The Silent Treatment Imagine serving decades in prison for a crime your sibling framed you for. Now imagine doing it while profoundly deaf. By James Ridgeway December 16, 2011 “This is a collect call from a correctional institution,” says the…
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Copy of Complaint: Donnika Ivy and TEA
Copy of Complaint: Donnika Ivy and TEA Here is the complaint that was filed in the U.S. District Court. This complaint was comprised of documentation of discriminatory acts against Ms. Ivy over the course of two years. Please take a…
Interpreter Workshop: Navigating the Cold Waters of Frozen Legal Text – Tyler
TJC Workshop Navigating the Cold Waters of Frozen Legal Text Tyler Junior College Sign Language Interpreter Training Program Presents “Navigating the Cold Waters of Frozen Legal Text ” By Brandon Morgan NIC Master, SC:L, NAD IV, BEI Master, Experienced Conference…
Deaf professor wins suit over firing
Deaf professor wins suit over firing Posted: May 28, 2011 By LOGAN G. CARVER Morris News Service A Lubbock County jury has decided Texas Tech University should pay a former professor more than $500,000 for discriminating against him because he…
A defense lawyer for the deaf
A defense lawyer for the deaf Local justice gets boost with young lawyer’s sign language skills. By Steven Kreytak AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011 When Amber Farrelly Elliott was 9, her mother enrolled her in an American Sign Language…
Fingerprint could prove innocence for deaf inmate
Fingerprint could prove innocence for deaf inmate By JEFF CARLTON Associated Press Writer © 2010 The Associated Press September 23, 2010 DALLAS — A deaf man convicted of sexual assault of a child — even though the fingerprint of a…