What would you do when it’s been mistakenly assumed that you’re stupid, not Deaf, for a number of years? You’d struggle with your life, and try to rebel against the conventional wisdom regarding your disability.

Are elections all about just checking off a ballot? No! Elections are all about participating in the democratic process, and there’s so much more to do than just voting. Voter participation is a critical aspect of the country’s political life, and sometimes how you and your fellow citizens participate can directly contribute to presidents and laws winning.

Autumn is nearly upon us, and the presidential campaigning season is in full swing. As Deaf Americans, it falls to us to understand what each ticket, Republican and Democratic, brings to us in terms of disabilities policy. This blog is a brief aggregation of each ticket’s political approach to disabilities, as indicated by their websites and public comments.

Sprint Relay and Lexington School for the Deaf are proud to announce DeafIdol in New York City! The event will be shown LIVE on internet by DeafNation.

On February 28-March 1, 2007, the nation’s video relay services providers hosted a Congressional Demonstration for United States Senators and Representatives to see how video relay services have made an impact upon Deaf individuals across the nation.

A tall guy, bespectacled with Oakley sunglasses mirroring the entire field, is standing peering through a Digital Canon camera heavily stocked with lenses that seemed to loom large like a bullhorn. He is wearing Khakis shorts with multiple pockets and he quickly takes out a special lenses wiper to polish the $15,000 Canon Camera before [...]

On March 24th 2004, several hundred people from the deaf community staged a rally at Ohlone College. The community urged the college to consider Deaf applicants for the Dean of Deaf Studies and Special Services position. They also expressed concern that Ohlone College’s position was one of neutrality due to anti-discrimination laws. These laws barred [...]

Fremont, California, March 24, 2004 - approximately 160-200 plus Deaf and Hard of Hearing people alongside with hearing students showed up to stage a rally at Ohlone Community College in Fremont, CA. Keynote speakers gathered from the Deaf Communities around the bay area and from out of state, most notably 1988 Deaf President Now (DPN) [...]

Jane and Miro Nowalski

Imagine a career where you get to meet Madonna, Roseanne, and Tom Arnold among other celebrities at NBC’s Saturday Night Live as a stagehand. This is what Miro Nowalski does for a living as a Union Stagehand Carpenter for 18 years, and one of his career perks is setting up stages for [...]

Maryland’s First Director of the Office
of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Three adjectives…”Determined-Intelligent-Focused”…were selected by Joan Wennell to describe her daughter, Yvonne Dunkle. Those qualities have ultimately found Dunkle spearheading the first-ever Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Maryland, operating on a shoestring budget of $223,000 staffed by only herself and her [...]