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	<title>Mishka Zena &#187; ASL</title>
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		<title>Mandatory Cochlear Implants and Hearing Aids Policies In WI</title>
		<link>http://www.mishkazena.com/2009/04/24/mandatory-cochlear-implants-and-hearing-aids-policies-in-wi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mishka Zena</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cochlear Implant]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year some Deaf people went to the Wisconsin state legislature to express their opposition to this bill. This bill that would force all health insurance companies to cover the expenses of cochlear implants and hearing aids for Deaf children living in Wisconsin, wasn&#8217;t passed during that session.
This bill recently passed both the Senate and the Assembly easily [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video Showing A Cop Breaking Deaf Driver&#8217;s Nose During A Traffic Stop</title>
		<link>http://www.mishkazena.com/2009/04/09/video-showing-a-cop-breaking-deaf-drivers-nose-during-a-traffic-stop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mishka Zena</dc:creator>
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To see the video clip of the cop smashing Deaf driver&#8217;s face into the rear windshield,  Video On Demand: Latest News Video &#124; WFAA.com
It began with a routine traffic stop due to excessive speeding over one year ago.  The Deaf driver, Christopher Ferrell, attempted to retrieve his wallet to show the identification card regarding his deafness. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>42</slash:comments>
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		<title>Live Coverage of Daphne Wright&#8217;s Appeal to Supreme Court</title>
		<link>http://www.mishkazena.com/2009/03/25/live-coverage-of-daphne-wrights-appeal-to-supreme-court/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mishkazena.com/2009/03/25/live-coverage-of-daphne-wrights-appeal-to-supreme-court/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mishka Zena</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Domestic Violence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Live blog: Daphne Wright&#8217;s apperance before state Supreme Court &#124; argusleader.com &#124; Argus Leader
It&#8217;s in progress now.
Hat Tip to the former Argus reporter, Chuck Baldwin, who covered her first trial.
Update:
8:37 The South Dakota Supreme Court will convene at the University of South Dakota Law School at about 9 a.m. this morning to hear arguments in the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Oral Deaf Writer Attacks Luke of Amazing Race and Deaf People</title>
		<link>http://www.mishkazena.com/2009/03/16/oral-deaf-writer-attacks-luke-of-amazing-race-and-deaf-people/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mishkazena.com/2009/03/16/oral-deaf-writer-attacks-luke-of-amazing-race-and-deaf-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mishka Zena</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ASL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Audism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Language]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An oral Deaf writer attacked Luke of Amazing Race and Deaf people in her op-ed article First Person: I can so talk!  Many deaf people can, despite what you might hear elsewhere
Apparently the fact that Luke was interpreted during an interview as saying that he wanted to disprove people&#8217;s perceptions and show that, &#8220;Deaf can [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>30</slash:comments>
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		<title>Chainsaw Murderer Daphne Wright Appeals to Supreme Court</title>
		<link>http://www.mishkazena.com/2009/03/11/chainsaw-murderer-daphne-wright-appeals-to-supreme-court/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mishkazena.com/2009/03/11/chainsaw-murderer-daphne-wright-appeals-to-supreme-court/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mishka Zena</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2006, Wright was  tried for killing Darlene VanderGiesen and using a chainsaw to dismember her body and was convicted.  She received the life sentence, escaping the death penalty sentence..  Wright is bringing up many issues, including the court&#8217;s refusal to approve her request for a Deaf certified interpreter (CDI).
Daphne Wright’s appeal goes before the South [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Double Standards Between C.I. Children and Deaf Children?</title>
		<link>http://www.mishkazena.com/2009/02/19/double-standards-between-ci-children-and-deaf-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mishkazena.com/2009/02/19/double-standards-between-ci-children-and-deaf-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mishka Zena</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A while ago, the mother of a cute and adorable Deaf girl, Miss Kat,  was told by an anonymous commenter that Miss Kat is not a member of Deaf Community because she wears a cochlear implant. Never mind that the child is Deaf and uses ASL.  Naturally the mother felt hurt by the hostile rejection of her Deaf child.  [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
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		<title>We Are Deaf: One And Many</title>
		<link>http://www.mishkazena.com/2009/01/22/we-are-deaf-one-and-many/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mishkazena.com/2009/01/22/we-are-deaf-one-and-many/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mishka Zena</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ADA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gallaudet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ask not what your Deaf Community can do for you; Ask what you can do for your Deaf Community.
 
1979-1984 Filed and won a Department of Justice complaint against D.C. Traffic Court for their refusal to provide interpreters for Deaf defendants in the Traffic Court. A major victory in the pre ADA days.
 
Advocated for a Deaf patient [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nasty Judge Made Deaf Woman Cry</title>
		<link>http://www.mishkazena.com/2008/11/30/nasty-judge-made-deaf-woman-cry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mishkazena.com/2008/11/30/nasty-judge-made-deaf-woman-cry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mishka Zena</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;A deaf Edmonton woman is claiming discrimination after running out of court in tears yesterday when a judge refused to vary an order making her pay $150 in costs.
Kimberly Wood is upset because she claims the court costs were the result of her not being able to provide her own sign language interpreter for an [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Against ASL and Deaf Culture</title>
		<link>http://www.mishkazena.com/2008/11/24/against-asl-and-deaf-culture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mishkazena.com/2008/11/24/against-asl-and-deaf-culture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mishka Zena</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ASL]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many Deaf people who disagree with certain ideas are accused of being against ASL and Deaf Culture, presumably by people displeased with their disagreements.  Apparently some people are quick to believe these false accusations levied at other people.  I would like to raise several questions to help the readers decide if these claims are valid or [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>50</slash:comments>
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		<title>ASL: Parents&#8217; Rights vs Deaf Babies/Children&#8217;s Rights</title>
		<link>http://www.mishkazena.com/2008/11/07/asl-parents-rights-vs-deaf-babieschildrens-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mishkazena.com/2008/11/07/asl-parents-rights-vs-deaf-babieschildrens-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mishka Zena</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ASL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abuses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Audism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cochlear Implant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deaf Community]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For some time, discussions about parental rights vs Deaf children&#8217;s right were held on the Deaf Cyberspace. Most of the discourses were illuminating and meaningful. We are actually starting to understand each other out better with less cyberbullying. 
Some people insist that all Deaf babies and children have a right to ASL.  Actually, no.  According to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>26</slash:comments>
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