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Federal Judge: OK to Sue CNN

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:57:03 +0000

Just Replace "Black" With "Deaf"

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:25:13 +0000

Latino Moms and Deaf Babies

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:26:11 +0000

Fox News Latino has a report about how a Latino mother threw herself into learning sign language and becoming part of the deaf community, when her three sons were born deaf. This mother holds weekly sign language classes in her own home. Her active involvement led to her becoming a parent mentor in a Department of Education program for parents of deaf children.

Gallaudet University's New Master's Degree

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 19:55:04 +0000

Last week Gallaudet University announced it was offering a new master's degree in Public Administration. The article quotes the Gallaudet president citing the need for such a degree to help deaf and hard of hearing government and nonprofit employees advance. The new program starts this coming fall.

Will Rocky Mountain Deaf School Get New Home?

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:53:35 +0000

The Rocky Mountain Deaf School is trying to build a new home for itself. Its current home is to say the least, substandard. Would you want your child attending school next door to a bar? The neighbors at the potential new site, are trying to stop the school from being built on its proposed new home, which is already zoned for a school. RMDS is up against the clock because if it doesn't succeed, it could lose a needed state grant to pay for the new school building.

Bullied Deaf Kids in Chicago Schools

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 22:45:54 +0000

Speech Getting Worse? Blame it on Losing Hearing

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:26:51 +0000

Katie LeClerc - Switched Star

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:38:07 +0000

It didn't seem right to have a profile of Sean Berdy on this site without also having a profile of Katie LeClerc. So, for what may be my last article for About.com, I chose to profile Katie LeClerc, who plays Daphne on the show Switched at Birth. Hope you have been enjoying the show this season as much as I have been.

Tough for Deaf Charter Schools to Survive

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:49:08 +0000

Netflix Increases Captioning

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:41:16 +0000

Almost a year ago, Netflix was sued for not captioning enough streamed content. Now, they have improved enough that they announced the improvement in a blog post. TechCrunch couldn't help pointing out that the timing of Netflix's increase in captioning coincided with the lawsuit.