This raises for me to a more current level our need to help vets and others know the distinction between ADA which covers all non federal facilities and programs versus Sec 503 of the Federal

I'd think they would also comply with the DOJ in making services accessible to disabled people including veterans. Virus-free. www.avast.com

NO - I did not say VA does not have to provide captioning. VA is a part of the Executive Branch of the Federal Government and as such they are exempt form ADA. But they are bound by provisions of

Yes I have a caption phone.... Hearing aids etc. and am slowly picking up some ASL. You say the VA doesn't have to provide CC of the deaf? The disabled hearing vets are denied the same consideration

Black87........... , sorry to hear of you difficulties with VA. I certainly can't answer your questions about why audiology records are not viewable on "MyhealtheVet". VA needs to answer that.

I've been banned from the secure messaging app in my healthy web site for using it too much twice. The VA is not friendly to hearing impaired or deaf veterans. We are excluded from audiology medical

I'm late to this conversation and new to the group. I agree about the CC on the VVC. I wont it to be known that HOH and deaf veterans can't get audiology medical info through the My healthy Vet web

Has anyone else noticed that in the VA medical portal called My Healthy Vet . That you can get all kind of medical information. all your blood tests, X rays, MRI's and cat scans and even colonoscopy

Interesting Ron. Phonak has had the same system out for a while now in their Paradise hearing aids. I tried them 6 months ago. There were two problems. First they could be very noisy on the other

FYI Ron http://www.conceptscommunications.com/team/ronald-drach/ Begin forwarded message: From: "Hearing Associates of Northern Virginia, LLC" <admin@...> Date: March 15, 2022 at 9:53:26 AM EDT To:

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Yes. But we don't know if the changes in LA are regional or VA wide. I have an appointment at the VA on Wednesday and will try to find out what I can. Steven C. Sterry,M.A./M.B.A. 10149 Grayling

I did that a couple weeks ago. The Washington Hot Line was unaware of the WEBEX in CA. The last I heard of was that VA mandated use of VVC. Washington promised me that the web people at VA were

I just found out that the VA in Southern California has switched to WEBEX for video conferencing. I used it yesterday and found that closed captioning is available. We might want to check with the

Here are the "instructions" I said were needed for the survey. Instructions: This survey is designed to help us evaluate what accommodations VA currently offers for veterans who are deaf or hard

Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter Meeting When: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 8:00pm to 9:00pm (UTC-04:00) America/New York Where: Virtual Zoom Meeting Organizer: Carla

What is posted are just the questions for your review and input. The instructions are not yet written and will be included with the survey when it is sent out. We are considering whether we want to

Please see my notes in green: Veteran Communication access accommodation Question Title 1. Are you a veteran, veterans spouse, or veterans caregiver? Yes No Question Title 2. Do you (or your

Hi Everyone, Jim Rau has started a survey with help from Ann Thomas, who is part of the Get In The Hearing Loop Committee to find out about Communication Access at the VA. Jim has had difficulty

Hey all! I have lots going on with a couple of deadlines coming up. Sorry I am going to have to miss tonight AGAIN. Hope to see everyone next