Deaf Vlogger Fireworks 2012

Building Now! Pardon The Dust!
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Two deaf suspects arrested for gas station robbery

Deputies arrested two deaf men after armed robbers hit a gas station Monday night and took $300.

Deputies were helped by a witness who followed one of the getaway vehicles and jotted down the license plate. Two or three other suspects managed to elude capture.

Read more: http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_20630636/two-deaf-suspects-arrested-gas-station-robbery

 

Woman in wheelchair robbed of iPad on B.C. SkyTrain

A woman in a wheelchair who was robbed of her iPad by while on a Vancouver area SkyTrain has been given a replacement by a CBC viewer who was moved by her story.

Video: http://www.cbc.ca/video/watch/News/Canada/BC/ID=2235433132

 

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/05/15/bc-skytrain-disabled-assault-robbery.html?cmp=rss

 

3 rape deaf & mute minor, 2 arrested

The police arrested a 16-year-old boy and Shivkumar Jaiswal, 23, for gang-raping a 13-year-old deaf and mute girl on Monday in Bhandup (West).A third minor in the case is still absconding.

Read more: http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_3-rape-deaf-and-mute-minor-2-arrested_1689306

 

Suspect arrested in heartless iPad theft

One of the suspects accused of heartlessly snatching an iPad from a young deaf woman on the SkyTrain has been arrested, but Transit Police are still searching for a second.

 

Read more: http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120516/bc_deaf_woman_ipad_replaced_120516/20120516/?hub=BritishColumbiaHome

 

Hearing the call for help

Ringing in the ears is not always a cause for much concern, but it underscores the need to pay attention.

 

Read more: http://www.downtownexpress.com/?p=9951

 

Deaf kiwis seek help to communicate

New Zealand’s most silent minority – deaf parents of hearing children – are seeking help to communicate with their children’s teachers and other hearing people.

 

Read more: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=10806395

 

‘OSF Unfair to Deaf,’ pickets say

Waving signs carrying messages such as “Honk for Deaf Rights,” “OSF Unfair to Deaf,” and “I Want a Live Interpreter,” about 40 people picketed OSF Saint Francis Medical Center on Wednesday to protest the hospital’s use of video-based interpreters for the deaf.

 

Read more: http://www.pjstar.com/free/x1035956871/-OSF-Unfair-to-Deaf-pickets-say

 

Sign language isn’t in facility’s curriculum

Something unexpected has been going on at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church.

The church at 5475 Brand Road, Dublin, has been playing host to the Auditory Oral Children’s Center, a nonprofit organization that provides an auditory-verbal approach for children with hearing loss.

Read more: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/dublin/news/2012/05/15/auditory-oral-childrens-center-sign-language-not-in-facilitys-curriculum.html

 

Hearing-impaired student to graduate, go to SCAD on scholarship

A high school student in Henry County will graduate next month and head to the Savannah College of Art and Design, despite living with a disability that nearly kept him from attending public schools as a child.

 

Read more: http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/18440502/hearing-impaired-student-to-graduate-go-to-scad-on-scholarship