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	<title>Mishka Zena &#187; Civil Rights</title>
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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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		<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>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mishka Zena</dc:creator>
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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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		<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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		<title>We Are Deaf: One And Many</title>
		<link>http://www.mishkazena.com/2009/01/22/we-are-deaf-one-and-many/</link>
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		<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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		<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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		<title>Deaf Patient Awarded $400,000 From Doctor Due to No Interpreters</title>
		<link>http://www.mishkazena.com/2008/10/17/deaf-patient-awarded-400000-from-doctor-due-to-no-interpreters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mishkazena.com/2008/10/17/deaf-patient-awarded-400000-from-doctor-due-to-no-interpreters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mishka Zena</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ADA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Hudson County jury&#8217;s $400,000 verdict for a deaf patient whose doctor refused her an interpreter may be a wake-up call for all professionals &#8212; including lawyers &#8212; that they risk liability for disability discrimination.
This is a big victory. 
Worse, malpractice liability insurance does not usually cover such liability, says plaintiff&#8217;s attorney Clara Smit.
Now that the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>33</slash:comments>
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		<title>BOO!!!! 58% Polled Against Football Captioning Decision</title>
		<link>http://www.mishkazena.com/2008/10/08/boo-58-polled-against-football-captioning-decision/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mishkazena.com/2008/10/08/boo-58-polled-against-football-captioning-decision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mishka Zena</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As of few hours ago over 400 votes have been cast. The results were:
38% YES
58% NO
2%  NO OPINION
Of course when I first heard this,  my first response was pfffttthhh. I went to Washington Post poll center and voted YES. I was disappointed to find the comment section closed as I couldn&#8217;t leave my 2 cent.
It&#8217;s very easy for [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>TIME OUT!!! We Need To Be Heard!</title>
		<link>http://www.mishkazena.com/2008/08/17/time-out-we-need-to-be-heard/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mishkazena.com/2008/08/17/time-out-we-need-to-be-heard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mishka Zena</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ADA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that I&#8217;ve gotten your attention away from the intense discussions about Deafhood&#8230;.
This is the time we should all put aside our differences and unite, working on behalf of the rights of our Deaf Americans and children.
This past June 17, the Department of Justice  announced they wanted to change some of the details of the Americans [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Way to go, Doug Bahl!</title>
		<link>http://www.mishkazena.com/2008/08/04/way-to-go-doug-bahl/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mishkazena.com/2008/08/04/way-to-go-doug-bahl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mishka Zena</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ADA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many people know, Bahl was savagely beaten during a routine traffic stop. Apparently the cop mistook Bahl&#8217;s moving the cop&#8217;s hand away from his wrist a sign of resistance when actually the pressure on the hand was giving Bahl extreme pain due to his medical problems. Bahl wrote on a pad of paper explaining the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Victory for UK Deaf Parents? Five LSD Arrests, BoT Unaware.</title>
		<link>http://www.mishkazena.com/2008/04/14/victory-for-uk-deaf-parents-five-lsd-arrests-bot-unaware/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mishkazena.com/2008/04/14/victory-for-uk-deaf-parents-five-lsd-arrests-bot-unaware/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mishka Zena</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abuses]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eugenic Victory for UK Deaf Parents A Possibility
Under the proposed Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, using embryo-screening deliberately to create a child with a serious medical condition &#8211; which officials had said includes being deaf &#8211; would be illegal
Now, however, the Department of Health has agreed to cut from the Bill any reference to deafness [...]]]></description>
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