COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Southwestern Collegiate Institute for the Deaf provides athletic outlet By RYAN COLLINGWOOD [email protected] December 25, 2014 BIG SPRING As Daniel Sandoval crossed the midcourt line trying to split a pair of Odessa College defenders, the point guard raised…
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Deaf community voices frustrations with BOK Center deaf seating and ticketing
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Shirley Forsythe, trailblazing Tulsa sign-language interpreter, dies at 80
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Rider defensive end is deaf, but still playing the game he loves
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Deaf Man Helps Neighbors Escape Fire
Deaf Man Helps Neighbors Escape Fire November 27, 2014 By Estephany Escobar WACO – A deaf man may have saved the lives of his neighbors in an apartment fire on Wednesday. A fire destroyed a four-unit apartment building in the…