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A Hayward mother and her two young sons were detained at a San Francisco ICE office and deported to Colombia after what was described as a routine immigration check-in; advocates decry delays and say the deaf child was deported without essential hearing devices, while officials maintain due process and say families can be removed together with their children.
Joshua Sanchez, a freelance artist in New York, was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer and required targeted radiation therapy that relied on special vocal instructions during the treatment. However, Sanchez is deaf and an ASL interpreter couldn’t be in the room to translate for him. His treatment team made a set of goggles that allowed him to see a translator in another room during targeted radiation. The team used virtual reality goggles to show Sanchez an interpreter who was in another room signing instructions on Zoom. Sanchez wanted to share his story to raise awareness of younger people with colon cancer and to offer hope to Deaf and hard of hearing people worried they might not be able to communicate in the hospital or while undergoing medical treatment.
Joshua Sanchez, a deaf freelance artist in New York, was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer and required targeted radiation therapy that relied on audio instructions. However, Sanchez's care team got creative and made a set of goggles that allowed him to see an ASL interpreter in another room during the treatment. The team used virtual reality goggles to show Sanchez an interpreter who was in another room signing instructions on Zoom. Sanchez hopes to raise awareness of younger people with colon cancer and to offer hope to Deaf and hard of hearing people worried they might not be able to communicate in the hospital or while undergoing medical treatment.