
A Need To Ban The VRI
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The Deaf Community (Deaf, Deaf/blind, Hard of Hearing, CODA,
Parents, Interpreters, Teachers, and Friends) object to the use of the Video
Remote Interpreting (VRI) in the State of Michigan.
The VRI is an inferior device with some improperly certified
interpreters and should not be permitted in a medical and
academic setting. Throughout Deaf History the hospitals, doctors, and school
districts have not been concern about the needs and safety of the Deaf
Community. Their budget has more value than providing effective
communication to the Deaf Community.
This is not about the Deaf Community having the right to choose but
protecting our lives and preventing injuries. The right to choose will come when
there is a device of sophisticate quality that offers effective communication.
That means the patients, doctors, and interpreters are all in communication
regardless of the patient's position on the bed even with doctors standing over
them and moving them around. If anything else was life threatening the State
and Federal government would be there in a heartbeat and shut it down. The
VRI is life threatening because of ineffective communication so would the
government shut it down or does money speak louder than lives? The VRI rules
will not be able to prevent injuries nor protect the lives of the Deaf
Community.
The State of Michigan will not be able to enforce the "Deaf Interpreters
Act" on the interpreters of VRI agencies out of Michigan's jurisdiction. It
will lead to inferior interpreting service in the Medical and Academic setting.
The numberous loopholes will become a challenge to close.
The Deaf Community wants the "Deaf Interpreters Act" Pa 393.5055, VRI
Rules revised to:
The VRI shall be banned in the State of Michigan.
The Deaf Community needs to be consulted to review and approve any future
device of sophisticate quality that offers effective communication.
We, the people of the Michigan Deaf Community agree:
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