deafweekly
March 9, 2011
Vol. 7, No. 20
Editor: Tom Willard
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DEAF SCHOOL 'TRAGEDY'
IN BROOKLYN: STATE BUDGET CUTS MAY FORCE SCHOOL TO SHUT DOWN
A Crown Heights school for the deaf could be closing down this summer because
of state budget cuts. Deaf kids from around the city have received a free education
from St. Francis DeSales on Eastern Parkway for more than half a century --
but that could all come to an end in July under Gov. Cuomo's plan to slash state
funding. "It's a tragedy -- the children are going to suffer so the state
can save money," said school director Ed McCormack. / NY
Daily News
See Also RSD, OTHER SPECIAL SCHOOLS THREATENED BY PROPOSED BUDGET / Rochester (NY) Democrat and Chronicle
See Also MOTHER SEEKS NICHE FOR HER DEAF DAUGHTER / Democrat and Chronicle
See Also CUOMO'S PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD ELIMINATE FUNDING TO NY SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF / White Plains Patch
Salt Lake City, UT
POLICE: SLC MAN STRUCK, KILLED BY AMTRAK TRAIN WAS DEAF
Salt Lake City police have identified the man killed by an Amtrak train at a
downtown crossing early last Thursday. Police said that Joseph Guitierrez, 34,
of Salt Lake City, was instantly killed about 2:30 a.m. Thursday when he darted
in front of the train. The crossing’s safety barrier was lighted and active
at the time. On Friday, however, Salt Lake City police Detective Dennis McGowan
said investigators had confirmed that Guitierrez was deaf. That, along with
indications he may have been drinking shortly before the accident, “may
have contributed to the incident,” McGowan said. / The
Salt Lake Tribune
Vallejo, CA
DEAF, MUTE MAN VICTIM OF HIT AND RUN
A woman has been arrested on hit and run charges after leaving a deaf and mute
man lying injured in the middle of a Vallejo roadway. Authorities said neighbors
rushed to the aid of the victim after the man was struck during rush hour with
such force his shoes were knocked off. “He couldn’t hear the cars
coming,” said Pat Smith. “I heard a bang noise, thinking it was
one of our cars, cause normally our cars get hit out here.” Another neighbor
who was driving nearby recognized the victim and sped after the suspect, tailing
the vehicle while calling authorities. / CBS
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Des Moines, IA
DEAF WOMAN SAYS IN LAWSUIT
THAT HOSPITAL MADE DAUGHTER INTERPRET
A deaf Fort Dodge woman is suing a hospital for allegedly forcing her to use
her 7-year-old daughter as a sign-language interpreter before the girl had surgery.
Jessie Fox says in a federal lawsuit filed Friday that she asked officials at
Trinity Regional Medical Center to provide an interpreter so she could understand
instructions from the medical staff. She says the Fort Dodge hospital refused
her request, so she had to rely on her daughter, Addison, to translate the staff's
words into sign language. The arrangement led to a medication mix-up, the lawsuit
says. / Des
Moines Register
Cambridge, MA
IMPERILED STATE PROGRAM A LIFELINE FOR DEAF AND BLIND
Ona Stewart uses her hands to see and hear, and aides say she has a sense of
touch so subtle she can read someone’s mood by the tension of their grip.
The 52-year-old, who makes pottery and weaves for a living, takes pride in her
independence, and though deaf and blind, manages to live on her own in Cambridge,
cook her meals, and navigate nearby streets and subways. But because she does
not have family nearby, she relies on a decade-old state program that provides
aides who communicate with her through tactile sign language. They also help
her shop for groceries, attend community meetings, run errands, and live as
full a life as possible. That may end soon. / The
Boston Globe
Milwaukee, WI
MINN. LAWYER SEEKS
CLERGY-ABUSE VICTIMS IN WIS.
The Minnesota lawyer who represents alleged victims of clergy sexual abuse is
launching a 30-day media blitz in southeastern Wisconsin asking other victims
to come forward. Attorney Jeff Anderson of St. Paul is suing the Catholic Archdiocese
of Milwaukee. His charges included allegations that one of its now-deceased
priests molested as many as 200 deaf boys from 1950 to 1974. Anderson called
on all victims to come forward now, even if they've been told previously it
was too late to file a claim. / Associated
Press
High Point, NC
HEARING DEVICE STOLEN FROM DEAF HIGH POINT TEEN
A High Point mother is hoping that her deaf daughter's stolen $8,500 hearing
device will be returned. Someone broke in to Martha Soltani's car outside the
J&S Cafeteria on Eastchester Drive Friday night, taking a book bag sitting
on the floor of the passenger's side. In the book bag was an $8,500 cochlear
implant processor belonging to Martha's daughter, Sara Soltani. Sara, 15, was
born deaf. When she was seven, she underwent surgery for a cochlear implant
in her right ear. / WGHP
Richmond, VA
VIRGINIA COULD JOIN OTHER STATES THAT OFFER SIGN LANGUAGE AS FOREIGN
LANGUAGE ELECTIVE
A measure that would offer sign language as a foreign language in Virginia's
high schools and universities is headed to Gov. Bob McDonnell. The General Assembly
overwhelmingly passed legislation during the 2011 session that would make Virginia
one of more than 30 states where sign language counts toward foreign-language
requirements. / Associated
Press
Ewing, NJ
ROBOTICS TEAM FROM EWING HIGH, N.J. SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF WIN AWARD
The Ewing Township Robotics Team, “Team 2016, The Mighty Monkey Wrenches,”
had just completed their first year as a unit, when suddenly a real wrench was
tossed into their plans. In 2007, The Mighty Monkey Wrenches were told they
were moving into another area, a welding lab located inside the New Jersey School
for the Deaf in West Trenton. It turned out to be the best thing that ever happened
to the team. Students from the N.J. School for the Deaf joined the team, and
it became a fortuitous pairing. / The
Times of Trenton
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Thaba Nchu, South Africa
DEAF, BLIND PUPILS CALL FOR THE HEAD OF 'UNCOOPERATIVE' PRINCIPAL
Pupils at the Bartimea school for the deaf and blind in Thaba Nchu are on strike
calling for the head of their principal, Joyce Thothela. The disgruntled pupils
embarked upon an indefinite strike last Tuesday. “We want the department
of education to dismiss the principal as she is not cooperative,” said
one of the pupils’ representatives, Mohau Nhlapho. “She failed to
resolve our problems, which date as far back as 2009.” He said the pupils
could no longer stand the exodus of qualified teachers. / The
New Age
Panvel, Hindustan
'FOUR OF FIVE RAPED GIRLS DEAF-MUTE'
A report that said five mentally challenged girls at the orphanage in Panvel
had been raped, also said that outsiders were observed on the premises in close
contact with the girls. Nila Girish Turpude, an advocate as well as social worker
from Alibaug, lodged a complaint with the Kalamboli police on Friday. According
to a police spokesman, “Of the nineteen girls, five were reportedly physically
and sexually abused. Of these five girls, four are also deaf-mute. We have arrested
four officials of the sanstha and slapped rape charges against them.”
/ Hindustan
Times
London, England
HEALTH SERVICES FAIL DEAF CHILDREN WITH ADDITIONAL COMPLEX NEEDS
Health services are failing to provide adequate treatment for deaf children
with additional complex needs, a report published last week by the National
Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) has revealed. The research from NDCS and
the University of Manchester discovered failures in diagnosis, problems accessing
medical treatment, and professionals consistently failing to share information.
The report, which is the largest of its kind, described some professionals as
"overwhelmed by the complexity of needs" and others as treating deafness
as a minor condition that can be addressed later in the child’s life.
/ Nursing
in Practice
Isle of Wight
DEAF MUM CAN HEAR AFTER PIONEERING OP
Following a lifetime of silence after she was born almost totally deaf, a Shanklin
mum has become the first person in the UK to undergo pioneering surgery to help
her hear properly for the first time. Marnie McCarthy, 45, said she was delighted
with the results of the operation but admitted she was surprised at how loud
everything seemed, particularly as she lives with three teenage sons and an
excitable springer spaniel. / Isle
of Wight County Press
Milton, ON, Canada
FUNDING CUTS COULD LEAVE DEAF-BLIND GIRL ISOLATED
All her life, Caitlin Ryan, 18, has been battling the odds. Born profoundly
deaf, the Ottawa teen suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Usher Syndrome.
Caitlin has attended the Provincial School for the Deaf in Milton since she
was five, living in residence and going home to Ottawa on weekends, because
there are no programs for her in Ottawa. As if deafness weren't bad enough,
at 14, she got another devastating diagnosis. Her eyesight started to fail.
Her ophthalmologist diagnosed Retinitis Pigmentosa -- caused by Usher Syndrome.
/ Ottawa
Sun
Bundaberg, QLD, Australia
JAIL FOR ATTACK ON DEAF MAN
A man who repeatedly punched a deaf farmhand to the face during a “gratuitous
act of thuggery and violence” has been jailed for 18 months. The victim,
Peter Vohland, was left with a fractured eye socket, bruising and swelling to
his left eye, and a severely swollen left cheek. Bundaberg District Court was
told Denton Sydney Ziebell, 25, from Monto, attacked Mr Vohland, 28, while he
was watching television at home about 11:30 pm on October 3, 2009. / Bundaberg
News Mail
Karachi, Pakistan
FUNDS RAISED
TO BUILD SCHOOL FOR DEAF CHILDREN
Funds were raised for deaf children at a musical night arranged by the Family
Educational Services Foundation (FESF) at Clifton’s Imperial Garden on
Saturday. Noted Qawwal Amjad Sabri along with his team performed at the event,
enthralling the audience by singing Qawealis and Ghazals. Sabri said that he
was very glad to come and perform for a good cause, i.e. the education and advancement
of deaf children. The musical night was part of a fund-raiser for new deaf reach
school, Rashidabad. / The
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WOMAN STRIVES TO END BARRIERS FOR DEAF IN MERCED
Angelica Martinez, 41, was at a baby shower in 2000 and mistakenly told a young
boy, who strongly resembled her son, to stop running around. "I found out
this wasn't my son," she recalled. A few months later, she was at a Deaf
Club event and, "I saw the boy and I asked him who his dad was." When
she saw her future husband, it seemed as if there was a glow about him, like
a halo of sunlight surrounding him. "It was love at first sight or something,"
she said, laughing. "When I saw him, I didn't realize he was deaf."
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Sun-Star
Alexandria, VA
SWEET SOUND OF SUCCESS
As a student at Robinson Secondary School, Mark Burka was everywhere. He was
president of the National Honor Society and a member of the school's marching
band, the drumline, the symphonic band and the orchestra. He worked at a Camp
Kesem, a student-run camp for children whose parents have or are recovering
from cancer. One summer, he went on a trip to Europe with one of the bands,
a trip for which he was a little nervous for fear that he might set off a metal
detector. That's because, when he was 2, Burka had surgery to receive a cochlear
implant, a mechanical device that allows him to hear. / Fairfax
Connection
Olathe, KS
PAY ATTENTION TO THE DEAF
Do you think that the Kansas School for the Deaf would be a much better educational
institution if it became deaf-centric and was operated by deaf people instead?
Hearing people looking into our deafness and working on it have the right to
run this school their way. But are they hurting our deaf-centric ways -- in
other words, our deaf language and culture? Also, are other educational programs
for the oral deaf oppressing our deaf-culture in Kansas? / The
Kansas City Star
Minneapolis, MN
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of the deaf community to American society. National Deaf History Month was the
creation of two deaf employees at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library
in Washington DC. In 1996, the National Association of the Deaf suggested the
week become a full-fledged month, and in 1997, the first annual, nationwide
National Deaf History Month was celebrated, March 13 to April 15. / PRWeb
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MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT INTRODUCES VISUAL PAGING
SERVICES
Travelers at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) now have access
to visual as well as audio paging services. “While visual paging benefits
all our customers, it is particularly important to customers who are deaf or
hard of hearing,” said Jeffrey Hamiel, executive director of the Metropolitan
Airports Commission. / Business
Wire
Minneapolis, MN
THE UPTAKE GETS DEAF COMMISSION'S AWARD FOR CAPTIONING DEBATES
The Uptake, the group that live-streams all kinds of political events, was honored
last Wednesday by the Commission of Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing Minnesotans
during a rally at the Capitol. The Uptake received the group's Accessible News
Outlet Media Excellence. The commission said: "The Uptake was the only
media outlet that covered candidates’ captioning of ads during the 2010
campaign. This resulted in more candidates complying with the state candidate
captioning law." / MinnPost.com
Pittsburgh, PA
CARNEGIE FIRM CREATES HOSPITAL VIDEO INTERPRETER FOR DEAF OR NON-ENGLISH-SPEAKING
PATIENTS
The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority just issued a report that underscores
the need for ensuring that patients understand what a nurse or doctor is telling
them. Between 2004 and 2010, the authority identified 232 instances in Pennsylvania
hospitals in which a patient's limited English skills might have affected the
individual's care. For the past decade, a Carnegie business has helped hospitals
prevent those accidents by providing on-demand video interpreters, first for
hearing-impaired patients and now for non-English speakers as well. / Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette
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San Antonio, TX
FOUR DEAF PERFORMERS INVITE YOU TO 'SEE WHAT I'M SAYING'
When four deaf artists struggle for mainstream attention, it can get ugly quick.
For one year, producer/director Hilari Scarl follows the lives of actor Robert
DeMayo, singer TL Forsberg, comedian CJ Jones, and drummer Bob Hiltermann, all
of whom are famous in the deaf world but struggle in the hearing world in “See
What I’m Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary.” Sometimes they’re
not deaf enough, sometimes they’re too deaf, sometimes they don’t
speak well enough, sometimes they don’t sign with enough clarity, and
sometimes, they just can’t seem to catch a break. / San
Antonio Express
Hanover, PA
SHORT, SILENT STARS: CONEWAGO STUDENTS USE SIGN LANGUAGE IN ORIGINAL
FILM
They started filming Monday and will be finished making “The Emperor’s
New Shoes” by Friday. As busy as it is with cast members speaking and
directors directing, the classroom at Conewago Township Elementary School is
quiet. All the kindergarten through third grade cast members are deaf/hard of
hearing. Speaking in American Sign Language, the nearly half-hour movie is an
original story. / Gettysburg
Times
Ellicott City, MD
ELLICOTT CITY STUDENTS AT SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF VIE FOR ANOTHER SHOT AT
CENTER STAGE
Last May, students from Maryland School for the Deaf stole the show at Baltimore’s
Center Stage when they performed Understanding, a play they wrote about the
implications of being deaf in a hearing world. Their play was one of more than
350 submitted by Maryland schools vying to be among the half-dozen that would
be performed by professional actors at Center Stage as part of the theater’s
annual Young Playwrights Festival. Not only was Understanding selected, but
the students themselves were invited to perform it -- a rare honor. Now, they
hope to repeat their success. / Ellicott
City Patch
Little Rock, AR
DEAF DOGS: A PHOTOGRAPHER'S FOCUS
Inspired by her own dog, one photographer decided to travel the country to take
pictures of deaf and rescue dogs. She's hoping to raise awareness and money
to help homeless pets. "I adopted my dog, Sadie, from the Bucks County
ASPCA about 3 years ago," says photographer Melissa McDaniel. And McDaniel
and Sadie have been inseparable ever since. But the pretty pooch is not your
typical rescue dog. She is deaf. / KARK
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Washington, DC
DEAF BASKETBALL TEAM'S ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS
Gallaudet University, a university for the deaf located in Washington, D.C.,
provides for us an example of the type of extreme obstacles a group can overcome
when united for a common goal or purpose. The team is in the midst of a historic
season, complete with a 20-1 record, just years after losing every game against
their conference opponents, including an embarrassing 75-point defeat. / DrJays.com
Live
Sacramento, CA
DEAF COLLEGE BASKETBALL PLAYER FROM DIXON HOPES TO GO PRO
At 6 feet 7 inches tall, Michael Lizarraga is an imposing figure on the basketball
court. Michael's Cal State Northridge Matadors played the UC Davis Aggies Thursday
night. During the game, Michael could be seen, not looking at the point guard
for plays, but at his interpreter, relaying messages to him from his teammates.
Michael is profoundly deaf. His parents found out when he was 15 months old.
/ News10.net
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This position performs complex administrative and secretarial duties for the Executive Director. The work performed may include a broad range of complex responsibilities involving confidential, and technical information, such as scheduling meetings and preparing agendas, taking minutes of meetings, responding to routine correspondence, visitors and telephone calls, and researching background material related to political or community issues. This position reports to the Executive Director.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provide clerical and administrative support for the Executive Director.
Prepare legislative letters and other correspondence.
Coordinate logistical support, including meeting minutes, meeting materials,
and communication access for Board of Directors meetings and functions attended
by Executive Director.
Coordinate logistical support, meeting materials, communication access, and
scheduling of agency-wide staff meetings and Management Team meetings.
Coordinate communication and correspondence as needed among Board of Directors,
Executive Director, Management Team and staff.
Arrange for travel needs of Executive Director.
Manage the headquarters facility to ensure operability of space including management
of facility lease.
Provide support for agency record retention, including policies and procedures.
Provide logistical support for public relations materials.
Other responsibilities as assigned by the Executive Director.
REQUIRED SKILLS:
Bachelor’s degree and at least 3 years experience in and knowledge of
office procedures.
Excellent computer skills and knowledge of MS windows software (Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, Outlook).
Proficiency in American Sign Language and fluency in English grammar/spelling.
Excellent organizational skills; ability to prioritize, analyze, coordinate
and complete multiple tasks independently.
Ability to generate reports and presentations.
Ability to develop and review letters and other management-related documents.
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Positive cultural perspective of Deaf people.
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SALARY & BENEFITS: Salary is negotiable dependent on experience and education. DCARA offers full medical, dental, vision and life insurance benefits in addition to 12 days of holiday leave plus one week paid winter holiday.
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