Driving the Way

H.E.A.L. participant using the interactive driving simulator during the driver’s training course.

The CCF’s H.E.A.L. (Hard of Hearing, E.S.L., American Sign Language, Life Skills) Project is using a state-of-the-art driving simulator to help deaf students to learn how to drive. The H.E.A.L. Project helps better equip those with hearing impairments to live independent lives. Assisted by an American Sign Language interpreter for the deaf, the group will learn how to become licensed drivers.

The program runs for 8 weeks; H.E.A.L. Project participants go through a modified drivers education course with in-course instruction and simulated driving practices to experience what driving is like before entering a vehicle.