Posts filed under: hearing impaired

May 25, 2010
Spartanburg (S.C.) Herald-Journal
Greer teen beauty queen not sidelined by disability
Anna Brown lives her platform, advocating achieving success in any arena despite obstacles.
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Filed Under: disability awareness, hearing impaired, profile

May 21, 2010
Associated Press
Lawsuit: Calif fails to accommodate deaf workers
Deaf and hard-of-hearing state employees in California are regularly denied sign language interpreters for meetings and have been left behind during emergency evacuations because of a failure to accommodate their disability, according to a lawsuit filed Friday.
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Filed Under: employment, hearing impaired

April 29, 2010
The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle
Hearing disability hasn't slowed down Hall
Kevin Hall stood on the 18th tee feeling confident. It was an 18-hole round with Tiger Woods two years ago. For 17 holes, Hall kept up with the world's No. 1 player.
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Filed Under: hearing impaired, profile, recreation

March 26, 2010
WYTV-TV (Youngstown, Ohio)
Deaf High School Student Overcomes Disability
March is Deaf History Awareness month, and an important part of deaf history here in the Valley is the Youngstown Hearing and Speech Center.
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Filed Under: assistive technology, education, hearing impaired, inclusion, K-12

Feb. 11, 2010
Killeen (Texas) Daily Herald
Tillis overcomes hearing disability to help lead Knights
The Harker Heights gym was vibrating with excitement. The home team had just forced overtime with a last-second tip-in at the end of regulation in a pivotal District 12-5A basketball game two weeks ago against A&M Consolidated.
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Filed Under: education, hearing impaired, inclusion, K-12, profile, recreation

Feb. 5, 2010
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Deaf patient was dying, but no one told her
David Nelson got the bad news about his wife in December 2005. He just didn't know it.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), healthcare, hearing impaired, public policy

Oct. 22, 2009
Abilene (Texas) Reporter-News
Local public officials experience disability access issues
A conference call doesn’t usually make a city council member nervous. A stroll across campus typically isn’t tough for the McMurry University president. Thursday was a different story.
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Filed Under: disability awareness, hearing impaired, physical disability, visually impaired

Oct. 13, 2009
The New York Times
Hearing Man in Deaf Role Stirs Protests in New York
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Filed Under: employment, hearing impaired

Oct. 4, 2009
ABC 7 Chicago
Deaf musician inspires artists with disabilities
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Filed Under: arts, hearing impaired, profile, visually impaired

Sept. 13, 2009
ABC 7 (Chicago)
Miss International increasing disability awareness
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