On this page are resources of particular interest to people with
hearing loss in the San Francisco Bay Area. Please send a blank email to bay-area-hearing-loss-subscribe@egroups.com
if you would like to be added to an email list that notifies you of
special events in the San Francisco Bay Area which are accessible or otherwise of interest to people with hearing loss. If you are interested primarily in events for Deaf people, consider joining the Deaf California list; send a blank email to DeafCalifornia-subscribe@egroups.com.
EVENTS
Open-Captioned Movies
If interested in finding out about open-captioned movies in the Bay
Area,
please subscribe to the captioned-movies-bay-area
list.
This has a web site at http://www.egroups.com/groups/captioned-movies-bay-area
which is only visible, along with a calendar and archived messages, if you join eGroups itself, which is free. Subscribe to the list by sending a blank email from your preferred email address to captioned-movies-bay-area-
subscribe@egroups.com.
Another method of receiving notifications is to contact
Tripod
at http://www.tripod.org. Let
the contact person know the geographical area you're interested in with respect to open-captioned showings.
To be on the safe side, do try to doublecheck the status of
movies before you leave to see them. There's always the chance that something unexpected has happened.
OTHER EVENTS
Here's a calendar which shows regul
arly
scheduled monthly events in the Bay Area. Check the web sites of
the
agencies below for events publicized on their own pages.
RESOURCES
Organizations for People with Hearing Loss
DCARA (Deaf Counseling, Advocacy
and Referral Agency) DCARA receives state funding to provide
services to
deaf and hard of hearing people and has several offices around the Bay
Area. Contact DCARA for more information about deaf culture, sign
language interpreters, real-time captioners, ASL classes, etc. Unlike ALDA and SHHH, which are self-help organizations with volunteers but no offices, DCARA has paid staff in a variety of positions.
ALDA East Bay
East Bay chapter of ALDA. Provides information about meetings and social
events.
Regular meetings are on the fourth Saturdays of the month except
when the
fourth weekend is a holiday weekend or during July and August. (Social
events continue during the summer.)
SHHH-
California's
Northern California Various groups and chapters meet once a month.
Use this link to find a chapter or group near you: Diablo Valley, East
Bay, North Bay, Peninsula, San Francisco, San Jose, Tri-Valley.
Counseling Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
People
TravInfo Updated
information about
traffic in Bay Area: TTY number is 817-1718 from most Bay Area
Counties,
voice number is 817-1717.
JustGo Helpful for
finding foreign films (subtitled) or theaters with assistive listening
devices:
Click on Movies, then Search. Search for Foreign Films and then select
your geographical area. Clicking on the link for the theater should
show whether the film is subtitled, open-captioned or whether the theater provides
assistive
listening devices (look under Attributes). This site also
provides
information about traffic
updates, restaurants, events and other local information. (Since
it's
hard for us to hear traffic updates on the radio, consider checking on
the traffic update link above before you take a drive.)
SF Bay
Traffic
Another good site showing traffic information. Also provides a
method
of subscribing to traffic updates by email during commute hours.
AtHand Pacific Bell's list
of
resources for California geographical areas, including San
Francisco.
