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Montana hearing advances bill to replace “hearing impaired” with “deaf or hard of hearing” in state law
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Representative Connie Keogh opened the House Health and Human Services hearing on House Bill 184, saying the measure standardizes modern terminology across 13 sections of Montana law by replacing “hearing impaired” and related phrases with “deaf” or “hard of hearing.”
Representative Connie Keogh opened the House Health and Human Services hearing on House Bill 184, saying the measure standardizes modern terminology across 13 sections of Montana law by replacing “hearing impaired” and related phrases with “deaf” or “hard of hearing.” “House bill 184 is a step toward affirming the dignity of the deaf and hard of hearing individuals by replacing terminology that diminishes their identity,” Keogh said.
Proponents, including disability advocates and members of Montana’s Deaf community, told the committee that the word “impaired”…
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