DEAF WATCH ---- DECEMBER 1998 Greetings, The Deaf Expo last month in Ontario, California was a blast! The flavor of Deaf unity was bold again! The crowds were back! Deaf people from many parts of the USA and some parts of the globe came to Ontario for 3 days of chatting, hugging, laughing, partying, learning, and spending. All this was done in the spirit of community, unity, and peace. David Rosenbaum once again excelled in his leadership bringing the Deaf people from many places around the globe together in the spirit of community, unity, and peace. Unfortunately a narrowminded critic decided to email-plaster the Deaf community with inaccurate and possibly libellous information about last month's Deaf Expo event. These criticisms only come from ignorant people who want to exploit the Deaf community to advance their own personal agendas and special interest groups not relating to hearing loss. At this time of the year, as we reflect upon our own lives, lets stop and think about the other disabled around us who are less fortunate. Some of our disabled brothers and sisters cannot afford to feed their families. Some of them live in cars, in parks, or in alleys. For a few, its by choice, for most it's by chance. This shopping list below will be a good holiday gift to a family of 4. 3 cans meat (6.5 oz, tuna, pork, chicken, or beef) 3 cans vegetables (15 oz.) 3 cans fruit (16 oz) 3 cans soup (11 oz.) 3 boxes of macaroni and cheese 2 boxes of dry soup 2 boxes of hot cereal 2 lbs. dry beans 2 lbs rice 2 boxes powdered milk (2 qt.) 2 cans of evaporated milk 2 boxes crackers 1 jar peanut butter (18 oz.) Optional items: dish detergent, toothpaste, soap bars. Also add : Information on local food banks, food assistance programs, and local soup kitchens. So please, if you can afford it, grab some extra groceries for a disabled's family. An ideal holiday gift to a needy disabled's family would be groceries that lasts a few days. Contact your local deaf/disability association for information on connecting to a needy disabled's family. 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Let's all have our television sets tuned to this show to tell the producers that we mean it when we want people with hearing disabilities on television. This includes disability roles played by people with disabilities. Information as well as some screen shots are available at their website Http://www.pacificblue.com For local channel information, check out Http://www.tvguide.com DONT FORGET PACIFIC BLUE ON DECEMBER 6 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ************************************************************* UPSET PARENT KILLED IN STANDOFF COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) -- A man upset at the treatment of his deaf son was fatally shot by police Monday after he went to a county education building with a gun and took an administrator hostage, authorities said. The man, whose identity was not immediately released, was killed by a police sharpshooter in the parking lot after he left the Orange County Department of Education building at about 5 p.m. Televised news reports showed the man holding a gun to the back of another man, whose arms were raised. The hostage was unharmed. The gunman was believed to be the father of a deaf student in a special education program at University High School, and had been confrontational with school officials in the past, county Superintendent of Schools John Dean said. The man entered the building early Monday afternoon looking for Dean but took his assistant hostage instead, Dean said. A police SWAT team surrounded the building and evacuated nearby homes. Negotiators spent three hours trying to coax the man into surrendering. ************************************************************* JUSTIN DART'S LETTER TO SPEAKER LIVINGSTON November 23, 1998 Dear Speaker Livingston: DID BILL CLINTON DO WRONG? Yes. He has admitted it. He has apologized. SHOULD HE BE IMPEACHED? NO! MILLIONS OF AMERICANS from the time of George Washington have committed the Presidents sin - and denied it. If all of them, all the leaders of families, businesses, churches and governments had been impeached, what would America be? If all the members of Congress who have committed the Presidents sin were removed, would there be a quorum? TO IMPEACH THIS PRESIDENT FOR THE MONICA AFFAIR would be the height of partisan hypocrisy. BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON HAVE LED US TO THE GREATEST AMERICA in a history of great Americas. Personal incomes, home ownership, business profits, stocks have achieved record levels. Unemployment, interest rates and crime are down. Federal deficits have been eliminated. America has become a stronger force for peace in the world. WE RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO LOOK BEYOND THE SOAP OPERA and vote for the American heritage of tolerance, of common sense, of the good life for all. Sincerely, Justin Dart, Jr. The Committee to Impeach Discrimination advocates for 54 million Americans with Disabilities (Source : Justice For All) ************************************************************* SIGNING 'I LOVE YOU' IN COURTROOM GETS GRANDMOTHER IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW BARTOW, Fla., Oct. 30 (UPI) -- A grandmother landed in the Polk County Jail for a few hours after using sign language to say ``I love you'' to her 10-year-old granddaughter, who at the time was testifying in a sexual abuse trial. Circuit Judge J. Michael Hunter found the woman in contempt of court and sentenced her to 30 days in jail. But a few hours later, Hunter granted a request that the woman's sentence be suspended. Hunter told the woman it wasn't what she said but rather that the incident may have had an effect on the jury, compromising the integrity of the trial. He declared a mistrial. The names of the grandmother and the girl were withheld to protect the identity of the girl, an alleged sex abuse victim in the case. ************************************************************* NAD's YLC'99 DIRECTOR YATES AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR EBERWEIM APPOINTED SILVER SPRING, MD --Maureen A. Yates of Landover Hills, Maryland has been selected as Director of NAD's Youth Leadership Camp'99, with Adele Ann Eberwein of Walnut Creek, California serving as Assistant Director. During the 1998 session, eight Camp Directors in Training, all college students, shared the work of Assistant Director. This enriching pilot program was funded by Gallaudet Universtity and Rochester Institute of Technology / National Technical Institute for the Deaf, co-sponsors of the 1998 Youth Leadership Camp. NAD Youth Programs personnel were therefore fortunate to have the opportunity to choose from a number of trained applicants. "I got to know both Maureen and Adele Ann well last summer when I worked at YLC'98 with them for six weeks," said Nancy B. Rarus, Associate Executive Director (Programs) at the NAD. "They worked well together, and I am delighted to be working with them in mosquitoless Oregon this summer." Maureen Yates is currently a graduate student, majoring in Deaf Education at Gallaudet University after receiving her Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education. She also works as a Graduate Assistant. She brings with her varied camping experiences, both as a camper and staff member. She attended the Lions Camp, Green Top, Isola Bella and Camp Mark 7 as camper. At Camp Mark 7 and at NAD Youth Leadership Camp, she was a staff member. Maureen was the Dean of Campers during the 1998 YLC session as well as being involved in the Camp Directors In Training project. She was also Miss Deaf America in 1994. Adele Ann Eberwein is currently a graduate student at San Francisco State University majoring in Deaf Education. She obtained her Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Gallaudet University. She also was one of the Camp Directors in Training last summer and served as a camp counselor in 1994. Adele Ann was a student assistant for the CISS (Committe International de Sports de Sourdes) office for two years before moving to the west coast. Applications for a variety of staff positions are now being accepted. For further information, contact Nancy B. Rarus at NADyouth@nad.org. You can also reach Yates at YLC99@aol.com. (YLC'99 begins on June 20 and ends early on the morning of July 17) The National Association of the Deaf, established in 1880, is the nation's largest consumer organization safeguarding the accessibility and civil rights of 28 million deaf and hard of hearing Americans in education, employment, health care, and telecommunications. The NAD focuses on grassroots advocacy and empowerment; captioned media; deaf-related information and publications; legal assistance; policy development and research; public awareness; certification of interpreters and American Sign Language teachers; and youth leadership development. Additional information on the NAD can found on the World Wide Web at http://www.nad.org. ************************************************************* GOVERNOR BAXTER SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF NEEDS IMPROVEMENTS Panel: Improvements Needed At Baxter - (AUGUSTA) -- A state panel says Maine's school for the deaf must be freed of bureaucratic restrictions in order to serve the deaf community well. The group of lawmakers and experts will make its recommendations to the legislature in January. It says problems at the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf include no curriculum for middle and high school students and few deaf teachers. Many of the Falmouth school's staff members are not fluent in sign language. (Source : USA-L News & Yahoo News) ************************************************************* HEY DEAF RV'ERS. THIS SMALL NEW MEXICO RV SITE CATERS TO DEAF RV'ERS Enjoy the great outdoors and support the Deaf Community! A special rate of $18.50 per night is a great deal! For each night, $6.00 will be donated to the new Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center in Santa Ana, California. Visit and bookmark the website at http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Gorge/8449/ ************************************************************* SIGNING DEVICE COULD IMPROVE TV FOR THE DEAF (NOV. 11) WENN - BULLETIN - TWO - An incredible new device invented by British computer experts could revolutionise television for deaf people. The experts have created a virtual-reality figure which stands in the corner of the screen and uses sign language to translate words spoken during programmes. The technology, developed by researchers at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England, could make subtitles obsolete. The character is called Simon the Signer, and is a result of a project between the university, the Independent Television Commission and a Norwich-based graphics firm. Professor Andrew Bangham, head of the university's School of Information Systems, says, "Simon can convey the content of subtitles in sign-supported English. We are consulting the experts, the deaf community, on how to improve his signing." Simon's creators have won a prestigious Royal Television Society technical innovation award for their invention - but he won't be seen on the screen for some time yet. Professor Bangham adds, "We still have a long way to go, but it is very gratifying to receive this award in recognition of the great potential of our work." (WNTRE/MCM) (From USA-L) (Note: Some leaders of interpreting agencies are expressing concerns that this project may lead to the development of a computerized version of an interpreter that takes interpreter's jobs!) ************************************************************* CALIFORNIA CHURCH TO HAVE INTERPRETED CHRISTMAS EVENT Calvary Church of Santa Ana is having a special Christmas program called the "Christmas Post" being performed on December 4, 5 & 6 at 7:00 p.m. and a matinee on Saturday, December 5th at 2:00 p.m. ($3.00) with sign interpreting available at the matinee for guests with hearing disabilities. They are located at 1010 North Tustin Ave., in Santa Ana Calif. Their phone number is (714) 973-4800. Their Web Site is http://www.calvarylife.org/chrstpst.html for more information on this event. ************************************************************* NEZ'S CYBER MALL SUPPORTS THE DEAF COMMUNITY Nez's Cyber Mall is a fundraiser project that will help support the newly created Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center. This mall has been designed with accessibility in mind. All commissions generated by sales activity within this mall will be used to support the Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center. Nez's Cyber Mall can be found at: Http://www.i-sphere.com/eyedeaf/deafmall.htm ************************************************************* NATIONAL CENTER ON DEAFNESS NEEDS A NEW DIRECTOR California State University, Northridge, one of the largest of the 22 campuses of The California State University system, is located twenty-five miles northwest of central Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley, a suburb with a multi-ethnic population of over one million people- The University enrolls approximately 27,700 students (20,000 FTEs) of which one-half are ethnic minorities, served by over 1,500 faculty, Eight Colleges offer baccalaureate degrees in 50 disciplines, master's degrees in 41 fields, and credentials in the field of education. The National Center on Deafness: The National Center on Deafness (NCOD) provides a comprehensive program of research, training and services to deaf and hard of hearing people. Approximately 250 deaf and hard of hearing students pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees at the university each semester, The NCOD has a full-time staff of 38, a part-time support services staff of 200 notetakers, tutors, realtime captioners and interpreters, and an operating budget of nearly two million dollars. Additional funding, in the amount of one million dollars, is provided through a grant for technical assistance to postsecondary programs in the western United States. The NCOD also houses The Postsecondary Educational Programs Network (PEPNet) Resource Center, which is the largest library on deafness in the West. The Position of Director, National Center on Deafness: The Director of the National Center on Deafness reports to the Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs, Operations and Personnel, and is responsible for planning, implementing, administering and coordinating all services within the NCOD. Formulates departmental policies and procedures and audits their implementation; prepares, administers and monitors the department budget; plans, organizes, manages, directs and coordinates the various functions of the department; provides leadership to the campus community on issues of education and service to students who are deaf or hard of hearing. Provides leadership in obtaining external funding through the development of funding proposals and extensive networking with funding sources. Maintains close relations with appropriate State and Federal agencies, with other education and rehabilitation programs for deaf or hard of hearing people, and with the deaf community nationwide. Qualifications: Master's degree in education, psychology, business or related field from an accredited institution required, earned doctorate preferred. Equivalent to six years of responsible, related professional experience managing diverse and complex programs. Experience at the postsecondary level is preferred. Thorough knowledge of issues and trends in the field of deaf education, including some background in research on deafness; thorough knowledge of the administrative problems and solutions involved in operating a large, complex student services program. Ability to successfully serve multiple constituencies in the university environment; use sign language fluently; and to communicate effectively with hearing and deaf or hard of hearing people. Knowledge of fiscal, human resource and management principles and practices. Successful record in obtaining external funds preferred. Salary/Benefits: Salary is dependent upon qualifications. The University offers excellent fringe benefits. Effective Date of Appointment: As soon as possible. Applications: Candidates must submit a cover letter and a current resume including the names of three professional references and salary history for the last five years. Review of applications begins November 5, 1998, and continues until position is filled, Submit application to: Office of Human Resource Services California State University, Northridge 18111 Nordhoff Street, Administration Park 702 Northridge, CA 91330-8229 The University is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer and does not discriminate against persons on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, marital status, age or disability. ************************************************************* DEAF MAN FILES SUIT AGAINST JAIL Deaf Man Sues Jail - (BANGOR) -- A deaf man who claims he was denied a sign language interpreter while an inmate at the Penobscot County Jail has filed suit against the sheriff's department. Forty- one-year-old Randall Dill of Bangor says he was the victim of discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act. He was sentenced to 30 days at the jail for driving drunk. He says the jail's refusal to hire an interpreter left him unable to use jail services... including weekly support group meetings. (Source : USA-L News & Yahoo News) ************************************************************* U.S. ATTORNEY LAUNCHES INITIATIVE TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES ON NANTUCKET Boston, MA... United States Attorney Donald K. Stern announced today that the U.S. Attorney's Office has, in cooperation with the Nantucket Commission on Disability, launched an initiative aimed at making businesses of all types on the island of Nantucket more accessible to individuals with disabilities. Many of those businesses are, at present, completely inaccessible to many such individuals. For example, many businesses have thresholds at their entrances elevated in a way that prohibits entry to people with mobility impairments, such as wheelchair users. The initiative on Nantucket - the nation's second largest historic district and a destination for tens of thousands of tourists each year - is part of the Department of Justice's enforcement efforts under the Americans With Disabilities Act ("ADA"). In addition to working with local government on Nantucket and seeking to negotiate ADA compliance with individual business owners, the U.S. Attorney's Nantucket initiative seeks to encourage a large number of business owners voluntarily to take immediate steps to remove barriers to access. To achieve this, the U.S. Attorney's Office has identified and contacted places of public accommodations at which such barriers can be removed without great difficulty or expenses. These places of public accommodation include banks, pharmacies, medical offices, restaurants, inns, and various other retail businesses and providers of services essential to island residents and visitors alike. Under the ADA, places of public accommodation constructed since 1993 must fully comply with the ADA's Standards for Accessible Design. A place of public accommodation constructed prior to 1993, such as most businesses on Nantucket, must remove barriers to accessibility to the extent that doing so is readily achievable. Both the owner and the operator of a place of public accommodation are responsible for compliance with the ADA. "Our agreement with Friendly's Ice Cream, which opened doors to people with disabilities at hundreds of restaurants, targeted a particular chain operator," said U.S. Attorney Donald K. Stern. "As important as these singular efforts are, we need to be more creative in enforcing disability rights. This initiative in Nantucket seeks compliance in a defined geographical area and is the first time this comprehensive approach has been used. We look forward to working with the Nantucket business community in the months to come to demonstrate that compliance with the ADA need not prove insurmountable and can be accomplished without harming the beauty or authenticity of historic structures." The first major step in the U.S. Attorney's ADA initiative on Nantucket is a meeting to be conducted on December 8 for those businesses identified as being most able to perform readily-achievable barrier removal. At that meeting, representatives of the U.S. Attorney's Office will outline a proposal for businesses prepared to engage promptly in work required by the ADA. The U.S. Attorney's Office will also provide information about the ADA's specific requirements and tax incentives to businesses that engage in necessary work. This matter is being handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney John A. Capin of Stern's Civil Division. Press Contact: Samantha Martin, (617) 748-3139 ************************************************************* RESOURCE OF THE MONTH: Disability & Medical Resource Directory This is an exceptional resource site for people with disabilities. Curt and Bonnie Miller's website sets an example for others. Many disabilities are covered in this resource site. The Disabled Helping Disabled Award goes to Curt and Bonnie for their great work. Disability & Medical Resource Directory http://www.coast-resources.com ************************************************************* Disability Lawsuit List. SUPREME COURT SAYS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT DOES NOT OVERIDE ADA Wright v. Universal Maritime Service Corp. The United States Supreme Court unanimously vacated and remanded the Fourth Circuit's holding that the general arbitration clause in the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) requires Wright to use arbitration for an alleged violation of the American With Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), 104 Stat. 327, 42 USC s12101 et seq. The Supreme Court reasoned that in order to disallow an ADA claim, an arbitration clause in a CBA must clearly and unmistakably state that such claims are subject to arbitration. Wright, a longshoreman, was subject to a CBA and Longshore Senority Plan which contained a waiver of a federal judicial forum for statutory claims of discrimination. The Court held that the waiver was not clear and unmistakable because the Plan does not contain an antidiscrimination provision and it specifically limits its grievance procedure to disputes related to the agreement. ----------------- HERE IS ANOTHER ABUSE OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACT Wyland v. Boddie-Noell Enterprises (4th Cir 11/17/98) Wyland claimed his employer discharged him in violation of the ADA. The District Court granted summary judgment for the employer; the 4th Circuit affirmed. The employer required Wyland to take drug tests because he had a history of taking prescription drugs which interfered with his ability to safely drive a company car. When Wyland did not take a drug test within the required time period, the employer discharged him for insubordination. Although not in fact disabled, Wyland claimed the employer perceived him as an abuser of prescription drugs. This claim failed because Wyland failed to show that the employer regarded his impairment as a substantial limitation on a major life activity. The court rejected "driving" as a major life activity. As to the major life activity of work, the employer did not perceive Wyland as unable to perform a "broad class of jobs," as opposed to being unable to perform a particular position. ----------------- DISABILITY INSURANCE FORM IS ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE IN DISABILITY CASE Whitbeck v. Vital Signs Inc (DC Cir 11/20/98) A jury found against Whitbeck in her suit claiming disability discrimination in violation of the District of Columbia Human Rights Act; the DC Circuit affirmed. Whitbeck objected to the introduction of her application for disability insurance benefits, and the court held that it was proper to introduce this evidence. In prior cases the DC Circuit has held that the mere fact that a plaintiff had applied for private disability insurance benefits or for Social Security benefits would not bar a disabilities discrimination claim as a matter of law. However, the court distinguishes between the act of applying and the information contained in the application. Here the employer claimed Whitbeck was not qualified with or without accommodation, and Whitbeck's paperwork contained evidence that she was not. The recitals in the paperwork were also relevant to the employer's claim that Whitbeck had fabricated part of her story. ************************************************************* This month's recipients of the Deaf Watch GOLD Award. TRI Online! http://www.idsi.net/tri/ Let's give these sites a round of applause and a visit! ************************************************************* This month's recipients of the Deaf Watch Award. Deaf Motoring Network http://www.easynet.on.ca/~jcripps/motor.html Let's give these sites a round of applause and a visit! ************************************************************* Letters: I am an attorney with Disability Rights Advocates and Larry Paradis suggested that I contact you. I agree that using testors with working ambitions may pose some difficulties. At this point, I am just having a hard time trying to find anyone, employed or not, who is interested in assisting DRA with our investigation. Would you be willing to assist us, or do you know people who could assist us? Additionally, do you have any suggestions as to how I can increase publicity of our search for volunteers for this investigation? I would appreciate any information you could provide. I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks. Rowena Gargalicana Disability Rights Advocates e-mail: rowena_dra@yahoo.com ----- I would like to know why almost everything on the internet, and practically everywhere else goes on about ASL as though it's the only sign language, and nobody / very few help you learn it. Personally, I come from Great Britain. I use BSL. I was born with a hearing loss, and what hearing I do have relies upon being in a near-silent room to understand the speech, not just the tones of the voice. If I go out publicly, the reliability of what I believe I am hearing is very poor. I am losing my hearing, and assuming it stays on the same decline I am likely to be severely / profoundly deaf in 5 - 10 years, and I will rely completely on Sign. I think that the internet gives the impression to newcomers to the deaf community that ASL is exclusive, and no other Sign Languages exist, or those that do are cheap imitations of ASL. I do not feel that ASL should be elevated to this status, and the other Signs belittled. This 'gripe' has grown since I wish to move to the States some time in the next few years to be with a girl I've met on the internet. She is profoundly deaf and lives in the States. I am making every effort to learn ASL before I arrive as obviously I wish to communicate with her when we meet. I have seen the Deaf World Web pages, and what used to be the fabulous Randy Stein Animated ASL site. I have very few words I can use to communicate in ASL. I still have to base the structure of my signs on the structure of BSL. Can anyone help me? I have had regular postings on the DWW, I have an appeal on my own site, and nobody seems to be able to offer any assistance. If anyone can help me, please E-mail me at DeafChat@hotmail.com. Many thanks... 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