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Washington, DC
THE DEAF PROTEST IN WASHINGTON DC 2015
The deaf community gathers in Washington DC on September 5-6 2015. The community has gathered to protest that the ADA Laws are not enough for the deaf community. Many have not been able to obtain a job due to lack of accessiblity in communication. Fighting to get equality for the Deaf community's rights to have better access to jobs, education, and communication accessiblity. / CNN iReport
Sioux Falls, SD
BLIND-DEAF CYCLIST RETURNS TO FINISH JOURNEY
On Thursday, Detective Andrea Kelly accompanied Harald Vik back to the site where the blind-deaf Norwegian's planned bicycle trip came to an abrupt end last summer. Kelly had investigated the car-tandem bike accident for the Sioux Falls Police Department and was one of the first to visit Vik at Sanford Health. In the months that followed, the two kept in touch through Facebook. They reunited this week during Vik's return trip to Sioux Falls. For Kelly, the visit's timing couldn't have been better. / Argus Leader
Trenton, NJ
BILL ALLOWING ASL TO FULFILL H.S. WORLD LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT BECOMES LAW
Legislation allowing American Sign Language (ASL), a complete, complex language that employs signs made with the hands and other movements, including facial expressions and postures of the body, to be used by New Jersey high school students to meet world language graduation requirements was signed into law on Monday. The General Assembly approved the legislation, which was sponsored by Assemblywomen Mila Jasey (D-Essex/Morris) and Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen), in June, 74-0. / TAPinto.net
Bentonville, AR
DEAF MAN SUING SHERIFF'S OFFICE OVER TRAFFIC STOP
A deaf Benton County man claims deputies arrested him after a traffic stop without calling for qualified ASL interpreter. Jayson Lawson claims the arrest violated his Constitutional rights, according to his lawsuit. Benton County Sheriff Kelley Cradduck and Deputy Jason Wood are named as defendants. Wood and another deputy stopped Lawson's vehicle on Sept. 3, 2012, according to court documents, The lawsuit claims Wood spoke to Lawson, but failed to recognize Lawson is deaf and failed to take into account Lawson communicated primarily using ASL or he ignored Lawson is deaf. / ArkansasOnline
Colonie, NY
DEAF TRUCK DRIVER CRASHES INTO COLONIE BUSINESS
Tint King is a family-owned business. The owner has been here for several hours and is shocked to see what happened to his shop. A tow truck just left about a half hour ago, pulling the truck out and the entire front of the truck was completely crushed, leaving everyone to wonder what caused all of this. A Dodge Dakota truck was driving down Central Avenue late Tuesday night, until it slammed into a utility pole, breaking it in half. It continued to crash into Tint King; a window tinting business. / News 10 ABC
Denham Springs, LA
LPSO ARRESTS TWO FOR ALLEGEDLY STEALING FROM HEARING-IMPAIRED COUPLE
Deputies have arrested two men and charged them with felony theft, for allegedly stealing a utility trailer and lawn equipment from a hearing-impaired couple. Kurt Hoffman and Bobby Wall were booked into the Livingston Parish Detention Center on Wednesday. Sheriff Jason Ard said near the end of August, the duo drove into the Rolling Meadow subdivision and hooked up the trailer to their truck. The couple was home at the time, but did not become aware of the missing equipment until their daughter came home. / WAFB 9
Louisville, KY
BURGLAR RANSACKS DEAF WOMAN'S HOME, STEALS COMMUNICATION DEVICES
With the help of an interpreter, Virginia Beach shared her story about the night of August 16. "I went to bed one night, locked all my doors, felt safe," said Beach. Beach, who was born deaf, said she woke up a few hours later and began to notice some of her items were missing and her door was broken open. She ran to her neighbor, who called police. That's when she said she felt like she was robbed all over again. Beach said that night officers repeatedly refused to provide an interpreter. / WLKY
Sacramento, CA
ASSEMBLYMAN SUPPORTS DEAF EDUCATION BILL USING ASL
The California State Assembly was silent as they watched Assemblyman James Gallagher, R-Yuba City, present Senate Bill 210 simultaneously in ASL and English at the September 3 meeting. “I’m a little rusty in my ASL, so bear with me,” Gallagher began with a laugh. “This bill will help establish language benchmarks for Deaf kids from birth through five years old,” continued Gallagher. “This bill is important to me because I have two Deaf brothers. And I think it’s important to all of us because we want to ensure opportunity for all kids.” / Canyon News
Jacksonville, IL
CUED SPEECH PROGRAM BRINGS PROTEST FROM DEAF COMMUNITY
The use of cued speech along with ASL at the Illinois School for the Deaf is drawing protest from some in the deaf and hard-of-hearing community. An online petition says the method of visual communication is creating audism — the act of being superior and looking down on those who are unable to hear, as well as making decisions for them — at the Jacksonville school. Tamera Gaudet-Doody, a deaf advocate, started the petition several weeks ago after she learned that a number of families were not being given the choice in educational instruction. / Jacksonville Journal-Courier
Scranton, PA
INTEREST SHOWN IN SCHOOL FOR DEAF PROPERTY
A developer could turn the former Scranton State School for the Deaf property into apartments, condominiums or a senior living center. Since Marywood University put the property on the market in February, developers, both locally and outside the market, have shown interest, said John Cognetti, president of Hinerfeld Commercial Real Estate. / Citizens' Voice
Spartanburg, SC
NEW FIELD HOUSE BUILT FOR SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND THE BLIND
On a rainy day in February, the School for the Deaf and the Blind broke ground indoors for its new field house. And today the sun put a spotlight on the finished product. Locker rooms, restrooms, room for home and visiting teams among the new additions to new field house at South Carolina’s School for the Deaf and Blind / WYFF
Rochester, NY
FEDERAL GRANT TO HELP DEAF PEOPLE WHO ARE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
A local agency that helps victims of domestic violence says a federal grant will help it serve a part of the Rochester population that may not be getting all of the assistance it needs. The Willow Domestic Violence Center, previously known as Alternatives for Battered Women, is getting a $425,000 federal grant to help serve those who are deaf or hard of hearing and who are also victims of domestic violence. / WXXI
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South Africa
SAHRC TO PROBE THREE DEATHS AT DEAF SCHOOL
Was there any violation of human rights in the death of three children at the Northwest School for the Deaf? That’s one of the questions the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) wants answered in its investigation “in to the living conditions of pupils” at the school. “The commission learnt with shock that the three pupils got killed in their sleep when the school hostel in Leeudoringstad‚ in Maquassi Hills Local Municipality‚ NW Province‚ was razed down by fire in the early hours of Monday two weeks ago‚” an SAHRC statement said. / Times LIVE
South Africa
DEAF PE WOMAN FATALLY STABBED AS BOYFRIEND NIPS OUT
Relatives and neighbors of an impoverished deaf woman were in shock on Monday night after she was fatally stabbed in her Port Elizabeth home. Nomakhaya Mazomba‚ 46‚ was found in her home at about 3pm. Her body was found by her boyfriend‚ Siyanda Mdekazi‚ 44‚ who claimed Mazomba had been attacked in the 30 minutes between the time that he left the house for an unknown reason and when he returned to find her lying on a bed on Monday afternoon. / Times LIVE
Zimbabwe
MISS DEAF ZIM 2015 IN DOUBT
Deaf Zimbabwe Trust executive director Barbara Nyangairi told NewsDay this week that no support had been forthcoming from the corporate world. “We still have challenges to do with stigma against the disabled. We had scheduled the Miss Deaf contest to take place in November and by now, all the groundwork should have been completed, but we have not received the necessary support from the corporate world,” she said. “If nothing concrete comes along we may be forced to scrap the contests off the calendar.” / NewsDay Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
THE HURDLES OF LIFE IN A SILENT WORLD
Many people with hearing impediments face a raft of challenges in their lives. According to audiologist Mkhonzeni Sibanda, hearing impairment varies from a mild hearing impairment to a profound hearing impairment. Another audiologist, Tinashe Nhokwara, said there was limited accessibility of services to deal with the impairment. “Audiological evaluations, hearing assistive devices as well as educational systems that cater for their needs are often unavailable,” he said. / NewsDay Zimbabwe
Namibia
'BEING DEAF IS NORMAL, I AM PROUD TO BE DEAF'
Naapopye Uulenga (21), a Grade 12 pupil at Cosmos High School, says being born deaf is hardly a tragedy, it is just different. "In many ways, being born deaf is quite normal and in other ways it is not." Uulenga says the doctor told his mother just after he was born that he will never hear. "But I will say I grew up 'normal'. I played soccer with my peers, I went to a 'normal' school from pre-school till now that I am in Grade 12. Although I had an interpreter trailing me for my entire educational career, I really don't feel left out. / allAfrica.com
Pakistan
COURT REJECTS BID TO HAVE DEAF-MUTE INDIAN WOMAN SENT HOME
A Pakistani court on Thursday rejected a petition to send back to India a deaf-mute woman who lost her family when she wandered over one of the world's most militarised borders as a child, saying the two nations should resolve the issue diplomatically. Geeta, a Hindu woman now in her early 20s, was around 11 years old when she inadvertently crossed the border from India to Pakistan. It was a mistake that would lead to a long search for her family that captivated the public after a hit film with a similar plot was released last month. / Reuters
Sri Lanka
SHIVANTHA VIVEKANANDAN RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT FOR 14TH TIME
Well-known former Sports Star Shivantha Vivekanandan was re-elected uncontested as President of the Deaf School Past Pupils’ Association, the School for the Deaf, Ratmalana for the 14th successive year at the 66th Annual General Meeting held at the Stanley Hall, the School for the Deaf, Ratmalana recently. A distinguished past pupil of the School for the Deaf, Ratmalana and Maryline High School, Kollupitiya, Vivekanandan was a good sportsman as well as a brilliant student who won many awards in sports, art and studies. / The Sunday Times
Victoria, BC, Canada
LETTER: AUTOMATED SYSTEM NEEDED FOR DEAF TRANSIT RIDERS
Re: “It’s go for automated stop calls,” Aug. 27. Island Deaf + Hard of Hearing Services is perplexed that B.C. Transit’s implementation of a voice call-out system for transit stops will benefit neither users who are deaf nor those with a wide range of hearing loss. It is self-evident that this population of individuals will not get the full benefit of a voice annunciation system and to whom, therefore, equal access is being denied. / Times Colonist
Australia
A SIGN OF THE TIMES IN BROADCASTING
With a green screen, an iPad and some simple editing software, a small team of students at Klemzig Primary School in Adelaide is reporting the news. It is quiet in this classroom for a reason, as deputy principal Jan Giorgio explains. "All of our reporters are profoundly deaf, and they film the news every week -- local news, what's happening at our school, and what's happening around the world, and they edit that, and they add subtitles. And it's shown on different screens around the school so the students can access it. Also, the parents." / SBS News
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New York, NY
REBECCA ALEXANDER CLIMBS MOUNT KILIMANJARO
When Rebecca Alexander was in college, she was told that she would be completely blind and deaf by the time she turned 30 – and her world went black. One winter morning in 1999, the then 19-year-old University of Michigan student woke up to ringing in her ears that sounded like she had just left a rock concert. After two weeks and no improvement, she knew something was seriously wrong and decided it was time to go to the doctor. "I went to the doctor at school and was told I had Usher syndrome," Alexander, now a psychotherapist in New York City, tells PEOPLE. "I was going blind and deaf." / People.com
Fort Oglethorpe, GA
DEAF CHILD RECEIVES FIRST COMMUNION AFTER FULL ASL PREPARATION
Alex Mullican cannot hear the music at Mass or the words of the priest, yet he feels at home at his parish, St. Gerard Majella Church in Fort Oglethorpe. A third-grade student at the Georgia School for the Deaf, in Cave Spring, Alex celebrated his first holy Communion at St. Gerard Majella May 17. He is the first child to be assisted through the entire sacramental preparation for first Communion by the archdiocesan Office of Deaf Services. / Georgia Bulletin
Houston, TX
A VIBRATING VEST COULD PROVIDE A NEW WAY TO COMMUNICATE FOR DEAF PEOPLE
It really is a vest, but calling it that is actually an acronym for Versatile Extra-Sensory Transducer (VEST). So that worked out well. This technological garment, which looks more like a circuit board than outerwear, was created by neuroscientist David Eagleman. The concept is that the sound of a person’s voice when they speak are translated into vibrations that a person can feel through the back of the VEST. Eagleman says it’s sort of like a sixth sense because we have never used sensations on our torso to convey information. / MedCity News
Sioux Falls, SD
LOOKING BACK: SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF'S ORIGIN
In 1880, the Rev. Thomas Berry, an Episcopal priest, saw a need to be filled in Dakota Territory: the education of the area’s deaf and hearing-impaired children. Berry put into motion an institute that would last to this day. Though at the time the need was meager, Berry could see that the territory’s population was growing rapidly, and that with that growth would come the need to address the needs of these individuals. Each day the railroads brought more people to the area. / Argus Leader
Beaumont, TX
ASL CLASSES, INTERPRETERS BREAK DOWN BARRIERS
Allie Hayes enjoys soft rock, Christian tunes and hip-hop, but recently, she's been blasting a cappella while she drives. Born deaf 20 years ago, Hayes received an electronic implant in each ear that helps with her hearing. She can listen to music and hear conversations in quiet places. But many sounds escape her, and the broken sign language she learned growing up was not enough to communicate with people fluent in the language. A free weekly ASL class beginning Sept. 13 is billed by many as the community's latest stride to knock down a communication and accessibility barrier between the deaf population and their neighbors. / Beaumont Enterprise
Baltimore, MD
NEWLYWED DEAF MARYLAND COUPLE SHOW OFF THEIR MOVES
Go Brittany and Zane! This Maryland couple, who are deaf, danced their first dance at their wedding Saturday, counting the beat to the songs. Watch as they synch up and show off their moves! / WBAL
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Hendersonville, SC
HEARING-IMPAIRED COOK TO REPRESENT THE U.S. IN CHEF COMPETITION
He wasn't expecting to be chosen, but Kevin Delbert, a hearing-impaired cook working at Mezzaluna restaurant in downtown Hendersonville, will represent his country at the 2015 International Deaf Chef Competition. Delbert will travel to Denmark for the competition slated for Oct. 23-24, which will pit hearing-impaired culinary professionals from eight countries against each other. “I'm excited to have (the judges') mouths watering and wanting to taste what I've cooked,” said Delbert. / GoUpstate.com
Davie County, NC
HEARING-IMPAIRED TEEN WANTS TO BE A FIREFIGHTER
A local teenager wants more than anything to be a firefighter, but he is facing a major obstacle. 17-year-old Austin Freidt is a junior firefighter and his dream is to be a firefighter, but he faces unique challenges. The obstacle is that according to the National Fire Protection Association, he does not meet the medical requirements to be a firefighter. "I want to help people and save a house and never give up," he said. / WXII
Cleveland, OH
DOCTORAL STUDENT, 64, INTERPRETS FOR PRESIDENTS, POLITICIANS AND PREACHERS
Every Sunday for a year, young Suzanne Cromlish would sit in the pews of First Baptist Church in Salisbury, North Carolina and look for a sign. Actually, a dozen or so of them. Then she'd write the signs down in her spiral-bound notebook and practice them all week. They weren't messages from the messiah; they were part of ASL, used to communicate with the church's deaf congregants. Her mother had prompted her to "go and help those people," so Cromlish sat with the 40 or so deaf churchgoers and studied the aging interpreter. / Cleveland.com
Longmeadow, MA
VOLUNTEERS MAKE REPAIRS TO WILLIE ROSS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
Volunteers provided thousands of dollars in free improvements to the Willie Ross School for the Deaf in Longmeadow Wednesday. East Longmeadow-area Newell Rubbermaid employees did the work as part of their third-annual Global Day of Service. Willie Ross President and CEO Bert Carter told 22News that tuition revenue isn’t enough to cover the school’s budget. “We do need a lot of fundraising. We’ll have events throughout the year and we also appeal to the community; anything that we can bring in additional funds,” Carter said. / WWLP
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New York, NY
DANIEL N. DURANT, TELLING STORIES WITH HIS HANDS
Daniel N. Durant has never heard a sound. Now he’s starring in a Broadway musical. His biological parents, both deaf, struggled with alcohol and drug addiction; when he was an infant, his mother took him to a neighbor’s house and then disappeared. Nine months later — when he was 18 months old — the neighbor tracked down his father and grandfather, and he was adopted by his paternal aunt, who raised him in Duluth, Minn. Before that, he had had no exposure to ASL, but his aunt knew some and set about learning more. / The New York Times
See Also DEAF WEST'S BROADWAY REVIVAL OF 'SPRING AWAKENING' STARTS TONIGHT / Broadway World
Los Angeles, CA
WATCH: DEAF GAY ACTOR STARS IN NEW WEB SERIES, 'FRIDAYS'
The intersection of LGBT identities with minority groups like the deaf and hard of hearing, people of color, immigrants, and others comes with its own particular challenges, which too often go undepicted in mainstream or LGBT media. But Shoshannah Stern and Josh Feldman are looking to change that with their new Web series Fridays, which premieres today on YouTube. The pilot episode introduces best friends,Kate and Michael, who live in Los Angeles. Both are deaf and speak American Sign Language. / Advocate
Los Angeles, CA
WIRED BINGE-WATCHING GUIDE: SWITCHED AT BIRTH
It's common for shows that stick out a little bit from the pack in a familiar genre to be praised as “unlike anything else” on television. That label gets used not to truly distinguish something unique, but to shower heavy praise. It’s rare for a show to actually take a narrative into new, previously unseen territory on the entertainment landscape. But over on ABC Family, the under-the-radar Switched at Birth has earned the praiseworthy label for nearly four seasons. / WIRED
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Racine, WI
RICCHIO A SILENT SUCCESS STORY
Dominic Ricchio, born into a silent world just four or fives years earlier, was too young to understand that day around 2001 at State Fair Park In West Allis. Attending a train show with his father, Tony, young Dominic was eyeing the trains with the wide-eyed wonder one would expect from a boy his age. But the afternoon would be cut short for the future standout swimmer at Case High School. Dominic and his father were asked to go home. “Sign language was the best option at that time,” Ricchio wrote in an email interview for this story. “People at the train show saw what I just did and they just didn’t like it. So we got asked to leave because of that.” / Journal Times
Crestview, FL
DEAF, NEARLY BLIND MAN ACHIEVES MARTIAL ARTS BLACK BELT
Three candidates ascended to the rank of black belt in taekwondo Friday night. It took hard work and discipline to at last participate in the solemn candlelight ceremony, but for one artist, the challenges were even greater. Scott Williams, 38, achieved a lifelong dream when Master Nathan Carroll of Palmer ATA Taekwondo tied the coveted black belt around his waist. Williams ’ challenges didn’t just come from having a couple decades on the other guys. He’s also deaf and severely visually impaired. / Crestview News-Bulletin
Pensacola, FL
HEARING-IMPAIRED UWF SWIMMER INSPIRES, STRIVES TO WIN
No one ever told Peggy de Villiers what she could not do. Her drive always has been to reach the next peak. The approach has made the South African native an elite swimmer, all the while overcoming the challenge of being hearing impaired. It’s carried de Villiers beyond what she imagined as part of the University of West Florida women’s swim team and a world-class competitor among hearing-impaired athletes. / Pensacola News-Journal
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DCARA is a community-based nonprofit agency with offices located throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. DCARA supports and provides a wide range of advocacy, education, counseling, and communication services to the diverse deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing and late deafened (D/DB/HH/LD) individuals and community.
DCARA has three full-time positions:
Advocate & Senior Citizen Specialist, Director of Fund Development and Executive Assistant.
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Information Office Supervisor
Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
The Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (KCDHH) seeks an experienced, creative individual to fill the position of Information Office Supervisor. KCDHH, a state agency within the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, is charged to advise the Governor and General Assembly concerning policy and programs needed to enhance the quality and coordination of services for deaf and hard of hearing persons. The agency also assists local, state and federal governments and public and private agencies in the development of programs for deaf and hard of hearing persons, oversees the provision of interpreter services for state agencies and operates the telecommunications access program to ensure equal access to telecommunications services. The position is located in Frankfort, Kentucky.
Minimum Qualifications:
-Graduate of a college or university with a bachelor’s degree.
-Four years of experience in journalism, public relations or experience related to the duties and responsibilities in this class.
Duties include, but not limited to:
· Supervising professional and clerical employees involved in assembling, writing, editing and distribution of printed information.
· Advises the administrators on the public relations programs of the agency.
· Creates, designs, layout and writes promotional materials of various types of brochures, pamphlets, booklets, etc.
· Tracks publications through the printing process.
· Coordinates the dissemination of written releases, radio releases and television videotape.
· Coordinates and/or appears on radio and television programs concerning the department’s activities.
· Performs journalistic research, editing, and revising of materials for publications.
· Plans, develops, implements and evaluates public relations programs throughout state government.
· Provides photographic services for the department.
Please direct any questions to Rachel Morgan at 632 Versailles Road, Frankfort, KY 40601, 502-573-2604 V/T, 502-416-0607 VP, Rachel.Morgan@ky.gov.
If you are interested in applying for this position, please go to Kentucky Careers then on that page click on the “Search Openings” link which is located slightly past the middle of the page. On the resulting page, please scroll down to the “Keyword” field and enter the requisition ID “43195BR” (without the quotes) and click the “Search” button. You should then see a page with the following table: