International Standards
“What do they mean to me as a deaf person?”
Dick Brandt
Overview
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What is a Standard?
History
The Players and Process
Standards Open the Door
The Answer
History
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The Telephone
A More Complicated Problem
The Deaf Develop Their Own
Answers
The Identification of the
Problem
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The Problem is Identified
The Players
The Process
V.18 Work
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Work Begins
Multiple Solutions Lead to
Complications
Results
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Goals Reached and Missed
A Building Block
Culture Change
Standards Open the Door
The Answer
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The correct International
Standards mean access to the
information highways of the future
by those who are deaf, hard of
hearing or have other disabilities.
Dick Brandt