Oklahoma Crews Doling Out Smoke Detectors to Deaf MATT PATTERSON THE OKLAHOMAN, OKLAHOMA CITY MAY 13, 2014 Del City firefighters recently took training to serve people with disabilities. May 13–DEL CITY — The Del City Fire Department is offering free…
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Policing and the deaf
Policing and the deaf BY RADLEY BALKO April 24, 2014 A few years ago, a homeless Seattle man who was deaf in one ear was gunned down by police because he refused their orders to drop the knife he used…
Louisiana Deaf meet over coffee
Louisiana Deaf meet over coffee April 7, 2014 Gerald Ducote Consider the saying, “What’s the one thing standing between Deaf people and being normal? Hearing people.” This implies that for Deaf people to live normal lives, Hearing people need to…
Common Ground: Listening to others helps us all out
Common Ground: Listening to others helps us all out by Chante warren April 08, 2014 Graduating senior Tammy Garner, 18, wears a hearing aid, reads lips, can use sign language and she talks. Her biggest challenge has been to show…
Dallas-Based AT&T to Pay $3.5 Million to Resolve Claims in FCC Program
Dallas-Based AT&T to Pay $3.5 Million to Resolve Claims in FCC Program By Laurie Asseo & Tom Schoenberg November 7, 2013 AT&T Inc. (T) agreed to pay $3.5 million in addition to $18.25 million it already paid to resolve allegations…
Gov. Jindal approves $1 million allocation for deaf phone services – Louisiana
Gov. Jindal approves $1 million allocation for deaf phone services Print By The Associated Press on June 19, 2013 at 2:21 PM, updated June 19, 2013 at 4:43 PM A bill that funnels $1 million a year to…