Ritter Proposes Restoring Previously Cut Services For Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Community
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Speaker of the House Matt Ritter speaks through an interpreter to reporters and advocates for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. At left are state Reps. Christopher Poulos and Jillian Gilchrest, and at right are Luisa Gasco-Soboleski, and Dr. Harvey Corson. Photo credit: Hudson Kamphausen, CTNewsJunkie
West Hartford is home to the American School for the Deaf, and State Rep. Jillian Gilchrest (D-West Hartford) said she would work to make sure that the bill gets passed during the coming year.
By Hudson Kamphausen, CTNewsJunkie.com
A new bureau for services for the deaf and hard of hearing community is expected to cost less than $250,000 a year, Speaker of the House Matt Ritter said Tuesday morning.
Ritter – who was joined by state Reps Jilian Gilchrest (West Hartford) and Christopher Poulos, Dr. Harvey Corson, and Luisa Gasco-Soboleski – said in a news conference that the bill, which would propose a “Bureau of Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing” services, was one of his top priorities for the coming legislative session.
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