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DETROIT – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan has reached a resolution with Stepping Stones Counseling Center PLLC, a local therapy practice, regarding a disability discrimination complaint. The Complainant, who is deaf and whose primary language is American Sign Language (ASL), alleged the practice initially dismissed her as a patient […]
The World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) was founded in Rome, Italy, in 1951 and now includes 133 member countries. WFD holds consultative status within the United Nations, and its mission is to work “for the realization of deaf people’s human rights in partnership with the United Nations and its agencies, national organizations of deaf […]
Because there are five teams in the group, the USWDNT sits idle during Matchday Two on Monday, Sept. 25 and will next face Turkey on Wednesday, Sept. 27. Kickoff from UNPM Stadium in Kuala Lumpur is set for 4:30 a.m. ET (4:30 p.m. local) and will be streamed live the Malaysia Deaf Sports Association’s YouTube […]
Signage is seen on a United Parcel Service (UPS) vehicle at a facility in Brooklyn, New York City, U.S., May 9, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Sept 22 . . .
Courtesy Gallaudet University Students at Kendall School Division II for Negroes, a segregated private K-12 school for Black deaf students that operated on Gallaudet’s campus in the early 1950s. CNN — At least 24 Black deaf students who attended a segregated school on the grounds of Gallaudet University in Washington, DC, in the early . […]
<strong>Sierra Leonean Becomes First Deaf, Black Woman in U.S. to be Awarded Doctorate in STEM</strong> | Shine My Crown ✕ […]
Keivonn Woodard has made an impact locally as a Black Deaf hockey player. Now, he’s guest starring in HBO’s new hit show, The Last of Us. BOWIE, Md. — A 9-year-old hockey player first gained the spotlight in Bowie as the team’s only Black, Deaf hockey player. Now, that spotlight has followed him to Hollywood […]
CHICAGO (Jan. 12, 2023) – The U.S. Deaf Soccer National Teams are kicking off the new year with a joint training camp in Lakewood Ranch, Fla. from Jan. 12-17. It’s the first event for the Women’s Deaf NT under U.S. Soccer supervision and the second for the Men’s Deaf NT after two July friendly matches […]
Comment on this story Comment Democracy may die in darkness but it once flourished in silence. In the not-too-distant past of the 20th century, deaf printers worked alongside their hearing colleagues to put out The Washington Post, setting type, pasting it down, assembling advertisements and working on the presses. Because those jobs are gone — […]
Starks-Richardson, who often took her daughter to the Indianapolis Children’s Museum growing up, said she expected the museum would be more focused on educating the public about Juneteenth — which celebrates the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans — instead of serving themed foods. To make matters worse, she said, watermelon has historically been used as […]