Austin, Texas Thursday, June 26, 2014

Austin, Texas
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Speakers
◦ Pat Dobbs, Creator of the Hearing Loss Revolution
◦ Dean Olson, MBA, President, Wash-CAP (The
Washington State Communication Access Project),
Seattle, WA
©Copyright 2014 Wash-CAP
Visual, Sound, Tactile
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One captioned video
Captioning
Brainstorming with marker (volunteers)
Conversation
Lecture
Power Point
Skits
Handouts
Skit @ Hotel Desk –
demonstrate
different ways poor
advocacy hurts us
Why advocacy?
Group Discussion - Write
ideas on pad
Self-Advocacy
1. Self-Development
A. Self-Awareness
B. Coping Skills (www.Trychin.com)
2. Self-Efficacy
First done in college
Work needs
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phone,
coping skills,
coworkers help and
relaxation training
Limits include –
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Capabilities
Goals
Dreams
Plans
If no plan, hold/wait
Expect negativity,
plan for it.
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Don’t run
Don’t hide & stay home
Don’t say “too busy”
Don’t say “can’t do” and then
leave it for someone else later
to deal with it
Don’t
do
this:
4 Ways We
Address the
Challenges
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We can do! Si Se Puede….
2. It takes time but Success is Sweet
3. We can create a team and win
4. Persistence
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Stick with it
Plan the next steps
Create teams
Get outside help
Ask the city to help
Ask for free legal assistance
Why Perform Self-Advocacy?
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Help others
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Help yourself
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Skit - show how we help
ourselves at a movie theater
Why Perform Self-Advocacy?
Once more, Why Self-Advocacy?
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Help others who follow us
Reduce self-doubts about our hearing needs
Overcome fear and silence among ourselves
No whining zone
No complaining
Do it to help
 Ourselves or
 Those coming after us
 I cringe when I get publicity but would prefer to help anonymously
and watch the benefits occur after me
◦ After a couple years of complaining and whining, it’s tedious
to re-hash
◦ Misery loves miserable company: I don’t. Many of us don’t
either. Time to go and fix it!
◦ Let’s fix it
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Our rewards occur when folks use the captions, neck
loops or loops and complain to fix those.
Effective Advocacy
Wash-CAP Worked with the following
theaters in WA State with the Washington
Law Against Discrimination (WLAD)
OR-CAP Successes in Oregon
Arizona Successes
Washington Successes with Sports
Venues
Success Stories –
◦ Regal Movie Theaters in Portland - All have captions & neck loops
◦ Oregon Shakespearean Festival – in 2013, 39 performances will be
captioned
◦ Portland Trailblazers / Rose Garden – all 2014 home games
◦ Portland Center for the Performing Arts – Broadway shows are
captioned, such as “Addams Family” (this coming Sunday night)
◦ University of Oregon – all men’s basketball & football games are
captioned. On request-basis: all events with attendance under 6,500
(aside: U of AZ football games are captioned too)
◦ Oregon State University – selected Broadway shows are captioned.
Michelle Obama’s speech was captioned
◦ Crater Lake National Park– captioned videos & neck loops
◦ Lewis and Clark National Historical Park / Fort Clatsop National
Memorial– captioned videos & neck loops
OR-CAP worked with many OR venues
Success Stories – Live Theaters
◦ Paramount – each Broadway performance has one captioned
performance. Neck loops are provided.
◦ Fifth Avenue – each Broadway performance has one captioned
performance and they have a new neck loop system.
◦ Seattle Rep– each live performance has one captioned performance
and they have a new neck loop system.
◦ A Contemporary Theater (ACT) – request captions.
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MOVIE THEATERS
Regal - each Seattle area theater has captioning & neck loops
Century (Cinemark) – Captions & neck loops
Landmark (nation-wide independent) – Captions & neck loops
Lincoln Square (AMC, Bellevue) – Captions & neck loops
Bainbridge Island - Bainbridge Cinemas is captioned
Sundance Cinemas (U District) – Captioned
Bay Theater – Captions will be implemented soon (early summer)
Wash-CAP worked with the live theaters & most of these movie
companies for the captions
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Mt St Helens National Park video is captioned
Mt Rainier National Park videos are captioned
North Cascades National Monument
Visitor Center is captioned
Grand Coulee Dam added captions in 2009
Fort Peck Dam in NE Montana added
captioned videos in 2010
Washington State Ferries
VISUAL PAGING example
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Ferries/commuterupdates/ada/VisualPaging.htm
Since 2008, Wash-CAP worked with WSF & continues
to work with WSF to fix minor “bugs”
Bus Reader Board Example
◦ OR, WA city & county meeting sites
◦ Independent Theaters – Seattle, Portland, Edmonds,
Spokane, Boise & Tacoma, Olympic Peninsula, Tri-Cities
◦ Lack of Action, Disinterest, etc.
◦ Next: Hospital Access, Convention Centers, airports,
dams, parks & public monuments auditoriums –
captioned videos / meetings
Thank the people providing the accommodations
Thank them again later
Bring new patrons and ask others to go!
Publicize this via the media – news, internet and social
media tools…..
◦ Don’t be clueless-use people skills, self-awareness
◦ Don’t let the HLA chapters say their spread too thin or
too busy (especially after they ask you to help get the
accommodation)
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◦ Use USPS aka, snail mail too
◦ Ask other HLA members to please write thank you
notes.
◦ When HLAer asks for thank you notes, please write
them!
◦ This is really important to help with future advocacy
efforts and build a positive reputation
◦ We must always avoid the “entitlement” and “angry”
responses (even if we are right)
◦ Remember: be graceful,
with humility and manners.
◦ That helps us.
◦ Remember this is not a game
and not a reason to gloat
◦ Entitlement attitude hurts us
◦ Please be thankful
◦Please be
gracious
◦ Brainstorm for Texas or your home city/state
◦ Theater, Concerts, other venues
◦ Nebraska plans to implement handheld
solution at home games – yikes!)
◦ Dallas Cowboys
 Develop a list help w/Dallas Cowboys
captions in 2015 – ¿Tipping Point ?
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Next: Hospital Access, Convention Centers,
airports, dams, parks & public monuments
auditoriums– captioned videos / meetings
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100%
football
= home game
captions
Take someone who –
1. has hearing loss &
2. doesn’t go out -
to a show, movie or event with
captions or listening devices.
Try this each month
◦ Our PDF is at http://Wash-CAP.com
◦ http://www.or-cap.org/
◦ http://hlas.org/wp/
◦ http://alohaaz.org/
◦ http://www.hearinglossor.org/
◦ http://www.hearingloss-wa.org/
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For notes & the PDF please contact us at:
www.linkedin.com/in/DeanLolson/
Q&A
©Copyright 2014 Wash-CAP