees for promotion to managerial positions; and the roles and responsibilities of supervisors and employees. Her final chapter presents an ecological model for successful working relationships.
Levinson, K.H. (1984). Job mobility for the hearing impaired: The next challenge for mainstreaming. Volta Review, 86(5), 85-98.
Legally blind since he was three years old, and deaf for the past ten years, the author recounts his educational training, and frustrations in finding work suitable to his intellect and aspirations.
MacArthur, P.F. (1981). Observations of deaf professionals who have achieved staff, supervisory or management positions within the business sector. Unpublished manuscript, Northridge, CA: California State University.
Twenty-three professionals, from corporate executives to engineers, responded to a questionnaire on their hearing loss, business background and job satisfaction. Recommendations for future deaf professionals were provided in the responses, as well as suggestions for their employers.
Mallory, J.R., & Norton, M.J. (1990). Deaf engineers entering the job scene. Engineering Network News, 2(2), 1.
The authors discuss the engineering program at the Rochester Institute of Technology, which provides deaf and hearing-impaired students with the training they need to become productive professionals.
Pessin, B.M. (1991, fall). A new work ethic. NTID Focus, 30-33.
Communication accessibility is as important to attaining satisfaction and success in the workplace as are good skills, hard work, and luck. This article explores some of the wide range of technologies currently being used by deaf employees to enhance communication at work.
Schein, J.D. (1988). Turning deaf ears to the law. American Rehabilitation, 14(1), 6-7, 25-26.
Presents the stories of three deaf men who successfully completed law school and are now actively pursuing their careers. Briefly describes their experiences in law school and their subsequent accomplishments.
Special issue: Deaf people and business. (1983). The Deaf American, 35(7).
Contains articles on starting a business, financing, deaf people in business, and a list of Small Business Association offices.
We know it can be done ]media]. 1981, 3/4" videocassette, 25 minutes, captioned, color, sound.
Bonnie Tucker, lawyer, and Phil Bravin, IBM manager, explain attitudes and barriers that hindered them in education and employment. They also discuss factors related to their success as deaf professionals. This documentary is designed to encourage deaf students to aspire to professional careers.Available:Captioned Films for the Deaf
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