Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine @ UT Southwestern | Deaf Health Advocate | Child Of Deaf Adults (CODA) 🤟 | Retired American Sign Language Interpreter
Dallas, TX
Joined January 2012
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I’ll never forget the time in junior high where all my friends all signed a petition to get ASL recognized as a second language so I could get out of Spanish. #CODA
Proud to be a CODA.
"This is dedicated to the deaf community, the 'CODA' community, and the disabled community. This is our moment!"
@TroyKotsur is the first deaf man to win an Academy Award for acting.
Here is his acceptance full speech.
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It’s difficult to wrap my mind that this is still occurring on a daily basis across the U.S.
Deaf people across North Central Florida are faced with communication barriers on a daily basis, but in extreme cases, this could mean life or death. wcjb.com/2022/01/27/deaf-pat…
Every ER doc has a “I pulled […] out of someone’s rectum” story. But this one is the bomb.
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Go Riverside!
The varsity football team at the California School for the Deaf, Riverside, is undefeated this season.
Trevin Adams, the team's quarterback, said playing with fellow deaf teammates is liberating: "We can express ourselves completely. We can be leaders." nyti.ms/3Hq8hY1
IV Mirus, MD retweeted
TONIGHT, it’s time to meet the Eternals! See Lauren Ridloff introduce Marvel Studios’ #Eternals speaking American Sign Language and experience the film only in theaters! Get Tickets Now: Fandango.com/Eternals
Aaron Rogers reports taking ivermectin during his COVID illness to aid in his transition to becoming a Bronco. #SportsCenter #BreakingNews
IV Mirus, MD retweeted
My Patient is Deaf. What Should I Know? #FOAMed @IVMirus @elewMD @EMHighAK @long_brit emdocs.net/my-patient-is-dea…
This wouldn’t be even a thought at any other point in time but CVS must now think there is a chance SCOTUS might side with them on this and that’s scary.
A company that makes huge profits from providing medications — many of which are for people with disabilities — now has the audacity to attack our ability to be included in the fabric of society. aclu.org/news/disability-rig…
“kids who wear the hearing aids less than 10 hours per day show the opposite trajectory where they’re falling further behind”
Or we could stop language deprivation in children, teach American Sign Language, and have equivalency without a crutch. #ASL
University of Iowa researchers have been following 300 children with hearing loss for nearly 14 years, and their findings are changing lives, the field of #audiology, and public policy. @uiowa
stories.uiowa.edu/improving-…
Throwback to when the pandemic started. Looking forward to when it ends. #deafhealth
IV Mirus, MD retweeted
If you watch movies at home with closed captioning then you're in luck. AMC has rolled out the red carpet for open captioning at hundreds of its locations in the U.S.
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Come get your questions answered and learn what you need to know about diabetes! See you there! In #ASL. #deaf #Rochester #RochesterNY
For posterior dislocation of hip, do Allis maneuver within 6hrs to prevent avascular necrosis. Immobilize knee after #FOAMed #TodayILearned
Learning a little sign language can go a long way. statnews.com/2017/05/22/deaf… #ASL #Deaf #Emergencymed #Emergencymedicine