What Would You Do If You Saw Someone Discriminate Against a Deaf Job Applicant? Hidden Cameras Reveal Bystanders’ Reactions When Discrimination Is Staged Two young women walk into a coffee shop to apply for a job in the kitchen when…
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“The Best Party in Texas” Charity Event
“The Best Party in Texas” Charity Event “Everything is bigger in Texas” is not just an idle saying. Texans are passionate about a lot of things, including football and parties. So, when Texas hosts the 2011 Super Bowl, it’s guaranteed…
Study: Abuse rates higher among d/hh children compared with hearing youths
Study: Abuse rates higher among deaf and hard-of-hearing children compared with hearing youths January 18, 2011 A new study at Rochester Institute of Technology indicates that the incidence of maltreatment, including neglect and physical and sexual abuse, is more than…
Hearing-impaired refugee finds voice
Hearing-impaired refugee finds voice At school, youngster can communicate. By Vianna Davila [email protected] Published: January 9, 2011 In a world full of noise, Nduwimana Richard can’t hear a sound. Not the clank of his classmates’ food trays against each other…
Deaf students to get additional offerings
Higher Education Notes: News about Texas colleges COMPILED FROM STAFF REPORTS Published: Thursday, January 6, 2011 AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE Deaf students to get additional offerings ACC has been named a regional center for Gallaudet University and, as such, will offer…
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…