Ohio couple teaching deaf dog sign language
TOLEDO, Ohio - You can't tell by looking at Rudi that she's different from any other dog.
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High-tech gains get disabled people into workforce
SAN JOSE, California - When high school football coach Kevin Bella needs an intense, heart-to-heart with a player, he goes home and sits on his couch. That's because Bella, who is deaf, communicates...
View ArticleHawaii deaf, blind community to get service center
HONOLULU - Hawaii's deaf and blind residents will soon have a centralized place to meet and share resources.
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Deaf NY Starbucks patrons sue, say they're mocked
NEW YORK - Some Starbucks workers in the city were so rude to deaf customers they mocked them and called the police to try to get them kicked out, a lawsuit says.
View ArticleDC's H Street embedded with deaf culture
WASHINGTON - Not all places are ideal to start off a Friday night, so Richard Spiecker's text message to his friends made the plans clear. The time: 9 p.m. The location: Biergarten Haus on H Street NE.
View ArticleBook checked out in 1828 surfaces in desk
DANVILLE, Kentucky - A book checked out from a Centre College library in 1828 has resurfaced in a desk on the campus of the Kentucky School for the Deaf in Danville.
View ArticleDeaf Conn. patrons sue movie theater chain
HARTFORD, Connecticut - Several deaf moviegoers and advocates for the hearing impaired have filed a lawsuit in Connecticut against the Bow Tie movie theater chain, alleging it is violating the...
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Bus carrying deaf children overturns in Missouri
DANVILLE, Missouri - A charter bus carrying students from the Missouri School for the Deaf overturned along an interstate in eastern Missouri on Friday, sending 15 children and three adults to a...
View ArticleCommon devices help deaf-blind talk with the world
LAFAYETTE, Louisiana - Jackie Broussard was born deaf. She had inherited the genetic condition called Usher syndrome, which not only causes deafness, but often robs people of their sight later in life,...
View ArticleReport: Ariz. school official did nothing unlawful
TUCSON, Arizona - A law firm hired to investigate accusations of harassment and discrimination against Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind Superintendent Robert Hill has cleared him of any...
View ArticleMd. deaf school aide guilty of 2 sex abuse counts
ELLICOTT CITY, Maryland - A jury convicted a former Maryland School for the Deaf aide Wednesday of sexually abusing two of seven middle-school girls who said he had surreptitiously touched their...
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Firmly in spotlight, Gallaudet preps for NCAAs
WASHINGTON - Suddenly, Gallaudet's coach doesn't have time to answer all of his emails. His team was invited to practice at the New York Giants facility. A Washington Redskins player served as an...
View ArticleSD deaf school campus to house immigration center
SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota - The South Dakota School for the Deaf campus in Sioux Falls will begin leasing the lower level of its main building to Lutheran Social Services for its Refugee and...
View ArticleOre. School for the Deaf gets new mattresses
SALEM, Oregon - The Oregon School for the Deaf in Salem has received 80 new mattresses - and they were needed.
View ArticleMo. School for Deaf superintendent leaving
FULTON, Missouri - The superintendent of the Missouri School for the Deaf is leaving her position after 12 years.
View ArticleActive shooter training includes sign language
DANVILLE, Kentucky - Police in Danville incorporated sign language into a recent active shooter training session at the Kentucky School for the Deaf.
View ArticleMissouri School for the Deaf has 2 interim leaders
FULTON, Missouri - The Missouri School for the Deaf in Fulton has two interim leaders while a search continues for a permanent superintendent.
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Doug Bahl, advocate for Minn. deaf community, dies
ST. PAUL, Minnesota - Doug Bahl, an advocate for the deaf in Minnesota who forced St. Paul and Ramsey County authorities to change how they accommodate hard-of-hearing inmates, has died while on a...
View ArticleMd. deaf school aide sentenced for abuse
ELLICOTT CITY, Maryland - A former school aide at the Maryland School for the Deaf was sentenced to seven years in prison Friday for molesting two young students.
View ArticleCharles City leads effort for blind, deaf children
CHARLES CITY, Iowa - Charles City will be the first regional site for an effort to improve services for blind and deaf children, according to local education officials.
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