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The Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center announces the following housing shares
available for temporary or long term residency. These are in two apartments in
Santa Ana, California. Apartments are privately owned and do not belong to
Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center. Location is close to bus routes, stores,
supermarkets, and food bank.
We have a 10' by 12' private partition available starting June 1, 2011. Rent is
$400 a month and that includes all utilities. Minimum income is $700 a month.
Has room for some furniture and possessions. Must use storage facility for
extra furniture, extra clothing, and extra possessions. This one is in the
apartment designed for independent individuals.
We might have a 7' by 11' semi private partition available in August or
September for people that may need assistance in living. Rent for this
partition is based on person's abilities and starts at $350.00 per month and
that includes all utilities. Must use storage facility for extra furniture,
extra clothing, and extra possessions. This is in a different apartment in the
same complex as the partition listed above.
We accept people on SSI and SSDI. No deposit needed. Must have, or have proof
of possession of, first month's rent on interview appointment. We wont accept
drinkers, druggies, and drama-mongers. Recovering addicts accepted. This is a
very quiet peaceful household inside a quiet complex. Service animals ok. If
bringing a car, tough luck because of nighttime parking restrictions. We
provide transportation assistance. Total move in amount must be paid in before
allowed to move in.
All of our residents are exposed to our award winning Enableworks program that
gives learning and a hands on experience on opportunities to acquire employable
skills. Our agency has plenty of volunteering opportunities for our residents
and adds to the positive experience of living in our housing program.
We take anyone regardless who can afford the rates, however, the majority of our
residents are those with hearing and speech disabilities and we take into
serious consideration the prospective resident's ability to communicate with the
rest of the people in the two households.
Please contact Richard Roehm or Beth Koenig by reply mail.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Born without ears, boy gets implant to improve hearing
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Madhu Singhal, 30, is sure that her five-year-old son Gautam, who was born without pinnae (external ears), will soon be able to hear clearly.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Born-without-ears-boy-gets-implant-to-improve-hearing/Article1-701236.aspx
Madhu Singhal, 30, is sure that her five-year-old son Gautam, who was born without pinnae (external ears), will soon be able to hear clearly.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Born-without-ears-boy-gets-implant-to-improve-hearing/Article1-701236.aspx
Monday, May 30, 2011
EEOC: Hearing-impaired teacher's rights violated
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Lake school district says teacher's dismissal not related to his disability
A federal investigator has concluded that Lake County schools violated the rights of a hearing-impaired teacher who lost his job after the district refused to provide him the equipment he needed to compensate for his disability.
More at http://eca.sh/qsKY
Lake school district says teacher's dismissal not related to his disability
A federal investigator has concluded that Lake County schools violated the rights of a hearing-impaired teacher who lost his job after the district refused to provide him the equipment he needed to compensate for his disability.
More at http://eca.sh/qsKY
Deaf Newswire Returns
We are now operating a newswire service at our facebook and twitter pages.
http://www.facebook.com/ocdac
http://twitter.com/#!/ocdac
Like and follow these two locations if you wish to be kept up to date on the latest news in the deaf community.
http://www.facebook.com/ocdac
http://twitter.com/#!/ocdac
Like and follow these two locations if you wish to be kept up to date on the latest news in the deaf community.
Deaf Newswire Returns
We are now operating a newswire service at our facebook and twitter pages.
http://www.facebook.com/ocdac
http://twitter.com/#!/ocdac
Like and follow these two locations if you wish to be kept up to date on the latest news in the deaf community.
http://www.facebook.com/ocdac
http://twitter.com/#!/ocdac
Like and follow these two locations if you wish to be kept up to date on the latest news in the deaf community.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center Newsletter - May 28, 2011
Greetings everyone,
I want to start this newsletter by thanking Communities Actively Living
Independent & Free's (CALIF) for 'airing' our last newsletter on their blog
site. Its a very positive gesture and this is the thing that opens up
opportunities for collaborating with different disability advocacy
organizations.
Great news comes from Virginia as Virginia's Governor Bob McDonnell signed a
bill stating that American Sign Language will be considered a foreign language
and will have the same weight as any other foreign language course taught in
schools. I had been following this piece of legislation from the start.
Another place that's got my eyes on is in Alabama whereas the state legislature
have the shamelessness to take funds earmarked for people with disabilities.
They introduced a bill to raid the Dual Party Relay System funds to fix their
budget problems.
The deaf community received yet another demoralizing assault coming from the
very country that delivered the first major worldwide assault on the deaf
community in 1880. The Italian legislature has been considering a bill that
would reduce the status of the Italian Sign Language (Lingua dei Segni Italiana,
or LIS) from an officially recognized language, LIS, to something meaning
"Lingustical Guestres and Mime" (LMG). The change would have huge economic
implications upon the programs that utilize LIS. This has sparked protests at
numerous Italian embassies all over the world. In comparison, whats happening
to the Italian Sign Language would be similar to seeing the political dimension
of American Sign Language be reduced to something like 'American Visual
Communication'.
Next weekend we have a foodstand fundraiser at the worlds largest chili cookoff;
http://www.tustinchilicookoff.com/
And finally, we are almost done putting together a very resourceful booth to be
at the Orange County Fair this summer and I will need your help in keeping our
ebay store up and running while the fair is on and the best way you can help me
out is a small $700 donation to hire someone to man the ebay store while we're
all at the fairgrounds.
Richard Roehm, Chairman
On behalf of Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center
===============================================
Our ebay store http://stores.ebay.com/OCDAC-Adaptive-Equipment-and-More
Funds raised would go to supporting a variety of advocacy, training, education,
outreach, and residency programs offered by the Orange County Deaf Advocacy
Center.
Were always adding many new items each month.
Your support is always needed. Please visit the store and see our new items.
===============================================
Join us in our monthly meetups.
The Orange County Deaf & Hearing Impaired Meetup Group
http://www.meetup.com/deaf-38/
The Orange County American Sign Language Meetup Group
http://www.meetup.com/asl-37/
Oral Deaf Orange County http://www.meetup.com/deaf-263/
===============================================
Deaf professor wins suit over firing
A Lubbock County jury has decided Texas Tech University should pay a former
professor more than $500,000 for discriminating against him because he is deaf.
Read more at :
http://amarillo.com/news/local-news/2011-05-28/deaf-professor-wins-suit-over-fir\
ing
===============================================
Company reaches deaf community with its own language
Sean Belanger reached into his pocket to show his audience a glimpse of the
future.
Read more at :
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/phones-deaf052511/phones-deaf052511/
===============================================
Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center has a facebook page. "Like it" and you'll be
kept up to the minute on latest info regarding our organization and activities.
Our facebook page is at http://www.facebook.com/ocdac
===============================================
School for the Deaf right to represent both sides
My wife and I first learned about the opposing approaches to raising
hearing-impaired children (American Sign Language/deafness as a culture vs.
oral/mainstreaming) when our son was diagnosed with deafness at age 3. We chose
to raise him in the hearing world, and it has turned out well -- thanks to his
wonderful mother, speech therapist and teachers.
Read more at :
http://www.indystar.com/article/20110525/OPINION01/105250303/School-Deaf-right-r\
epresent-both-sides?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Opinion|s
===============================================
Marlee Matlin: 'Very, very eco-friendly'
"We recycle a lot. We have a beautiful blue bin right next to the door," says
Marlee Matlin, the "Celebrity Apprentice" runner-up who sends her four kids to
school with eco-friendly lunchboxes. "We're very, very eco-friendly," says
Matlin, whose next role is tailor made for her: she plays the guidance counselor
and sometime basketball coach at a school for the deaf in "Switched at Birth,"
premiering on ABC Family June 6.
Read more at :
http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/stories/marlee-matlin-very-very-eco-fr\
iendly
===============================================
Donate to Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center
Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center is a transparent organization serving the
needs of people with disabilities and our transparency is visible at
http://rct.doj.ca.gov/MyLicenseVerification/Details.aspx?agency_id=1&license_id=\
1003712& and we are current with our State of California reporting requirements.
Give us a hand. Go to
https://www.justgive.org/nonprofits/donate.jsp?ein=33-0806007
===============================================
Baby born deaf will get 'bionic ears' that could help him hear and talk
A BABY boy who was born profoundly deaf after his mother had one of the most
common viral illnesses during pregnancy is set to get bionic ears.
Read more at :
http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/news/Baby-born-deaf-bionic-ears-help-hear-talk\
/article-3573275-detail/article.html
===============================================
Giving Voice To Deaf Children
Each day, more than 30 kids are born with hearing loss in the United States --
making it the most common birth defect.
Read more at : http://www.thedenverchannel.com/education/28024705/detail.html
===============================================
Paypal is one super online payment system we all come to know for now. However a
new company called VirtaPay is rising up using the same babysteps as paypal.
They need at least 3 million members before they can open up to the public and
your help is needed. We get $10.00 for each new VirtaPay signup. New signups
will be given $25.00 in startup funds. Now isn't that a win win situation for
you and our organization?
Recently they have developed a merchant system that enables members to buy and
sell digital products. Tis is one big step toward making this a viable payment
system.
Paybox http://www.virtapay.com/r/ocdac
===============================================
UFC 130: Matt Hamill blogs on what it's like to be a deaf fighter
In advance of his UFC 130 main event fight against Quinton Jackson on May 28 in
Las Vegas, Matt Hamill took to Sportsnet.ca to blog about his life and how he
got to this point.
Read more at :
http://www.mmamania.com/2011/5/15/2172230/ufc-130-matt-hamill-blogs-on-what-its-\
like-to-be-a-deaf-fighter
===============================================
Deaf motocross champion Ashley Fiolek stars in TV commercial
A lone rider on a red-and-blue dirtbike tears around a motocross track, floating
through the whoops, flying over monster jumps and taking corners as if a pack of
riders is giving chase.
Read more at : http://sports.espn.go.com/action/fmx/news/story?id=6479284
===============================================
For over 37 years, Labels for Education® has supported organizations across the
country by providing more than $110 million in free educational merchandise.
This year, the Labels for Education program is getting even better with a new
look and focus on the Arts, Athletics and Academic enrichment programs that can
spark children's successes. Labels for Education is also adding new partnerships
and resources. With your help, the Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center can make
this year the best ever! To meet our goals, we need to collect 1,000,000 points.
Campbells Labels For Education Program http://www.deafadvocacy.org/campbells
===============================================
Man charged with abuse of deaf adult
Gainesville Police arrested a 39-year-old Gainesville man after they say he
attacked a deaf neighbor.
Read more at :
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20110522/ARTICLES/110529910/-1/entertainment?\
Title=Man-arrested-charged-with-abuse-of-deaf-adult
===============================================
WaveRunner shooting: Self-defense or a crime?
A thief who was shot in the head by a 14-year-old trying to protect his family
was deaf, family members said.
Read more at :
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/05/24/2232563/waverunner-thief-was-deaf.html
===============================================
**********************
**** DISCLAIMER ****
**********************
The OCDAC Newsletter is designed to share information of interest to people with
disabilities, their friends, associates, and relatives and promote advocacy in
the disability community. Information circulated herein does not necessarily
express the views of The Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center. The OCDAC
Newsletter is non-partisan. OCDAC Newsletter does not sell advertising space.
The Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center is a community based organization that
puts people with disabilities first in their advocacy for equal opportunities in
safety, health, and productive living.
The Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center provides services for disabled
individuals and their families in our community who need help in navigating the
social services maze. Every day people go without proper food, shelter, and
essential medical care every day due to a variety of factors including low
wages, job loss, injuries, illness, age, domestic violence, or divorce. While
all of us are susceptible to hard times, disabled individuals are at the most
risk. With the generous support of people like you, we are able to help many of
these families and individuals not only to meet essential daily needs, but to
work toward a brighter future with programs in job training, education,
counseling, elderly assistance, and temporary housing.
Feel free to forward this email message IN ITS ENTIRETY to anyone and any of
your personal mailing lists so we can get the important messages out far and
wide and encourage them to sign up for our weekly newsletter.
I want to start this newsletter by thanking Communities Actively Living
Independent & Free's (CALIF) for 'airing' our last newsletter on their blog
site. Its a very positive gesture and this is the thing that opens up
opportunities for collaborating with different disability advocacy
organizations.
Great news comes from Virginia as Virginia's Governor Bob McDonnell signed a
bill stating that American Sign Language will be considered a foreign language
and will have the same weight as any other foreign language course taught in
schools. I had been following this piece of legislation from the start.
Another place that's got my eyes on is in Alabama whereas the state legislature
have the shamelessness to take funds earmarked for people with disabilities.
They introduced a bill to raid the Dual Party Relay System funds to fix their
budget problems.
The deaf community received yet another demoralizing assault coming from the
very country that delivered the first major worldwide assault on the deaf
community in 1880. The Italian legislature has been considering a bill that
would reduce the status of the Italian Sign Language (Lingua dei Segni Italiana,
or LIS) from an officially recognized language, LIS, to something meaning
"Lingustical Guestres and Mime" (LMG). The change would have huge economic
implications upon the programs that utilize LIS. This has sparked protests at
numerous Italian embassies all over the world. In comparison, whats happening
to the Italian Sign Language would be similar to seeing the political dimension
of American Sign Language be reduced to something like 'American Visual
Communication'.
Next weekend we have a foodstand fundraiser at the worlds largest chili cookoff;
http://www.tustinchilicookoff.com/
And finally, we are almost done putting together a very resourceful booth to be
at the Orange County Fair this summer and I will need your help in keeping our
ebay store up and running while the fair is on and the best way you can help me
out is a small $700 donation to hire someone to man the ebay store while we're
all at the fairgrounds.
Richard Roehm, Chairman
On behalf of Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center
===============================================
Our ebay store http://stores.ebay.com/OCDAC-Adaptive-Equipment-and-More
Funds raised would go to supporting a variety of advocacy, training, education,
outreach, and residency programs offered by the Orange County Deaf Advocacy
Center.
Were always adding many new items each month.
Your support is always needed. Please visit the store and see our new items.
===============================================
Join us in our monthly meetups.
The Orange County Deaf & Hearing Impaired Meetup Group
http://www.meetup.com/deaf-38/
The Orange County American Sign Language Meetup Group
http://www.meetup.com/asl-37/
Oral Deaf Orange County http://www.meetup.com/deaf-263/
===============================================
Deaf professor wins suit over firing
A Lubbock County jury has decided Texas Tech University should pay a former
professor more than $500,000 for discriminating against him because he is deaf.
Read more at :
http://amarillo.com/news/local-news/2011-05-28/deaf-professor-wins-suit-over-fir\
ing
===============================================
Company reaches deaf community with its own language
Sean Belanger reached into his pocket to show his audience a glimpse of the
future.
Read more at :
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/phones-deaf052511/phones-deaf052511/
===============================================
Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center has a facebook page. "Like it" and you'll be
kept up to the minute on latest info regarding our organization and activities.
Our facebook page is at http://www.facebook.com/ocdac
===============================================
School for the Deaf right to represent both sides
My wife and I first learned about the opposing approaches to raising
hearing-impaired children (American Sign Language/deafness as a culture vs.
oral/mainstreaming) when our son was diagnosed with deafness at age 3. We chose
to raise him in the hearing world, and it has turned out well -- thanks to his
wonderful mother, speech therapist and teachers.
Read more at :
http://www.indystar.com/article/20110525/OPINION01/105250303/School-Deaf-right-r\
epresent-both-sides?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Opinion|s
===============================================
Marlee Matlin: 'Very, very eco-friendly'
"We recycle a lot. We have a beautiful blue bin right next to the door," says
Marlee Matlin, the "Celebrity Apprentice" runner-up who sends her four kids to
school with eco-friendly lunchboxes. "We're very, very eco-friendly," says
Matlin, whose next role is tailor made for her: she plays the guidance counselor
and sometime basketball coach at a school for the deaf in "Switched at Birth,"
premiering on ABC Family June 6.
Read more at :
http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/stories/marlee-matlin-very-very-eco-fr\
iendly
===============================================
Donate to Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center
Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center is a transparent organization serving the
needs of people with disabilities and our transparency is visible at
http://rct.doj.ca.gov/MyLicenseVerification/Details.aspx?agency_id=1&license_id=\
1003712& and we are current with our State of California reporting requirements.
Give us a hand. Go to
https://www.justgive.org/nonprofits/donate.jsp?ein=33-0806007
===============================================
Baby born deaf will get 'bionic ears' that could help him hear and talk
A BABY boy who was born profoundly deaf after his mother had one of the most
common viral illnesses during pregnancy is set to get bionic ears.
Read more at :
http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/news/Baby-born-deaf-bionic-ears-help-hear-talk\
/article-3573275-detail/article.html
===============================================
Giving Voice To Deaf Children
Each day, more than 30 kids are born with hearing loss in the United States --
making it the most common birth defect.
Read more at : http://www.thedenverchannel.com/education/28024705/detail.html
===============================================
Paypal is one super online payment system we all come to know for now. However a
new company called VirtaPay is rising up using the same babysteps as paypal.
They need at least 3 million members before they can open up to the public and
your help is needed. We get $10.00 for each new VirtaPay signup. New signups
will be given $25.00 in startup funds. Now isn't that a win win situation for
you and our organization?
Recently they have developed a merchant system that enables members to buy and
sell digital products. Tis is one big step toward making this a viable payment
system.
Paybox http://www.virtapay.com/r/ocdac
===============================================
UFC 130: Matt Hamill blogs on what it's like to be a deaf fighter
In advance of his UFC 130 main event fight against Quinton Jackson on May 28 in
Las Vegas, Matt Hamill took to Sportsnet.ca to blog about his life and how he
got to this point.
Read more at :
http://www.mmamania.com/2011/5/15/2172230/ufc-130-matt-hamill-blogs-on-what-its-\
like-to-be-a-deaf-fighter
===============================================
Deaf motocross champion Ashley Fiolek stars in TV commercial
A lone rider on a red-and-blue dirtbike tears around a motocross track, floating
through the whoops, flying over monster jumps and taking corners as if a pack of
riders is giving chase.
Read more at : http://sports.espn.go.com/action/fmx/news/story?id=6479284
===============================================
For over 37 years, Labels for Education® has supported organizations across the
country by providing more than $110 million in free educational merchandise.
This year, the Labels for Education program is getting even better with a new
look and focus on the Arts, Athletics and Academic enrichment programs that can
spark children's successes. Labels for Education is also adding new partnerships
and resources. With your help, the Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center can make
this year the best ever! To meet our goals, we need to collect 1,000,000 points.
Campbells Labels For Education Program http://www.deafadvocacy.org/campbells
===============================================
Man charged with abuse of deaf adult
Gainesville Police arrested a 39-year-old Gainesville man after they say he
attacked a deaf neighbor.
Read more at :
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20110522/ARTICLES/110529910/-1/entertainment?\
Title=Man-arrested-charged-with-abuse-of-deaf-adult
===============================================
WaveRunner shooting: Self-defense or a crime?
A thief who was shot in the head by a 14-year-old trying to protect his family
was deaf, family members said.
Read more at :
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/05/24/2232563/waverunner-thief-was-deaf.html
===============================================
**********************
**** DISCLAIMER ****
**********************
The OCDAC Newsletter is designed to share information of interest to people with
disabilities, their friends, associates, and relatives and promote advocacy in
the disability community. Information circulated herein does not necessarily
express the views of The Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center. The OCDAC
Newsletter is non-partisan. OCDAC Newsletter does not sell advertising space.
The Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center is a community based organization that
puts people with disabilities first in their advocacy for equal opportunities in
safety, health, and productive living.
The Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center provides services for disabled
individuals and their families in our community who need help in navigating the
social services maze. Every day people go without proper food, shelter, and
essential medical care every day due to a variety of factors including low
wages, job loss, injuries, illness, age, domestic violence, or divorce. While
all of us are susceptible to hard times, disabled individuals are at the most
risk. With the generous support of people like you, we are able to help many of
these families and individuals not only to meet essential daily needs, but to
work toward a brighter future with programs in job training, education,
counseling, elderly assistance, and temporary housing.
Feel free to forward this email message IN ITS ENTIRETY to anyone and any of
your personal mailing lists so we can get the important messages out far and
wide and encourage them to sign up for our weekly newsletter.
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center Newsletter - May 21, 2011
Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center Newsletter - May 21, 2011
Greetings everyone,
After a restful hiatus, we bring you great news!
California School for the Deaf, Fremont will soon get a celebrated leader to
replace the retiring Dr. Hank Klopping and coming Monday the candidates for such
position would be revealed and that includes Dr. Reginald Redding who has had an
exciting journey through his life.
Our monthly meetups have resurrected with a blast. Join us on every first and
third Fridays each month in Santa Ana, California.
Our VirtaPay monetizing plan is far exceeding our expectations as dozens of
supporters have bought copies of the ebook "101 Ways To Stop The Money Leak" and
its a valuable resource for our community stakeholders and supporters. You can
access it at https://www.virtapay.com/pay.php?id=ocdac-001&c=1305821805 and if
you don't have a VirtaPay account, sign up at http://www.virtapay.com/r/ocdac
and use the free bonus money to get the ebook for free! It's a win-win
situation for both of us and our readers in these trying times!
Deaf evolution has just made it's latest encroachment. This time it's at the
Illinois School for the Deaf. Illinois governor Mitch Daniels has made
appointments to the school's board thats causing a small outrage and a lot of
debating from all over the United States. Dozens of blog postings and lively
video blog postings are evident. At issue are the appointments of 3 people with
ties to Hear Indiana which is a chapter of the AG Bell Association that has been
despised by the leadership of the sign language minority.
I'm getting some messages that landlords are requiring pet deposits for service
animals. I just want to be clear with everyone that according to Fair Housing
Amendments Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 3601, et seq.) Landlords CAN NOT charge you a
pet deposit for the service animal.
And finally, we are almost done putting together a very resourceful booth to be
at the Orange County Fair this summer and I will need your help in keeping our
ebay store up and running while the fair is on and the best way you can help me
out is a small $700 donation to hire someone to man the ebay store while we're
all at the fairgrounds.
Richard Roehm, Chairman
On behalf of Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center
===============================================
Our ebay store http://stores.ebay.com/OCDAC-Adaptive-Equipment-and-More
Funds raised would go to supporting a variety of advocacy, training, education,
outreach, and residency programs offered by the Orange County Deaf Advocacy
Center.
Were always adding many new items each month.
Your support is always needed. Please visit the store and see our new items.
===============================================
Join us in our monthly meetups.
The Orange County Deaf & Hearing Impaired Meetup Group
http://www.meetup.com/deaf-38/
The Orange County American Sign Language Meetup Group
http://www.meetup.com/asl-37/
Oral Deaf Orange County http://www.meetup.com/deaf-263/
===============================================
Signing Hedda Gabler - ASL interpreters tackle Ibsen's dark drama
Theatrical American Sign Language interpreters must be perceptive, flexible,
and—quite possibly—have a touch of multiple personality disorder.
Read more at : http://www.bu.edu/today/node/12917
===============================================
Beverly Hospital settles case on deaf patient care
Federal authorities say Beverly Hospital has agreed to a three-year program to
improve its services for hearing-impaired patients and patients' family members.
Read more at :
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20110511beverly_hospital_settles\
_case_on_deaf_patient_care/srvc%3Dhome&position%3Drecent
===============================================
Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center has a facebook page. "Like it" and you'll be
kept up to the minute on latest info regarding our organization and activities.
Our facebook page is at http://www.facebook.com/ocdac
===============================================
Noise Maker: Hearing-impaired Wildcat uses baseball as outlet
As is the case with any sport, baseball involves a degree of communication, be
it fielding signals from a coach or corresponding with teammates for a ball in
play.
Read more at :
http://www.courier-gazette.com/articles/2011/05/11/sports_update/8388.txt
===============================================
Lynn Boyer named superintendent for W.Va. Schools for the Deaf and Blind
A former state director for special education has been named superintendent of
the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind.
Read more at :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/lynn-boyer-named-superintendent-for-wva-s\
chools-for-the-deaf-and-blind/2011/05/11/AFVxaVrG_story.html
===============================================
Donate to Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center
Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center is a transparent organization serving the
needs of people with disabilities and our transparency is visible at
http://rct.doj.ca.gov/MyLicenseVerification/Details.aspx?agency_id=1&license_id=\
1003712& and we are current with our State of California reporting requirements.
Give us a hand. Go to
https://www.justgive.org/nonprofits/donate.jsp?ein=33-0806007
===============================================
NDCS map shows local authorities failing to protect deaf children's services
Figures released today by the National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS) reveal
that almost one in five local authorities across England have cut education
services for vulnerable deaf children, despite the education budget being
protected by the Government.
Read more at : http://www.ndcs.org.uk/news/ndcs_news/ndcs_map_shows_local.html
===============================================
Deaf centre rejoice reopening
A Christchurch deaf education centre has two reasons to celebrate this week –
the reopening of its earthquake-damaged site coincided with New Zealand Sign
Language Week.
Read more at :
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/4968947/Deaf-centre-rejoice-reopening
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Paypal is one super online payment system we all come to know for now. However a
new company called VirtaPay is rising up using the same babysteps as paypal.
They need at least 3 million members before they can open up to the public and
your help is needed. We get $10.00 for each new VirtaPay signup. New signups
will be given $25.00 in startup funds. Now isn't that a win win situation for
you and our organization?
Recently they have developed a merchant system that enables members to buy and
sell digital products. Tis is one big step toward making this a viable payment
system.
Paybox http://www.virtapay.com/r/ocdac
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Deaf couple tell story of survival
Most times, people describe a tornado by saying it sounded like a train coming,
but what if you couldn't hear that train or hear at all?
Read more at :
http://www.myfoxal.com/story/14575781/an-athens-deaf-couple-tells-survival-story
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Deaf tenants work to educate landlords on legalities
Many renters struggle with their landlords, but few do so more than deaf
individuals.
Read more at :
http://www.dailyillini.com/index.php/article/2011/05/deaf_tenants_work_to_educat\
e_landlords_on_legalities
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For over 37 years, Labels for Education® has supported organizations across the
country by providing more than $110 million in free educational merchandise.
This year, the Labels for Education program is getting even better with a new
look and focus on the Arts, Athletics and Academic enrichment programs that can
spark children's successes. Labels for Education is also adding new partnerships
and resources. With your help, the Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center can make
this year the best ever! To meet our goals, we need to collect 1,000,000 points.
Campbells Labels For Education Program http://www.deafadvocacy.org/campbells
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Madison High School to offer ASL as a foreign language
Starting next year, students at Madison High School will be able to take
American Sign Language to fulfill their foreign language requirements.
Read more at :
http://www.lenconnect.com/features/x226480194/Madison-High-School-to-offer-ASL-a\
s-a-foreign-language?photo=0
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Parents rally to get boss of schools for deaf , blind ousted
A group of parents from Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind called for the
ouster of the schools' superintendent outside a State Board of Education meeting
on Thursday. But the board took no action on the question of whether Steven
Noyce will stay on the job.
Read more at :
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/51761405-78/noyce-parents-program-deaf.html.cs\
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Thursday, May 05, 2011
Free Report On The $5 Deaf Motorist Kit That Could Save Your Life
With all the recent noise going on in the deaf blogs and video-blogs
over negative experiences between deaf motorists and law enforcement,
lets take this opportunity to re-introduce our $5 Deaf Motorist Kit.
Read all about it in this free report
http://www.tinyurl.com/the-deaf-motorist-kit
Richard Roehm
Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center
over negative experiences between deaf motorists and law enforcement,
lets take this opportunity to re-introduce our $5 Deaf Motorist Kit.
Read all about it in this free report
http://www.tinyurl.com/the-deaf-motorist-kit
Richard Roehm
Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center
Free Report On The Deaf Motorist Kit That Could Save Your Life
With all the recent noise going on in the deaf blogs and video-blogs
over negative experiences between deaf motorists and law enforcement,
lets take this opportunity to re-introduce our Deaf Motorist Kit.
Read all about it in this free report
http://www.tinyurl.com/the-deaf-motorist-kit
Richard Roehm
Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center
over negative experiences between deaf motorists and law enforcement,
lets take this opportunity to re-introduce our Deaf Motorist Kit.
Read all about it in this free report
http://www.tinyurl.com/the-deaf-motorist-kit
Richard Roehm
Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center
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