Originally appeared in Silent News, June 2001. A little boy surprised by a kiss from a little girl. A woman signing “eat” to a white cat. Kids talking at lunch at school. All these photographs appear in the much-awaited release of ONE DAY: Our View. Missy Keast, the creator of the project, says, “ONE DAY:[.....]
Originally appeared in Silent News, June 2001. Just months after promising to have construction start in January 2001, Wyndholme Village has filed bankruptcy, and construction plans have completely fallen through. The property on which Wyndholme was to be built was bought by Stuart C. Fisher for $4.6 million at a recent auction. Fisher, who had[.....]
Originally appeared in Silent News, June 2001. Representatives of various deaf and hard of hearing communities have recently achieved a victory in their battle with senators over amendments to Oregon’s HB2105. HB2105, which proposes to extend the sunset date for telecommunication assistance programs for disabled and low-income Oregonians to January 1, 2010, was filed upon[.....]
Originally appeared in Silent News, June 2001. This month, I’m going to write about how things work at Silent News. This, hopefully, will offer you, the reader, a better idea of how the newspaper is operated, and help clear up some misconceptions. We are located in an office park in Mount Laurel, N.J., about 10[.....]
Originally appeared in Silent News, June 2001. Yet another retailer is facing a lawsuit claiming discrimination. This time it’s Wal-Mart facing the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in the case of Ruthie Gilmore, a deaf woman from Circleville, Ohio. John Sargent, supervisory trial attorney for EEOC, said, “Ruthie Gilmore filed a charge with[.....]
Originally appeared in Silent News, June 2001. While it’s true that a high percentage of deaf and hard of hearing employees work for the government, it’s not always true that they have the networking and training opportunities that hearing federal workers have. The National Training Conference (NTC) is held biannually to provide deaf government workers[.....]
Originally appeared in Silent News, June 2001. There were four deaf survivors of the Holocaust present at the “Remembering Deaf Persons in the Holocaust” forum, held in New York City on April 26. Coordinated by Dr. Oscar Cohen, the retiring superintendent of the Lexington School for the Deaf, the standing-room-only forum of over 300 attendees[.....]