Thursday, 02 February 2012 10:32

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Friday, 06 January 2012 16:21

NAMI Wichita is pleased to announce a full array of NAMI Education Programs during the 1st quarter of 2012:  Peer to Peer, NAMI BASICS and Family to Family classes. THERE IS NO COST TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE PROGRAMS. For specific details, see the attached flyers. 

FOR MORE INFORMATION about content of these courses, go to  www.namiwichita.org and www.nami.org .

Tuesday, 20 December 2011 09:56

Two Lenten retreats for persons with developmental disabilities have been scheduled. The first retreat will be held on March 10 at St. Francis of Assisi parish in Wichita.The retreat will begin at 12:00 p.m. with lunch and will conclude with Mass at 5:00 p.m. The second retreat will be held March 24 at Holy Name parish in Coffeyville. The retreat will begin at 12:30 p.m. with lunch and will conclude with Mass at 5:30 p.m.Please click here to print off a registration form. The deadline to register is Friday, February 24.

Tuesday, 20 December 2011 09:52

A Lenten retreat for the deaf will be held on Saturday, March 17, at the Magnificat Center, 3700 E. Lincoln, from 9:00 a.m. to noon. Sr. Joan Burger, CSJ, will lead group reflection on the Lenten theme: Life, Death and Resurrection.
Registration information will be sent in February 2012.

Friday, 16 December 2011 11:03

The National Association for the Deaf has been working hard to advance access to Video Relay Service (VRS).

To use VRS, a deaf or hard of hearing individual must have video conferencing equipment or a videophone, and a broadband (high speed) Internet connection. VRS enables a deaf or hard of hearing person to make a receive telephone calls through a communications assistant (CA) who is qualified American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter. For many deaf and hard of hearing individuals, VRS is closer to "functionally equivalent" telephone services than any other form of relay service. For ASL users, VRS conversations flow so much more smoothly, naturally, and faster than communicating by typing. For many people, including deaf senior citizens and children, no other form of relay service is comparable.

Video conferencing equipment and videophones have additional benefits. They can be used for direct communication between deaf and hard of hearing people with their hearing family and friends who know ASL. They can also be used by deaf and hard of hearing people who do not know ASL, but who benefit rom access to visual communication cues, including speech reading.

Source URL: http://www.nad.org/issues/telephone-and-relay-services/relay-services/video-relay-service-vrs

The Chancery Office and Ministry with Persons with Disabilities are familiar with VRS. To access VRS, dial 711.