Michael Collier, a deaf man that holds a doctorate, was dismissed
from his job as professor of ASL and Deaf Studies at Texas Tech
in 2006. He sued - and won. The jury said the university
discriminated against him. And even worse, he had no communications
at all with the department chair! And he was never given a reason
for losing his job; they just pushed him out the door.  The
university has not said if they would appeal.

-- A deaf post office window clerk in Milwaukee

Scott Walker, who is deaf, is a front window clerk at a post office
in Milwauee. He handles all types of transactions - postage stamps,
money orders, registered and certified mail, overnight and express
deliveries, etc. And if the customer comes to him with a complicated
order, he would give the customer a Ubi-Duo device, which permits
two way communications. Customers have never complained about him
over the years.

-- A rotten deal for the deaf in Florida

In 2004, the Florida Coordinating Council for the Deaf and Hard of
Hearing was founded as one of the nation's newest state agencies
serving the deaf. Seven years later, this council is dead. The
state governor, wanting to save a few pennies, had it killed. It
did not matter to the governor that the state has a large deaf
population, and many of them moved from cold-weather states
to enjoy better lives. Chris Wagner worked very hard with his
committee to have it established in 2004. He said:

Who will represent us now?

-- Hamill and other past well known deaf fighters

Matt Hamill lost a big match last week. He was not the
only deaf fighter to have lost a big match that had a lot of
media publicity. We had two deaf boxers that were well known
in the past. Hilton Fitzpatrick was the nation's #6 ranked
lightheavyweight boxer. He attended West Virginia School for
the Deaf and Blind. The other one was Eugene Hairston, who attended
New York's 47 School for the Deaf, and was one of the nation's
best welterweight boxers. They fought during the 1940's
but did not win boxing championships. Yet they were well respected
among boxing fans and sportswriters. They are both in the US Deaf Sports
Federation hall of fame. In these days, boxing was one of the
most popular sports in USA. Not any more today.

-- Deaf filmmaker Charlie Swinburne's latest deaf film "My Song"

The link, no charge to you, captioned in British Sign Language, is:
http://www.bslbt.co.uk/programmes/my-song/

-- National Deaf Black Advocates National Conference

National Deaf Black Advocates National Conference
2011 National Conference
July 26-31, 2011
Charlotte, North Carolina

Registration Deadline extended to June 15, 2011

Conference & registration information at:
http://www.nbda.org/2011