I’ve contacted the coordinator of a Deaf Domestic Violence Agency to explore about the possibility of educating the Deaf Community how unhealthy it is to hide the sexual abuses and that it actually enables the pedophiles to continue victimizing more innocent Deaf students. Apparently there is a need for further education so the Deaf Community will protect its members, including the younger ones.

Thank you for sharing your story. I am honored that you trusted me enough.

Thanks for posting my comment on your entry- I feel honored to be heard by you. I honestly wish that it was the same for everyone back in Louisiana.

Even though the years after the whole exposure of LSD on sexual abuse, my name still caused lot of stir. I kind of was exiled from the deaf community- not that I cared in the first place. I never wanted to be in LSD in the first place- I remember visiting the school when I was around nine years old got a bad feeling when I stepped my foot on the campus. I just knew something was not right and I begged my parents not to send me there.

As for my emotional/mental status- I’m doing great than before as compared my time at LSD. During my time at LSD, as result of these abuses I’ve suffered; I went into a very severe depression and was medicated to keep functional. I relied on these medicines to help me keep functional and I was still depressed during my time at the school. Over these six years I’ve resided at the school, I have attempted suicide several times and was seeing a counselor. I never really told the counselor what was going on. It was sort of a ugly secret for me. I learned how to numb and split myself into two so I wouldn’t hurt too much from these abuses which of course caused these depressive episodes.

I moved on emotionally/mentally after going on the news- telling their dirty secret publicly was a huge relief. Even though I showed some emotions- such as feeling angry after reading these so many reports on sex abuses that the school hadn’t dealt with. I also felt sad because of these next generation of children were going to experience the same dirty secret I experienced.

I have to admit, that I read about all these situations with LSD currently brought lot of unwanted memories and lot of realizations. For example, I realized my psychological problems wasn’t related to me but it was really related to the sex abuse that happened to me. I admit that I feel angry that they did not do the job well enough to protect these kids.

It might be a horrible thing for me to say this, but I am personally glad that they closed that school. I know these kids need deaf school but how can they learn or at least lead their lives while with all these horrible situations happening to them? it’s not very suitable learning environment for them. Even safe either. These days- we are hypervilgant of our kids-where they go, what they do and other simple things that we need to know about our kids. That is because there is predators lurking in the dark everywhere- even on the internet, schools, malls and everywhere that nobody could ever imagine could happen.

But in the same rhythm- I am happy that they are finally realizing their problem is serious enough and that they need to do something about it NOW not later.

Basically, I have lot of mixed feelings right now. I just hope that this time, it will be done right. So that I don’t have to read about this whole same thing again in 10 years in the future.

After midnight I saw one of vlog from DeafVideo.tv the person say one person sucicide recently. I read other and your blogs. I don’t see update with that issues if it is true about the person killed himself?

I am not quiet sure if it is true or misunderstood. I might read missed some else’s blog or vlog, either.

Your post makes many things clearer. In fact, now I understand everything with crysal clarity.

T.G.

another word was s e x u a l l y molested

RLM

I am pretty controvestial and outspoken and doer myself, but not many deaf West Virginians whine and whine and do nothing to make real differences!

I am kinda an outcast in deaf WV right now, because I never am in the sync with them. Many deaf and hearing West Virginians branded me as too liberal. Moi, liberal? Aha!

I do see myself as politically moderate and believe in doing right things.

Albert W really gave a great advice for all of us to make some ripples in the pond for more and more deaf people come forward to shake up the system and call the violators to the real justice.

I am much aware that I could be SUED or drag in the court if I make any slander or libel stuff about anyone else. That’s the way I want to name the sexual predators and adult bullies whose done such things beyond imagination to the deaf WVSD students. I know that they would not dare to get me in legal troubles because I could mobilize anyone at the WVSD to come forward and get them together to puruse the real action.

That is the real beginning of what I am doing now!

Too many deaf West Virginians end up in prisons, emotionally damaged life, high rate of divorce and other more.

I never forgot that the WVSD under David West, former principal for the Secondary School to offer Donald Lurwick, deaf science teacher to leave the school employment or get fired. That was in late 70s. Wasn’t he supposed to prosecuted for horrible crime against deaf youngster? Nah!

Donald Lurwick raped the 13 years old deaf sweet-natured boy coming from the foster family during the Boy Scouts Jamboree retreat. The foster mother was happened to be the WVSD elementary teacher got real outraged and banged up on Donald Lurwick’s apartment in the elementary biys dormitory wing.

Lurwick got another job at the residential school for the deaf in PA. What about the possible endangerment of other deaf youths?

Lurwick is a current TDI chapter president in Philadephia area right now.

I did email Lurwick to meet me in Philadephia last summer 2008 to see how he is doing lately. Guess what? Lurwick never responded to my email message at all. I asked around about Donald Lurwick as some deaf individuals admitted that they got real creepy feelings about him. I was talking about some deaf hetrosexual people.

One deaf dean of student living and Gallaudet graduate himself had a regular s e x u a l liasons with mentally deficient deaf girl after the lunchtime as every students went back to the school building from the cafetria area in the dormitory building. Almost everyone turned the blind eyes what was going on with that sexual liasion.

I was only the one, who pegged some teachers to do something. The school principal almost never was at his office and got real busy with the Jaycee organizational stuff outside the school. That was Dr. David Denton’s brother-in-law, former Maryland School for the Deaf supt – David West.

Joe Corbin (hearing) hired someone deaf to be the new dean of student living. Many people constantly complained about his inapproriate behaviors like slapping on several students’ rear behinds as some kind of sports. That deaf dean often waltzed into the girls’ dormitory during the evening time with girls using nightgowns, etc.

The supt had to intervene and instructed that dean for not doing it again. In the end, the school finally assigned that deaf individual to the visual aids office after he did not jump into the river to save the student. That dean rather removed his shoes first and walked into the river to get the student. The school found out about this incident and questioned his fitness to be the dean of student living and demoted him.

One deaf houseparent had sexual relationship with deaf female teenager, then fired and re-hired him years later. That deaf individual was a Gallaudet graduate, too.

WVSD really have nothing like the parents associaton and real active alumni group.

Look at the hiring of new hearing supt. from the inside, instead of fresh face and ideas and blood!

We must make some waves and do the real difference to expose the monsters within the educational system of the deaf.

FYI, I never ############ molested. I was once groped by Joe Corbin, wrestling coach and the principal now. I confronted him right away which he hold the letter of recommendation over my head for attending Gallaudet. That was it!

I kept seeing many things happened and made real impossible for me to contact the authorities without getting physically and verbally threatened from students and school personnels.

The school personnels often pushed students to attack me verbally and physically to turn me into ############ person. I fought back every time.

RLM