Originally appeared in Silent News, October 2000. A few weeks ago, I drove from Chicago to Mount Laurel, N.J., to start my new job here at the newspaper. I had gotten lousy directions off the web – so at 1 a.m., I was lost in a new town in a new state. I got fed[.....]
Originally appeared in Silent News, October 2000. Wynd Communications, a division of GoAmerica, Inc., is the deaf/hard of hearing community’s largest supplier of two-way pagers in the United States. WyndTell’s enormous growth in the deaf/hard of hearing community has generated numerous complaints about the company’s lack of customer service. Roger Willkins, director of the Deaf/Hard[.....]
Originally appeared in Silent News, October 2001. Kelby Brick, an attorney who is deaf, is again running for a seat on the Greenbelt City Council in Maryland. Brick ran for City Council two years ago but lost by less than 200 votes. “As a deaf person, I understand the need to make all aspects of[.....]