Texas students with disabilities will no longer take modified STAAR exam By Letters to the Editor [email protected] May 16, 2014 Re: “Unanswered questions — Korinna Kirchhoff: Special needs students won’t take a modified STAAR next year, but what will they…
NIH grant supports NMSU research aimed at improving education for deaf students
NIH grant supports NMSU research aimed at improving education for deaf students Julie M. Hughes [email protected] May 18, 2014 LAS CRUCES >> New Mexico State University’s Communication Disorders Program is partnering on a $2.3 million research project to pinpoint the…
Texas Teen Overcomes Hearing Loss to Become Major League Prospect
Texas Teen Overcomes Hearing Loss to Become Major League Prospect By Amanda Guerra May 19, 2014 Hearing loss nearly cost a pitcher for the W.T. White Longhorn baseball team his calling. But a local group helped him. He’s now a…
Event to kick off chapter of deaf Muslim group in Richardson
Event to kick off chapter of deaf Muslim group in Richardson By HEATHER NOEL, Neighborsgo – [email protected] Published: 19 May 2014 The Islamic Association of North Texas will host a kickoff event for the DFW chapter of Global Deaf Muslim…
Waco: Middle School Hosts Hearing-Impaired Students
Waco: Middle School Hosts Hearing-Impaired Students By: Christina Truong WACO (May 20, 2014) Hearing-impaired students from Alta Vista Elementary School spent part of their day as guests of Midway Middle School students. The visit was part of a collaboration between…
NMSD presents original play
NMSD presents original play May 20, 2014 The New Mexican Kinesis, a deaf theater group, will present its first original production, Into the Fire, Ceremonies of Remembrance, at 7 p.m Wednesday at the New Mexico School for the Deaf’s James…