DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, June 10, 2014
-- state agency took children away because mother was deaf
The Vermont Department for Children and Families is in big
trouble with angry state senators for taking away children
from families. One case involved children being taken away
from a deaf mother. Why? Because of mother's deafness!
The special legislative panel is looking into these issues,
including that of the deaf mother.
-- does CI reduce the deaf person's vision?
Dan Stolzberg, not deaf, is a graduate student at Canada's
Western's Brain and Mind Institute. He won a fellowship
from the Canadian Institute of Health Research to research
the CI. He is interested in knowing if a CI will reduce a
deaf person's wide vision range! This research is not part
of Usher sydrome though some people may think it is.
-- a lucky deaf homeless man
A deaf man, homeless and jobless in Winnipeg, handed out his
resumes to strangers in downtown. A hearing couple read the
resume and quickly posted it on the Facebook. All of sudden
there were many comments and shares. He received some job
offers and accepted a new job - as a house painter. While he
has been living in a Salvation Army shelter, the couple
has promised to try to find an apartment for him!
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06/08/14 Blue edition at:
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