UNCA's Jane Fernandes navigates deaf and hearing worlds

When Jane Fernandes was a little girl in Worcester, Mass., she went to the front of her kindergarten classroom one morning to sharpen several pencils. As she turned around to go back to her seat, she saw that all of the children were laughing and pointing at her.

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4 Deaf women in Alleged murder Conspiracy

With Minnie Goode watching, four deaf women accused of plotting her murder entered “not guilty” pleas Friday in Lincoln Circuit Court in their first court appearance in what is likely to be a challenging case for the court system.

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Research: Pain killers linked to Hearing loss

But Aspirin gets the  all clear.  Women who regularly take ibuprofen or paracetamol are ‘more likely to lose their hearing’ The more often a woman takes either medication....

More at http://attherimmm.blogspot.com/2012/09/research-pain-killers-linked-to-hearing.html

Life with a cochlear implant

What do you want to hear from me about or have you got some particular niggling questions? Well is is the time for questions, feel fre to post here in comments(there is no capatcha) or even send them to melissascochlearimplant@yahoo.co.uk

More at http://bioniclissa.blogspot.com/2012/09/life-with-cochlear-implant.html

T-Shirt Could Light Deaf Firecrackers

Last weekend there was a large gathering of deaf people in Las Vegas. Among those there was a Minnesota t-shirt screen printer who bragged about a hot selling t-shirt. That got my attention! I had a few friends that kept an eye on the Las Vegas event for me while I manned our booth at the county fair.



This could infringe with one of Chick-fil-A trademarks. They seem to own the "EAT MOR" part as theyve been picking on those who use it.

I assured the folks behind the t-shirt that if theyre bothered by Chick-fil-A, I would put many of their restaurants under my microscope for access violations. I'll have no problems getting dozens of other disability organizations all accross the nation to do the same.

Orange County, California has over 600 businesses that have access violations. Not to mention the latest addition to the long list of complaints, last Sunday, a convenience store situated near a soup kitchen has refused entry to a pair of deaf-blind, and blind people because they had their guide dogs with them.

Remember this?

http://taxdollars.ocregister.com/2012/01/03/deaf-activist-shakedown-of-o-c-businesses/145327/

I'm still proud of it!

Richard Roehm
Chairman