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Social services workers to use sign language with hearing impaired
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Ministry of Social Development and Family Services front line workers learn sign language at UWI Open Campus, Padmore Street, San Fernando, yesterday.
RISHI RAGOONATH
kevon.felmine@guardian.co.tt
When a hearing-impaired person visits a social welfare office alone, it can cost around $150 per hour for an interpreter to translate that transaction.
With many persons with disabilities already living below the poverty line, they account for a considerable portion of the State’s social safety net