A federal judge ruled this week that the White House may have to provide American Sign Language interpretation at its televised news briefings on the pandemic, in response to a lawsuit brought by the National Association of the Deaf and five deaf Americans
Washington A federal judge ruled this week that the White House may have to provide American Sign Language interpretation at its televised news briefings on the coronavirus pandemic, in response to a lawsuit brought by the National Association of the Deaf and five deaf Americans.
The order is pending the court's determination on how to implement it and whether it's practical to do so. A hearing has been set for next Thursday.According to court documents, since March, President Donald Trump and the coronavirus task force have not been seen with an ASL interpreter while addressing the American people during the pandemic, though the Trump administration has used interpreters in past briefings, including for hurricanes.
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