Archive for the 'ADA' Category

NCSD Suspends 7 Students and 5 Staff Members

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

State investigates actions surrounding threats of a protest

Few excerpts:
It’s not about cafeteria food and athletics. The problems at the North Carolina School for the Deaf are more serious than that, said North Carolina Association of the Deaf Representatives Everson and Cook.  Everson said the association is concerned that the deaf students’ civil rights have been […]

Deaf Journey: Bahl, Wright, Gallaudet, DBC, MSSD, Canada, OSD, FSDB, SWCID

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

Reviewing what I covered last year, I was staggered by the sheer volume of the blogs produced, especially in the first half of the year. I eventually gave up adding topics after a while, so this list will suffice for now.  Overall, this should give you a better idea what topics were explored.  Covering the trial […]

Police Permits Hearing Grandmother Steal Baby from a Deaf Couple

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

This article leaves me flabbergasted.. that the police department would permit a manipulative hearing relative use their facilities to conduct a serious miscarriage of justice. Hello??? We are talking about the law and order.
This sounds like a perfect recipe how to get a baby, free of charge. You want to kidnap a baby from a deaf couple?
A […]

Bahl Juror Who Swayed The Jury Speaks Out

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

I served on the jury for Mr. Bahl’s trial last week.  As you may guess from my entry to this blog, it was a moving experience for me. 
I have no doubt in our guilty verdict of Obstructing Legal Process.  We deliberated for 2 days, so certainly we did not treat this case lightly.  In the […]

A Message From Bahl, His Daughter, and Man Who Swayed Jury

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

From Doug:
 
I was found NOT guilty of obstructing legal process with force. The jury didn’t find that I forcibly resisted arrest and it didn’t find that I bit or hit the officer.
Now I am convicted for my speech - - requesting to write instead of lipreading.
I requested that the officer communicate in writing because I […]