First and foremost, the cultural divide matters because the contributing factors – communication barriers, mutual ignorance, and the resulting lack of respect between scientists and clinicians (Box 1) – hinder the translation of scientific discoveries into medical advances.
Tina O'Malley, who is deaf and runs O'Malley Communications said: "working for myself is the best way to sidestep ignorance and communication issues within a hearing workforce.
It might be easy to dismiss this as an incident fueled by ignorance or poor communication between authorities and citizens.
It may be that the biggest problem associated with Zika is as much about ignorance and poor communication as with the virus itself.
Perfect communication is hardly reality, but "ignorance of the law is no excuse". With varying degrees of acknowledged discomfort, we operate with fictions like assumed knowledge of the law and "legal notice," speedy trials, and fast-track agency review.
Because of communication barriers, lack of education, ignorance and fear, deaf people around the world are overlooked by HIV services.
NEW YORK, United States of America, 3 December 2012 - Stigma, ignorance, neglect, superstition and communication barriers are among the social factors that explain the discrimination and isolation from society that children with disabilities face.
Changing attitudes towards people with disabilities NEW YORK, United States of America, 3 December 2012 - Stigma, ignorance, neglect, superstition and communication barriers are among the social factors that explain the discrimination and isolation from society that children with disabilities face.
I am reasonably sure there is no bad faith on the part of the connectivity messiahs, often their statements about connection and the value of communication come from a place of basic ignorance or naivety rather than one of deceit.
The disaster had been caused, the tribunal stated, not by "wickedness but ignorance, ineptitude and a failure of communication".
