The Spokesman-Review

Getting There: Latino-led nonprofit launches bilingual driving school aiming to bridge language barriers, expand access

After years as its most requested service, a local Latino-led nonprofit officially launched its long-awaited bilingual driving school. “We’ve been working really hard to come up with solutions and ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Language Barriers in Maternal Healthcare: Effects on Prenatal Care Access, Perinatal Outcomes, and Strategies for Equitable Care ()

1 Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit at Clinica de Salud del Valle de Salinas, Salinas, CA, USA. 2 School of Medicine, Universidad Pedagogica y Tecnologica de Colombia, Tunja, Colombia. 3 School of ...
AOL

Police and big tech have a plan to eliminate language barriers

At a time when Americans remain divided over hot button issues like artificial intelligence and policing, some say new technology is helping officers break down barriers and connect with their ...
Healio

Language barriers may limit patient portal access, cause 'significant' downstream effects

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Only 10% of hospital patient portals offered access in languages other than English or Spanish. Patients who ...
Healio

Coordination, communication among key barriers to cancer care in prisons

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Individuals involved in cancer care in prisons identified multiple barriers, including coordination and ...
Law

Language Barriers Do Not Lower a State Welfare Agency’s Burden to Attempt to Reunify Families

The New York Court of Appeals emphasized that child welfare agencies must demonstrate meaningful, tailored efforts to reunify families before seeking to terminate parental rights. Failure to provide ...
Globe

Breaking language barriers with the help of the English as a Second Language program

The ESL office is located in 1-161 at the South City Campus. (Dayanna A. Pérez) For some students, learning English is their first step to pursue a degree in the United States and build communication ...
KFGO

Lack of sign language interpreters in North Dakota a major barrier

BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – The video sign language service the Bismarck hospital was using was not working properly, and Tammy Derrick wanted to know what was happening with her son. She ...
funtimesmagazine

Ikechukwu Okoro Proves That Language Can Break Barriers For Black Voices

Born and raised in Imo State, Nigeria, Ikechukwu Okoro has spent his life proving that sight is not the only way to see the world. Totally blind since childhood, he has transformed what many consider ...
The Conversation

Social connections, service access, language: how disability can make things even harder for refugees

Dr Tadgh McMahon is employed at SSI and is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at Flinders University. This research was undertaken jointly by researchers at the Institute for Culture and Society, Western ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Research on Cross-Cultural Language Use and Emotional Tendencies on Social Media Platforms Based on Big Data Analysis: Taking the Influx of “TikTok Refugees” into ...

Department of Foreign Languages, Qilu Normal University, Jinan, China. Driven by globalization, social media has become a key field for cross-cultural communication. Since 2019, the U.S. government, ...