Bring a print out of your basic information to bring with you to the hospital. You can download a template of the medical placard from NAD.org/Coronavirus.
Original video credit: Deaf Health Communication and Quality of Life Center and Gallaudet University. #CoronavirusInASL

[TRANSCRIPT & DESC: A freeze frame of the signer signing Coronavirus in black and white. White bold text “COVID-19” and light white text “print your basic information to bring with you to the hospital” floats in.

SIGNER: Please print DEAF/HARD OF HEARING MEDICAL PLACARD. I AM DEAF/HARD OF HEARING. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND YOU WITH YOUR MASK ON. MY NAME IS __. HERE IS MY IDENTIFICATION CARD / DRIVER’S LICENSE. PLEASE SPEAK INTO MY SMARTPHONE. I AM USING IT TO UNDERSTAND YOU. PLEASE RESPECT MY LEGAL RIGHT TO UNDERSTAND YOU AND PARTICIPATE IN MY CARE BY ALLOWING ME TO USE THE SMARTPHONE. IF MY SMARTPHONE IS NOT WORKING WELL OR AT ALL, PLEASE WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU ARE TELLING ME.

Clip ends with a white background with Deaf Health Communication and Quality of Life Center and NAD’s logos with a copyright in black text “2020 All Rights Reserved”]