deafweekly
February 27, 2013
Vol. 9, No. 18
Editor: Tom Willard
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Honolulu, HI
$5.75 MILLION SETTLEMENT AWARDED TO DEAF AND BLIND STUDENTS SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED BY GANG AT HAWAII PUBLIC SCHOOL
For more than a decade, some of the administrators and students at the Hawaii
School for the Deaf and Blind covered up a terrible secret - young children
between 12 and 16 years old were being terrorized - robbed, raped, sodomized
and even gang raped on campus and on the school buses - not by employees,
but by other children. One student heading a gang calling themselves the “Ringleaders”
orchestrated the attacks, and students were ordered to participate as attackers
or be retaliated against. Michael Green is one of five attorneys who successfully
secured a $5,750,000 settlement last week from the state and a school counselor.
/ Hawaii
Reporter
Whittier, CA
ORALINGUA SCHOOL IN WHITTIER TO CLOSE FRIDAY
Oralingua School for the Hearing Impaired Inc. will close its doors Feb. 28,
according to Frank Hill, chairman of the school's board of directors. Hill said
the school finally succumbed to late payments from public school districts,
which pay the tuition for Oralingua's students. "The other thing that hurt
us was one of our major foundations wants to focus on kids zero to 3,"
he said, noting that Oralingua's program works with children to a later age.
But the school's main source of funding is the 33 public school districts it
has contracts with, he said. / Whittier
Daily News
New York, NY
79-YEAR-OLD SHOT DEAD: BLIND, DEAF WIFE CALLS POLICE AFTER FINDING BODY
A 79-year-old man was shot and killed early Sunday morning, according to police.
Police found James Jackson lying unconscious with a gunshot wound to the neck
after being called to his residence at 1091 Gates Ave. in Brooklyn by his common-law
wife. His wife, who is both deaf and blind, went looking for him inside their
home after she didn’t feel him next to her in bed, according to one of
Jackson’s sons. / PIX
11
Columbus, OH
DEAF WOMAN GETS ROBBED TWICE IN 2 WEEKS
The owner of these dogs, Pam Estes, was robbed again today. This is just two
weeks to the day when she came home to find her champion dog killed. She went
back to her home to check on it since she had been staying with a friend after
the last break-in. When she arrived, she found the burglars in the back. They
yelled and took off on foot. The burglars were trying to steal a laptop but
they dropped it while running. / WSYX
Washington, DC
NPR LABS TO TEST EMERGENCY ALERTS FOR DEAF, HARD OF HEARING
The Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency
have awarded a contract to NPR LABS for a pilot program of emergency alerts
for the deaf or hard-of-hearing in the GULF COAST states. The alerts would be
sent using public radio stations in the region via text message, demonstrating
the ability to send such alerts to battery-powered radios in emergencies. Twenty-five
public radio stations in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas
will be selected to participate in the pilot. / AllAccess.com
Great Falls, MT
MSDB HARNESSES TECHNOLOGY FOR DEAF AND BLIND STUDENTS
Hearing-impaired students across the state can access MSDB (Montana School for
the Deaf & Blind) much easier now, thanks to technology. Students can now
attend MSDB from hundreds of miles away via Vision Net, a video chat system,
which allows students to learn from afar. / KRTV.com
New York, NY
VIP HOSTESS SUES MIDTOWN HOT SPOT LAVO FOR CAUSING HER 'HEARING LOSS'
A star-studded Midtown nightclub blasted music so loud that it caused a VIP
hostess serious hearing loss, a new lawsuit states. Margaret Clemente claims
Lavo’s thunderous dance music made her nearly deaf in one ear —
rendering her unemployable — after bosses ignored repeated complaints
about the noise. The aspiring actress said honchos at the hot spot pressured
her to leave when she reported the disability. / New
York Post
Honolulu, HI
ADVOCATES FOR THE DEAF CONCERNED ABOUT SERVICES
Deaf people and their advocates are fighting to keep state-funded services for
the deaf, even though state officials have said it is too early to worry that
services will be cut. The worry stems from an announcement from the state Division
of Vocational Rehabilitation that some services for the deaf would end on June
30 because of a lack of funds. The state Department of Human Services has said
it is premature to worry. / The
Associated Press
Lake Geneva, WI
DEAF COUPLE GETS HELP
I am writing to ask for help for an older couple I know. They have been married
many years and are both deaf. I have tried to visit them a few times but they
are not answering their door for me. Their curtains are drawn and the apartment
they live in is dark. I know they are home because I have seen them peeking
out at me. I know there is something wrong and they may be too embarrassed to
let me know they are struggling. They are both very independent. Maybe if you
came with me we could convince them to let us help. — Worried friend /
Lake
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Lesotho, Africa
PRINCE HARRY LEARNS SIGN LANGUAGE IN VISIT TO HIS AFRICA CHARITY
Prince Harry returned to Lesotho, Africa, today on a charity trip, and one of
the first things he did was learn a little sign language so he could communicate
with deaf kids supported by his children's charity, Sentebale. Harry, 28, a
British Army captain who has just returned from a four-month deployment to Afghanistan,
arrived in southern Africa Monday on a three-day visit to Sentebale projects.
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London, England
PIPPA MIDDLETON BACKS SCHOOL FOR DEAF
Pippa Middleton is helping to promote a school for deaf children. The brunette
beauty - younger sister of the Duchess of Cambridge - is using her high profile
to back the Mary Hare School for deaf youngsters, which is close to the Middleton
family home in Bucklebury, Berkshire, South East England. Pippa -- who says
she was moved to tears during the school's Christmas production of 'Mary Poppins'
-- has already donated 10 per cent of sales from a signing of her party book
'Celebrate' to help raise funds. / Female
First
London, England
DEAF FOOTBALLER DANIEL AILEY SAYS ABUSE HE EXPERIENCES IS 'THE SAME
AS RACISM'
Daniel Ailey didn't give up playing football when a badly broken leg left him
on the sidelines for a year. He didn't quit when a trial with Doncaster Rovers
as a teenager ended in rejection. But Ailey, who is deaf and plays as a semi-professional
for Potters Bar Town, in Hertfordshire, nearly walked away from the game following
a home match in October against Grays Athletic, when the sound of the calls
he uses to alert team-mates to his position was mocked by the away team's fans.
/ The
Guardian
London, England
BOY'S PLEA OVER CLASSROOM HELP FOR DEAF PUPILS
A London schoolboy is leading a campaign to stop councils cutting funding for
teachers of deaf children. Seven-year-old Matthew English, who wears hearing
aids because one of his ears did not develop properly, appears in a film alongside
Downton Abbey actor Jim Carter urging the Government to continue paying for
vital services. In the film for the National Deaf Children's Society, Bromley-born
Matthew also shared the spotlight with Pramface actress Scarlett Johnston. /
London
Evening Standard
London, England
RINGING IN YOUR EAR? IT COULD BE A SIGN YOU'RE JUST MOMENTS AWAY FROM
GOING DEAF
The day that changed model and actress Jessica-Jane Clement’s life started
ordinarily enough. The Real Hustle and I’m A Celebrity star was at home
in London with her then boyfriend. Aged just 20 at the time, she was in perfect
health. Jess was sitting on the sofa when she suddenly heard a ringing in her
right ear. A few hours later when the ringing wore off, she realised her hearing
in that ear had gone. ‘It was so quick,’ recalls Jess, now 27. /
Daily
Mail
Gloucestershire, England
'MY OWN BANK REFUSED TO HELP ME BECAUSE I'M DEAF,' SAYS HUCCLECOTE WOMAN
Shocked Gill Freeman was denied access to her own bank because she is deaf.
The 57-year-old, from Hucclecote, phoned Halifax with the help of her interpreter
but was left upset when the operator refused to help her. Despite being able
to answer the security questions, she wasn't allowed to carry out her banking
transactions after the worker cited the Data Protection Act. Even a supervisor
wouldn't acknowledge Gill, who is a Gloucestershire County Council support worker
for other deaf people. / This
is Gloucestershire
Cardiff, Wales
LYING ON A SOUND BOX: DEAF CHILDREN LISTEN TO MUSIC
I cried at the end of Les Miserables, so the moment that the Welsh National
Orchestra string section got started, and Katherine Mount stood there, signing
and singing to her profoundly deaf -- but clearly enraptured -- 10-year-old
son Ethan, I wasn't surprised to feel myself choking up again. It was towards
the end of a long, joyful, but emotionally draining day with the orchestra and
children from The Ysgol Maes Dyfan special school in Barry near Cardiff. Some
of them are almost completely deaf and others have serious hearing problems,
but the joy and enthusiasm shown by the children in their appreciation of the
music they were experiencing was wonderful to see. / BBC
Milton, ON, Canada
WORLD DEAF CHAMPIONSHIPS AWAIT YOUNG WINGER
Admittedly surprised when his then 7-year-old son Brandon asked to start playing
hockey, Tim Mallach whole-heartedly welcomed the request — yet wondered
about a potential obstacle. Not the one many people might expect, however. “When
Brandon was three we took him to a skating class, but he became very upset.”
recalled the elder Mallach, part of a Deaf Milton hockey family that includes
Brandon, now 18, and 16-year-old Brittany. “He didn’t want to skate
at all.” / Mississauga.com
Perth, Australia
CALLOUS ATTACKERS TARGET DEAF, MUTE MAN, 64, IN ROBBERY, ASSAULT
Police are hunting three callous teenage attackers who assaulted and robbed
a deaf, mute 64-year-old man in Perth's eastern suburbs. About 9.30pm on Saturday
night, the Swan View man noticed his electric scooter had been stolen from his
back patio, so he went to the park opposite his house to look for it as it had
been stolen before and abandoned there. As he crossed the park he was approached
by three young men who came from the direction of the nearby lake. Two of them
began pushing and shoving the man, and one of them smashed a bottle into his
face. / Perth
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Perth, Australia
TEEN WHO BASHED DEAF MAN DODGES JAIL
A teenager has dodged a jail term after pleading guilty to bashing a deaf man
at a Perth train station, but he will face imprisonment if he offends again
in the next year, a judge has warned. Joshua William Bignell, 18, bashed Seow
Oh, 28, fracturing his eye socket, in Carlisle in June last year. Bignell bashed
and kicked Mr Oh from behind as he was walking to his car parked at the station.
Bignell was originally charged with assault occasioning bodily harm, but the
charge was later upgraded to grievous bodily harm. / Perth
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Bhopal, India
MAN GETS 10 YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR RAPING DEAF AND DUMB NEIGHBOR
A court of additional district judge S C Upadhyay in Betul on Tuesday awarded
10 years rigorous imprisonment (RI) and Rs 25,000 in fine to the accused who
had raped a disabled woman in Multai area on December17. The 25-year-old deaf
and dumb victim was raped by her neighbour Raju Gond, 29. / Times
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NEW LIVING LEARNING COMMUNITY WILL FOCUS ON AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE,
DEAF STUDENTS
Eastern Kentucky University has for many years attracted deaf and hard-of-hearing
students as well as those who want to serve and assist them. Now, students from
both groups have another reason to consider the Richmond campus: a residence
hall living-learning community devoted to ASL and deaf culture. Beginning this
fall, the first two floors of eight-story Walters Hall will house a population
comprised largely of deaf students, those who grew up in a deaf culture, and
students majoring or minoring in interpreter education, deaf education or deaf
studies. / EKU
Framingham, MA
SCHOOL FOR DEAF HOSTS ACADEMIC TOURNAMENT IN FRAMINGHAM
As participants got ready for the deciding round of their matchup in the Gallaudet
University Academic Bowl on Friday afternoon, a voice over the intercom gave
a friendly reminder to the dozens of people in the audience: "Please close
your mouths -- and your hands." As it turned out, the Learning Center for
the Deaf's team didn't need any unfair advantage -- in either English or American
Sign Language -- to handily defeat their foes from the New Jersey School for
the Deaf, notching a 45-16 victory to the thrill of the hearing and non-hearing
supporters behind them. / The
MetroWest Daily News
Twin Cities, MN
DEAF HISTORY MONTH: A TIME AND TOOLS TO EXPLORE 150 YEARS OF THE DEAF
COMMUNITY IN MINNESOTA
Deaf History Month is like no other national celebration in many ways, including
the fact that the month starts on March 13 and ends April 15, those dates being
so important to Deaf history that the “deaf community has made an exception
to the rule.” I love it! / Twin
Cities Daily Planet
Detroit, MI
LISTEN UP! RED WINE CAN STOP YOU GOING DEAF
Tests have found that a chemical called resveratrol, which is found in red grapes,
can help protect against noise-induced hearing loss. Rats given the compound
before being exposed to loud noise for long periods were found to be less likely
to suffer long-term damage. Resveratrol may also fight the development of Alzheimer’s,
cancer and other age-related conditions, according to study leader Dr. Michael
Seidman of Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. / Daily
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Knoxville, TN
SETTING A NEW TONE: SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF EYES NEW BUILDING, TECHNOLOGY
IN $22M PLAN
Minimizing between-class travel and maximizing productive instruction time are
two improvements Tennessee School for the Deaf officials hope to witness with
a new high school building on the nearly 90-year-old South Knoxville campus.
With Gov. Bill Haslam appropriating $22 million to the school as part of his
state budget proposal for next year, TSD administrators have begun planning
a modernization project. Included in that plan is a state-of-the-art all-inclusive
high school educational building that would stop the current practice of students
navigating their way between as many as five educational buildings on a given
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News-Sentinel
Providence, RI
DEAF STUDENT BREAKS BARRIERS
Amber Rodriguez, 18, is a sharp shooter on the court for the Rhode Island School
For The Deaf, and competes on the basketball court as well as in the classroom.
Her desire to protect and serve combined with her love of animals sparked her
unique senior project idea. “I’m learning about how she sniffs out
the bombs, how she can find and detect some of the bombs that are hidden,”
Amber said. / WPRI
Montclair, NJ
DYNAMIC, DEAF RABBI BRINGING MESSAGE OF INCLUSIVITY
In Rabbi Darby Leigh’s sign language interpretation of the Shema, God
is defined with a sweeping hand gesture that suggests awe; Israel with a two-part
sign representing a people as well as a land. There are speedier ways to translate
the prayer, but Leigh’s calls up the “ancient heavenly connection”
poet Allen Ginsberg wrote about. The result is a prayer that is as much movement
as it is language, a visual poetry that befits a former actor with the National
Theater of the Deaf and a self-described truth seeker who can quote Ginsberg
and Jack Kerouac one minute and the lyrics of the jam band Phish the next. /
Jweekly.com
Washington, DC
GALLAUDET RESEARCH CENTER RELEASES FIRST OF SERIES OF THREE BILINGUAL
STORYBOOK APPS
The National Science Foundation-funded Science of Learning Center on Visual
Language and Visual Learning (VL2) at Gallaudet University is pleased to announce
the release of a new interactive bilingual storybook app for the iPad that is
designed to facilitate language acquisition and reading in all young children,
especially deaf and hard of hearing children. The app introduces an original
children’s story entitled The Baobab and offers an enticing bilingual
language, learning, and reading experience while having fun. / Gallaudet
Univ.
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San Francisco, CA
BERNARD BRAGG TO BE INDUCTED INTO SAN FRANCISCO STATE ALUMNI HALL OF
FAME
Deaf theatre artist Bernard Bragg and three others will be inducted into San
Francisco State University's Alumni Hall of Fame at a reception on March 15.
Bragg is credited as one of the first people to popularize mime in the U.S.
As the deaf son of deaf parents, he spent his youth working to communicate with
others and developed an interest in theatre. Bragg studied theatre at Gallaudet
University and spent 15 years as a teacher at California School for the Deaf
in Berkeley. During that time, he earned a master's in special education at
SF State and graduated in 1959. / SFSU
Los Angeles, CA
BOB HILTERMANN TEACHES KIDS TO SIGN SONG FOR 'THE MIDDLE'
Bob Hiltermann has been working with six hearing kids from Marlton School teaching
American Sign Language with signing a song, "Tomorrow," from Annie,
the musical. They were filmed in ABC's "The Middle" at the Warner
Brother's studio on Friday, February 22. “It would be so nice for someone
to recognize the hard work these children did to get to this point,” said
Hiltermann. The episode will air on April 10 at 8 p.m. For more information
go to http://bobhiltermann.com/
Internet
DEAF COMIC WILL MAKE YOU RETHINK FUNNY
Some are blessed with ease when it comes to public speaking. They can enter
a room and grab the attention of everyone. They can give a speech and have people
falling out of their chairs with laughter. But what if you could do all of these
things, just with your hands? CJ Jones, an internationally known deaf entertainer,
does just that. For over 25 years, CJ has been making audiences of all ages
laugh through sign language, and HooplaHa - Life with a Smile is here to spotlight
his story. / The
Huffington Post
Westminster, MD
MCDANIEL PLAY ATTEMPTS TO PORTRAY LIFE OF DEAF FRANCISCO GOYA
March 6-9, McDaniel College will show what life after going deaf sounded like
for painter Francisco Goya when performing the play, “The Sleep of Reason”
by Antonio Buero-Vallejo. According to director Ira Domser, “The Sleep
of Reason” is a contemporary Spanish play about Goya and his descent into
madness after the end of the war with Napoleon. Throughout the play, because
Goya is deaf, whenever he is on stage, the audience can only hear what Goya
can hear, said Domser. / The
Advocate
Edmonds, WA
WAR HORSE BROADWAY STARS VISIT DEAF AND HARD-OF-HEARING STUDENTS AT
EWHS
Two performers from the Tony Award-winning play “War Horse” visited
deaf and hard -of-hearing students at Edmonds-Woodway High School last week.
Cast members Chad Jennings and Gregory Manley participated in an hour-long theater
workshop and answered questions about their careers to a group of about 20 students.
Since neither actor is deaf or hard of hearing, an interpreter helped with communication.
However, the theater exercises were hardly dependent on spoken words. / My
Edmonds News
Columbus, OH
DEAF RAPPER HAS FEEL FOR BEAT
Sean Forbes has always cranked up the bass a little louder than most other people
do. Given his love of music, he has to feel the bass to rap — and sign.
He became deaf from spinal meningitis as a 9-month-old. Yet he hasn’t
allowed such an obstacle to keep him from pursuing his musical dream. / The
Columbus Dispatch
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Bourbonnais, IL
DESPITE OBSTACLE, CALIF. SWIMMER MAKES SPLASH AT ONU
Her long, dark hair covers her hearing aids, and she's reading your lips, so
there's no way to tell she's deaf. And both in and out of the pool, there's
no denying she's a special person. Meet Samantha Elam, Olivet Nazarene University's
top women's swimmer. The 20-year-old junior from Los Angeles leaves Sunday with
21 of her teammates for next week's NAIA National Championships in Oklahoma
City. In July, Elam will compete on an even bigger stage: the summer version
of the Deaflympics in Sofia, Bulgaria. / The
Daily Journal
Internet
MICHAEL HUBBS PROMOTION TERMINATION 2013
This announcement is regarding DeafTax.com's termination of the Michael Hubbs'
"14% for 2014 promotion. DeafTax.com is a supporter of anti-domestic violence
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(DAWN) during the Schwarz Financial Services LLC 25th Anniversary event in 2007.
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Dulles, VA
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New York, NY
LEXINGTON SCHOOL TO PRESENT ADAPTATION OF 'MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING'
"Nothing Happened!" is a modern day adaptation of William Shakespeare's
Much Ado About Nothing. It takes the old tale of gossip, betrayal, and love
and brings it to the high school arena. With a cast of 20 students, the show
revolves around a core group of friends and three students who are determined
to ruin their happiness. Where: Lexington School for the Deaf, 75th Street and
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