ABSTRACT
Deaf and hard-of-hearing people who need treatment for alcohol and other drug problems are often poorly served in ordinary substance abuse treatment programs. Such programs can be made accessible to some degree with interpreters, special materials such as signed videotapes, or adaptive equipment such as closed captioning. Our program, the Minnesota Chemical Dependency Program (MCDP) is one of a handful of nationwide programs that seek to offer something beyond mere accessibility: treatment that is culturally affirmative.
