Board of school for deaf, blind decides to replace president The President, Pamela Shaw, hired merely seven months ago, had tendered her resignation abruptly, allegedly under pressure. Her last day at work will be on Aug 29. The state is now investigating the state school for the deaf and blind for criminal allegations, something Shaw claims ignorance. SLED Investigating School [...]
After covering the abuses in oral deaf schools in my last post, the suffering of the countless children who experienced abuses in the state residential schools for the deaf needs to be recognized, too. Unfortunately there were many similar incidents in these settings, not just at the oral schools. Mostly the lack of awareness of abuses occurring had [...]
I stood back, struck with amazement and sadness at the furor, hurt, and anger within the Deaf Community. Are we so different from each other that we truly cannot understand each other and come to full acceptance of everybody? First of all, I do not want to see anyone hurt, nor do I want anyone fired [...]
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 – which officials had said includes being deaf – would be illegal Now, however, the Department of Health has agreed to cut from the Bill any reference [...]
PENDING LAWSUIT AGAINST SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Several law firms across the country are involved in a lawsuit on behalf of people with disabilities who work for the Social Security Administration (SSA). These SSA employees believe that SSA has discriminated against them in the promotion process. If you work for SSA and believe that you have [...]
Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 1:00 am Eastern Time Memo from Gallaudet Board Chair re MSCHE and presidential search Board of Trustees COLLEGE HALL 800 FLORIDA AVE. NE WASHINGTON, DC 20002-3695 April 1, 2008 Dear Campus Community: As you know, the Middle States Commission on Higher (MSCHE) requested that Gallaudet submit a status report that documents [...]
Andy in C Minor A deaf teen, who was thought only to be missing since 2006, is discovered to have been murdered when his blood is found in a storage room at the high school for the deaf he attended. http://tv.yahoo.com/cold-case/show/andy-in-c-minor/episode/165458 Review: Thumbs down. In brief, the acting and linguistic skills of the Deaf Students [...]
Both protests were held during the school hours. The grievances of the students in both protests were ignored by the BoT and the administration. The protests resulted in reaction to the excessive power of the Directors, disregarding the wishes of their stakeholders The Gallaudet Protest resulted in objection of the appointment of [...]
Lawsuit Blames 2005 Accident On Lack Of Communication With Deaf Pilot A man and his daughter, injured in a June 2005 plane crash on Martha’s Vineyard are suing their pilot, and planemaker Cessna — among others — for damages, stemming from the accident they say was caused by lack of communication with a hearing-impaired aviator [...]
Parents of students at St. Mary’s School for the Deaf unleashed a host of complaints to several members of the board of trustees Wednesday night at a meeting that ended with many parents outraged and students vowing to continue to protest. Parents complained about the midyear transfer of secondary English teacher Beth Williams — described [...]
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