{"id":16279,"date":"2011-10-16T23:56:19","date_gmt":"2011-10-17T04:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=16279"},"modified":"2011-10-17T01:22:25","modified_gmt":"2011-10-17T06:22:25","slug":"miss-deaf-america-raises-awareness-of-disability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2011\/10\/16\/miss-deaf-america-raises-awareness-of-disability\/","title":{"rendered":"Miss Deaf America raises awareness of disability"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miss Deaf America raises awareness of disability<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rachel Mazique, Miss Deaf America ambassador for the National Association of
\nthe Deaf, discusses the difficulties of being the only deaf teacher and
\ngraduate student in the English Department at UT, Mazique shed light on the
\nhistory of deaf communication and the communication barriers that are
\npresent the University.<\/p>\n

By Lydia Herrera<\/p>\n

Assistant English instructor Rachel Mazique is the only deaf member in the
\nEnglish department and she utilizes two interpreters who voice for her
\nduring her class. As Miss Deaf America, she said she uses her title to raise
\nawareness about the deaf community and their unlimited capabilities.<\/p>\n

Miss Deaf America, ambassador for the National Association of the Deaf
\n(NAD), discussed her experiences with the organization, deaf culture and
\ndeaf advocacy during a coffee style chat Tuesday in the Student Services
\nBuilding.<\/p>\n

Services for Students with Disabilities at the University of Texas hosted
\nMazique as the first in a series of events to acknowledge of Disability
\nAwareness Month.<\/p>\n

The goal is to expose people to NAD and explain how the organization works
\nto promote advocacy for the rights of deaf and hard of hearing people in the
\nU.S., Mazique said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNinety percent of deaf children are born to hearing parents, so there is
\noften that lack of exposure to someone the same as themselves,\u201d said
\ncoordinator of the event, Lauren M.B. Kinast, who is herself
\nhard-of-hearing. \u201cSo as someone being in this capacity, [Mazique] can really
\nraise awareness of being a role model in the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mazique is an example of breaking the glass ceiling of incorporating a
\nperson with a disability into a teaching role at the university level,
\nKinast said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOften times, we\u2019re under the notion that [the deaf and hard-of-hearing]
\nhave to teach at a university for the deaf, and why should we be limited to
\nthat?\u201d Kinast asked. \u201cWhy not teach at any university with the understanding
\nthat we\u2019d have to have interpreters?\u201d<\/p>\n

Until recently, University funding was not provided to faculty and staff for
\ninterpreter services and was left up to the individual departments to
\nprovide, said Linda Millstone, associate vice president for the
\nInstitutional Equity.<\/p>\n

As the Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator for UT, Millstone said
\nshe looks at disability issues as a whole, and argued that faculty and staff
\nare employees of UT and should receive centralized funding and the
\nindividual departments shouldn\u2019t have to pay for interpreter services.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis happened during the time when the University was looking at finances
\nand central allocations underscore the University\u2019s commitment to persons
\nwith disabilities,\u201d Millstone said.<\/p>\n

Now that Mazique is in a teaching position, Kinast hopes that it will open
\nthe door for other departments to consider bringing on other deaf and
\nhard-of-hearing faculty.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Raising awareness] makes for a better human interaction,\u201d Mazique said.
\n\u201cIt helps to make people realize that being deaf is not just a lack of
\nsomething, but it\u2019s a cultural thing with a language, history, tradition,
\nheritage. It\u2019s a way of being.\u201d<\/p>\n

Printed on October 5, 2011 as: Deaf instructor raises awareness<\/p>\n

Source:<\/p>\n

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