Employment for Deaf and Hearing People
Finding employment, employment discrimination against deaf and hard of hearing people, and jobs for hearing people working with deaf people.
Some deaf and hard of hearing people face harassment on the job from supervisors and coworkers. What can they do?
If a deaf person loses a job, one option is to apply for Social Security Disability Income (SSDI).
Sometimes deaf and hard of hearing people will experience discrimination on the job based on their hearing loss. Here are some suggestions on how to handle that discrimination.
Forum members discuss careers that include the use of sign language.
Captioning is a growth field, and it needs employees for offline and realtime (live) captioning.
Feature article on choosing whether to work in the deaf world or in the hearing world.
Feature article on careers for hearing people working with deaf people, such as interpreting.
Are you looking for a job in the deaf community? This article looks at the various resources available on the internet to hearing and deaf job-seekers.
Is there discrimination against some deaf and hard of hearing people in the hiring process?
Information on deafness for employers, including the hiring process and on the job accomodation.
Want to become an sign language, oral, cued speech, or deaf interpreter? This article explains how to become one.
Feature article on internships and co-ops for deaf students.
One way for a deaf person to be sure to have a job, is to start his or her own business.
Vocational rehabilitation and state services for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Feature article on a lesson I learned while job-seeking.
Deaf and hard of hearing people often must deal with the challenge of having to make supervisors and co-workers comfortable with deafness and hearing loss.
