Hello DWCC Members,
Thank you for helping us distribute the last Deaf Wireless Survey in 2015. The Final report is available here.
We are back with another survey we need your help with distribution to get more people to participate in the survey. This is an urgent request as the survey is only open for a limited time. The deadline is December 28, 2016.
The Deaf Wireless Canada Consultative Committee(DWCC), and theCanadian Association of the Deaf (CAD-ASC), along with Canadian National Society of the Deaf-Blind (CNSDB) will be facing the CRTC again in January 2017.
Exact date is January 19, 2017. You may wish to view the Agenda
The CRTC proceeding (hearing) topic is exploring the issues around Next-Generation 9-1-1 services in Canada. To read more about this proceeding, you can click this link: CRTC TNC 2016-116
Our Committee developed a new survey to find out if others are having the same issues as our Committee members and friends in the Community.
Questions included cover topics such as:
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Did you know to you need to register for Text with 911?
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What do you tend to use when you want to call 9-1-1 services? TTY? IP-Relay? Text with 9-1-1?
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Are you still keeping your TTY “just in case” of emergency for 9-1-1?
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Do you find the Text with 9-1-1 registration process clear or confusing?
These questions are based also on questions that the CRTC has asked our group, and our response will be stronger if we have the numbers from survey statistics to show for our arguments/points to them that perhaps the system NEEDS TO CHANGE.
To read about our survey, you can check our website link at: Deaf Community 9-1-1 Survey
Thank you,
~ Lisa Anderson-Kellett, Chairperson/CAD-ASC Director at Large: Wireless
on behalf of the Deaf Wireless Canada Consultative Committee (DWCC)
