Inspector General finds unnecessary spending at Commission for the Deaf By Kevin Litten, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune June 02, 2015 Inspector General Stephen Street on Tuesday (June 2, 2015) released a report detailing what it said was unnecessary spending on…
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Programs sparse for deaf and blind in Acadiana – Louisiana
Programs sparse for deaf and blind in Acadiana Deaf & Blind population struggle to communicate. Advocates create programs to help staff learn sign language. Video by Kris Wartelle Kris Wartelle December 8, 2014 On the northern end of Lafayette, not…
Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness committee hosts 6th annual ceremony in Lake Charles, LA
Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness committee hosts 6th annual ceremony in Lake Charles June 13, 2014 By Monica Grimaldo LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) – The Louisiana Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness committee, also known as HKDBA, hosted its 6th annual deaf-blind awareness…
Deaf-blind man finds success at warehouse job – Oklahoma
Deaf-blind man finds success at warehouse job by Brianna Bailey June 24, 2014 Standing next to an open loading bay with sunlight streaming in at the Cintas Corp. warehouse in northeast Oklahoma City where he works, Norman resident Peter Broussard,…
LSU gets $70,000 for research into Usher syndrome
LSU gets $70,000 for research into Usher syndrome THE ASSOCIATED PRESS March 19, 2014 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two nonprofits named for children with the most common genetic cause of combined deafness and blindness have given $70,000 to continue research…
St. Mary natives attend Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Luncheon
St. Mary natives attend Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Luncheon By DIANE MILLER FEARS June 14, 2013 [email protected] LAFAYETTE — Morgan City native Dan Arabie of Lafayette presided over the fifth annual Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness luncheon held June 7at the…