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{"value"=>"56769", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"1990-1997", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1990/1997"}
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{"value"=>"Subseries III. B. Deaf AIDS Project (DAP)"}
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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"2 boxes"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>The Deaf AIDS Project (DAP) began in 1987, independent of GMHC, when a group consisting of members of the deaf community, their supporters, and interpreters met to discuss the lack of AIDS education within the deaf community and homophobia within the environment of deaf services in New York City. English is a second language to many deaf Americans and the average deaf adult has a reading comprehension level between the third and eighth grade levels. Because of this, most of them did not know about AIDS. DAP looked to GMHC to provide a safe haven and to help form a permanent group to discuss these issues, but the two groups ran into a number of problems and were unable to form a permanent program until the early 1990s. In 1991, the DAP Staff Coordination Group was formed to create programs within GMHC that were focused on deaf clients. DAP established a Speakers Bureau to provide education about HIV/AIDS to deaf schools and organizations, implemented a TTY Hotline at GMHC, and produced HIV/AIDS videos and brochures for the deaf.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>Included in this subseries are mock-ups of and notes on the HIV/AIDS brochure for the deaf community. The minutes of the DAP Staff Coordination Group describe the initial problems encountered by DAP and GMHC, the need for DAP, and other issues in the deaf community.</p>"}
- date_start
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1990
- keydate
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1990
- date_end
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1997
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1990
- date_inclusive_end
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1997