Tag: deaf

Placard for Deaf Drivers Reveals Problems with Policing

Posted on By David Perry

Cincinnati has a new red and white placard that deaf and hard-of-hearing drivers can place in their car to inform police officers of their disability. Here’s an image from a local news tweet. .@CincinnatiPD & students at @uofcincy help design traffic stop safety placards for the deaf & hard of hearing. pic.twitter.com/M6C6fOcGvn — Angela Ingram … Continue ReadingPlacard for Deaf Drivers Reveals Problems with Policing

Presume Compliance – Miller, Hunt, Crawford

Posted on By David Perry

In the world of Down syndrome, we talk about “presuming competence” (hey, go buy a shirt!). That instead of “awareness,” we’d like to see a shift to a general presumption of competence first. More on this in pieces to come. I’ve been working, though, on ways of re-describing the strategic problems with police procedure as … Continue ReadingPresume Compliance – Miller, Hunt, Crawford