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Students, administrators at Rochester School for the deaf react to budget changes

Posted on April 1, 2011 by admin

Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders struck a tentative state budget deal Sunday, but extensive negotiations are still going on, including how much funding will be restored to schools, and whether or not it will be enough to avoid teacher … Continue reading →

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Justice Department Settles Americans with Disabilities Act Lawsuit

Posted on April 1, 2011 by admin

The Justice Department has reached a settlement with Inova Health System to ensure effective communication with individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing in the provision of medical services. The agreement, under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and … Continue reading →

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Video Calls – Breakthrough in Communication for Deaf People

Posted on April 1, 2011 by admin

VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) and thus making video calls via services like Skype or Google Talk are already a well established standard in the tech community. According to a variety of reports it now looks as if video calls … Continue reading →

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‘Exposure’ performance sheds light on Deaf culture

Posted on March 31, 2011 by admin

The “Exposure” show, put on by UR’s American Sign Language performance group, Sign Language Associated Performers (S.L.A.P), accomplished precisely what it set out to do: Educating the University community about deaf culture in a humorous, entertaining and visually captivating manner. … Continue reading →

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Deaf Pub looks back on a successful first year

Posted on March 31, 2011 by admin

A regular event for deaf people, held in South Oxhey, is celebrating after a successful first year. The “Deaf Pub”, a night out for people with a hearing disability, takes place every two months in the Ox Pub. The event … Continue reading →

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Two deaf, blind dogs to move to foster home on Peninsula

Posted on March 31, 2011 by admin

Peninsula Friends of Animals has found a foster home for Frosty and Snowman, two deaf and blind Lhaso apso-Shih Tzu mix dogs. There’s only one potential dogleg in the 2-year-old brothers’ road to a permanent home: The foster couple willing … Continue reading →

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The University welcomes guest in celebration of Deaf History Month

Posted on March 31, 2011 by admin

Both the state of Vermont and the University have worked to continue the trend of acceptance with the appreciation of diversity through the representation of deaf culture for Deaf Awareness Month. Jeffrey Levi Palmer held a lecture in the Davis … Continue reading →

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Sound decision: Boys opt for cochlear implants

Posted on March 31, 2011 by admin

It was a regular tune-up but 9-year-old Trystan Mort had his audiologist in tears — he was hearing so well. Trystan and his brother Taylor are deaf, but the two had cochlear implants in mid-February — a surgery that is … Continue reading →

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Lack of qualified interpreters negatively impacting deaf students

Posted on March 31, 2011 by admin

Many deaf students in the state of Indiana rely on interpreters. Right now, though, there is no standard for interpreters in the Hoosier state. Interpreters don’t have to prove that they can sign before being put into a school. Learning … Continue reading →

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State help for deaf is casualty of fund cuts

Posted on March 31, 2011 by admin

Born with congenital aphasia, Patti Scott’s hearing is impaired, her speech garbled. Unable to communicate with much of the world, she lived in frustrated, angry silence. “I was alone and, really, I was depressed,” Scott, 60, said recently through a … Continue reading →

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