Name: 難聴者や視力障害者がパンデミックにどう対処するか｜5月7日のコロナウイルスニュース2... (How the Hard of Hearing and Sight-Impaired Deal with the Pandemic | Coronavirus News for May 7, 2…)
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- [Reporter] How those who are hard of hearing

and sight impaired manage during the pandemic.

This is the InsideEdition.com Coronavirus News

David Cowan is the ASL interpreter for the State of Georgia

and he's attracted a legion of fans from around the world.

His full white beard reminds some people of Santa Claus

According to Cowan, it's easier to see his interpreting

Fame aside, there are thousands of people

who rely on him for critical information.

used to being the one that people are watching

because we're very much in the background.

- [Reporter] Lauren Havard is an interpreter

She says more people are noticing her work.

And I try to move on and just continue the appointment

because I never want it to become more about me

has created a new set of challenges for interpreters.

- In the beginning of these press conferences,

was these vocabulary terms related to coronavirus

and I had to kinda see what was being accepted

- [Reporter] And she's mindful of the impact of her work.

but it feels a little bit more high stakes

when you have however many thousands of people tuning in.

- [Reporter] According to the World Health Organization,

The masks help those with hearing loss to communicate

and to understand what others are saying.

with the whole entity, your face, the things you say.

Not also with the hands, but with the face,

So when we were trying to wear these ones, we made these,

they could look at everything we were telling.

Even our emotions, the way we move our lips,

not just moving from the hands and the sign language.

- [Reporter] Those who are sight impaired

face a different set of challenges during the pandemic.

Touch, so important to those who are visually impaired,

is now limited in this era of social distancing.

and if they don't have a cane or they don't have a dog,

and then their breaking the six foot rule.

For one, she can no longer go to the grocery store.

I text my daughter my grocery list and she picks it up.

- [Reporter] Thomas also uses resources, such as counseling,

provided by groups like Lighthouse for the Blind,

and with that mindset you have to find a way

and not allow those barriers to overcome you.

- Our total hospitalization rate is down again.

- [Reporter] New York governor, Andrew Cuomo,

has received high marks for his frank daily briefing,

A group called Disability Rights New York

and four Deaf residents recently sued Cuomo

in-frame ASL interpretation of its COVID-19 briefings.

but the suit replied that the closed-captioning

often contains errors and is not available live.

New York state is the epicenter of the coronavirus in the US

There are nearly 3.8 million confirmed cases of COVID

Now, Inside Edition's Jim Moret has the story

of a UPS man bringing light to his community.

- [Jim] Call him the most upbeat UPS driver in America.

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