Being out of town for the last two weeks, I was away from the computer most of the time, especially in the first week. The break from the Deaf Cyberspace was refreshing while I attended to important family matters. Now that I’m back, I’ve decided to cut down the amount of blogging to some degree from now on to […]
Board of school for deaf, blind decides to replace president The President, Pamela Shaw, hired merely seven months ago, had tendered her resignation abruptly, allegedly under pressure. Her last day at work will be on Aug 29. The state is now investigating the state school for the deaf and blind for criminal allegations, something Shaw claims ignorance. SLED Investigating School […]
After covering the abuses in oral deaf schools in my last post, the suffering of the countless children who experienced abuses in the state residential schools for the deaf needs to be recognized, too. Unfortunately there were many similar incidents in these settings, not just at the oral schools. Mostly the lack of awareness of abuses occurring had […]
I stood back, struck with amazement and sadness at the furor, hurt, and anger within the Deaf Community. Are we so different from each other that we truly cannot understand each other and come to full acceptance of everybody?
First of all, I do not want to see anyone hurt, nor do I want anyone fired from […]
Eugenic Victory for UK Deaf Parents A Possibility
Under the proposed Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, using embryo-screening deliberately to create a child with a serious medical condition - which officials had said includes being deaf - would be illegal
Now, however, the Department of Health has agreed to cut from the Bill any reference to deafness […]
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