Deaf Student Charged For Sexual Conduct

Friday, April 3, 2015

Deaf Student Charged For Sexual Conduct

Exclusive Report: South Carolina School for Deaf and Blind student faces sex charge.

SPARTANBURG, SC - A Columbia teen is facing a criminal sexual conduct with a minor charge in connection with an incident at the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind in Spartanburg, according to a sheriff's office report.



Deputies said they were contacted by a school official about a student who sneaked into a female dorm and, once inside, convinced a 12-year-old girl to have sex, according to the incident report.



The report said the incident occurred between Jan. 5 and Jan. 9.



Deputies said 18-year-old Montravious Jamal James is charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor.



The school released the following statement to FOX Carolina:



Our first priority is always the safety and security of the students. We immediately contacted the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office upon learning of these allegations and have fully cooperated with them throughout the investigative process. SOURCE



Mugshot Info: Montravious Jamal James Mugshot

Deaf Girls Wears Sexy On Salsa Dance At School

Thursday, December 4, 2014

Deaf Girls Wears Sexy On Salsa Dance At School

This footage of the Deaf pupils at school is disturbing and sexist.



A person, who was on vacation in Cuba and videotaped the young Deaf pupils learning a salsa choreography in school of Sancti Spiritus.



The footage shows how much skin girls around the country of Cuba are allowed to bare? Some individuals understands in the "salsa" culture that influences from Latin America, particularly Cuba and Puerto Rico. However, this dancing lessons suppose be at the private dance studio, but publicly at Deaf school?



Deaf vlogosphere consistently find disgusting and sparked a chorus of outrage after the footage of young girls wears too sexy clothing which is an inappropriate at the public of Deaf school... Do you find an inappropriate of this footage? You decide...

This topic must be one of the most difficult for Deaf school administrators, often caught between a rock and a hard place with students, parents, their personal beliefs, traditions and concerns about student safety and performance in Cuba.



There are many ways to consider the usefulness, purpose, intent and effects of dress codes. If school communities are genuinely worried about girls and boys then they need to examine the stereotypes that permeate their own policies around the country of Cuba.



You can find the video channel as a person is on vacation and filming of the Deaf people in Cuba - Deaf vacation on Cuba-getting into new Deaf culture and making new friendship



More information about school@safe at Sexism and Violence Against Girls and Women

Sex Offences Claim At School For Deaf Children

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Sex Offences Claim At School For Deaf Children

VIDEO - Sex offences claim at Donaldson's school for Deaf children in Scotland.



LINLITHGOW - Police are looking into claims sexual offences were carried out at the national school for Deaf children.



Donaldson's School in Linlithgow has been given a week to come up with a plan to deal with serious concerns about the way the school is being run.



Police are also assessing allegations. It is understood they relate to claims of serious sexual offences and how some people at the school responded to them. The school said it was unable to comment at this time.



A spokesperson said: "This is a sensitive matter and with internal investigations ongoing, we are unable to comment on the names, job titles or any other specifics of this case".

BBC Scotland understands some allegations are historical in nature.



Insufficient progress: Donaldson's is a grant-aided special school (GASS) supported by the Scottish government.



Local authorities from all over Scotland and the north of England refer pupils there and fund their placements. The notice calling for an improvement plan within a week is the first of its kind to be issued for 15 years.



A report from Education Scotland last year criticised leadership at the school - and a follow up report said insufficient progress was being made putting things right.



The school has stressed its first priority is always the safety and wellbeing of pupils and a new principal was recently appointed. Work is underway to come up with the improvement plan before the deadline. Source

Deaf Students The Galamseyers

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Deaf Students The Galamseyers

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: CC - Kyebi School for the Deaf, Abusco besieged by Galamsey.



KIBI, GHANA - Illegal mining, also known as ‘galamsey’ has reared its ugly head in the Kyebi School for the Deaf, with the operators (galamseyers) turning the whole compound of the School into a mining area. Source: The Chronicle



Joy News - Several pits dug by illegal mining operators in the compound of Kyebi School for the Deaf in the Eastern Region, is threatening the lives of its 235 students.



The illegal miners started digging these pits some few meters from the classrooms four years ago.



The children have to restrict themselves to just a few metres from their classrooms to play. Anymore and they stand the risk of tripping and drowning in pits dug around the school compound.

Joy News' Beatrice Adu reported that the situation has worsened with the onset of the rains as the large pits are filled to the brim.



One child is said to have died in one of the pits two years ago.



Some residents are afraid to speak publicly about the matter. They have accused some chiefs and persons they describe as ‘big people’ as supporting these illegal miners.



School officials and residents are calling on the Ghana Education Service to urgently come to their aid and build a wall around the school to protect the children or risk more deaths. ... Read more http://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2014/June-9th/illegal-mining-pits-endanger-lives-of-200-deaf-students.php

Deaf School Treats Students As Slaves

Monday, October 28, 2013

Deaf School Treats Students As Slaves

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: India government school teacher doing massage by Deaf student.



AKOLA - The Deaf community and parents in India outraged when the video leaking into the public of a government school teacher forcing student to doing massage which it was not a part of the education in school.



The teacher, Shital Avchar, working at a government run school for Deaf students, was also found guilty of taking nap in the classroom during school hours and harassing the pupils. Slavery are incompatible and it was part of a slavery re-enactment that discriminate to the students - some parents said crossed the line.

How dare teachers doing that to the students and call it an educational experience? Obviously this school district has taken education to a level it never needed to go to. Teaching children how to slavery and act inappropriately is never the job of a teachers.

Maryland School For The Deaf Abuse Case

Maryland School For The Deaf Abuse Case

EXCLUSIVE Jury selection starts for Maryland School for the Deaf abuse case.



ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (AP) - Jury selection has begun in Ellicott City for the trial of a former Maryland School for the Deaf dormitory aide charged with sexually abusing seven female students in Columbia.



Thirty-eight-year-old Clarence Taylor III of Gwynn Oak pleaded not guilty to all charges Monday before the selection process began.



Howard County Circuit Judge William Tucker says 12 jurors and three alternates will be seated Tuesday before lawyers make opening statements.



Taylor is accused of molesting students from 2008 to 2011. The alleged victims were in the fourth through eighth grades.



Taylor allegedly kissed, hugged and fondled the girls during their overnight stays at the school.



He faces seven counts of sex abuse of a minor and three counts of soliciting a subject for child pornography. ... Read more: http://www.seattlepi.com/news/crime/article/Trial-starting-in-Md-deaf-school-abuse-case-4931592.php



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Missouri Deaf Kids To Hospital As Bus Overturns

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Missouri Deaf Kids To Hospital As Bus Overturns

Charter bus overturns; 20 children taken to hospital. Authorities say as many as 20 children are being taken to a hospital after a charter bus carrying students from the Missouri School for the Deaf overturned in eastern Missouri.



DANVILLE, Mo. (ABC News) - A charter bus carrying students from the Missouri School for the Deaf overturned along an interstate in eastern Missouri on Friday, sending 15 children and three adults to a hospital but causing no life-threatening injuries, authorities said.



The accident happened around 1:30 p.m. as the eastbound bus was exiting Interstate 70 near Danville, about 75 miles west of St. Louis.



The children, who were between ages 10 and 18, were treated in the emergency room at University Hospital in Columbia, along with the bus driver and two chaperones, hospitals spokeswoman Mary Jenkins said. She said the adults' injuries also appeared not to be life-threatening.



Department of Elementary and Secondary Education spokeswoman Sarah Potter said initial reports from the hospital indicated the children had "minor injuries bumps and bruises, that sort of thing."



The superintendent of the Fulton school went to the hospital to help translate for the children. Jenkins said the hospital also brought in eight sign-language interpreters to help the children communicate.



The state-run School for the Deaf has residential and day programs for children in first through 12th grades. The bus was taking the children from the central Missouri campus to five drop-off points in St. Charles, St. Louis, Arnold, Sikeston and Cape Girardeau, Potter said... Read more at http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/charter-bus-overturns-eastern-mo-hurt-19856284

UNICEF: Deaf Students Take The Stage & Look To The Future

Saturday, July 13, 2013

UNICEF: Deaf Students Take The Stage & Look To The Future

VIDEO [CC] - Deaf students take the stage and look to the future.



Producer Nerina Penzhorn visits a 150-year-old school for the Deaf in New York City where students are using theatre to express their creativity and their hopes and dreams.

For more information, visit http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/usa_69797.html

Rescued 70 Deaf Chinese From Human Trafficking

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Rescued 70 Deaf Chinese From Human Trafficking

Exclusive: 360 arrested for enticing Deaf to commit crime in China.

BEIJING - Chinese police have arrested 360 suspects for their involvement in enticing Deaf-Mute to engage in robbery or burglary, the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) said on Tuesday.



Police in 21 provincial regions have uprooted 61 such criminal gangs and rescued 70 Deaf people during a recent joint campaign, according to a statement released by the MPS.



The suspects deceived the students from Deaf schools via social networks on the pretext of offering job opportunities or going traveling, when in fact the purpose of the approach was to force them to commit crimes such as robbery or burglary, the statement said.



Yang Erdu, a most-wanted suspect, together with other prime suspects, was captured by police during the campaign, according to the statement.



China issued an action plan for fighting human trafficking (2013-2020) last week, urging greater measures to crack down on abduction-related crimes and appropriately relocate the victims of human trafficking. SOURCE

Library Purchases Ohio School For The Deaf Property

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Library Purchases Ohio School For The Deaf Property

Buying old Deaf School won’t hinder library upgrades with levy money, Columbus library sticking with plan for new branches.

The old Asylum/Deaf School at 400 East Town St

COLUMBUS, OH - The Columbus Metropolitan Library’s decision to buy the former Ohio State School for the Deaf won’t interfere with planned renovation or replacement of almost half of its branch libraries.



“These are the libraries that we are committed to,” said Pat Losinski, library director



Two years ago, facing cuts in state funding, Columbus Metropolitan and other libraries cut staff, froze pay and closed doors on Sundays.



But with the passage of a 2.8-mill permanent operating levy in November 2010, the 21-library Columbus system quickly restored services and started planning upgrades of out-of-date or overcrowded branches.



The library makeover has been aided by near-record-low interest rates, said Steve Prater, the library’s director of property management. The library recently issued bonds totaling $98 million.



“That’s allowing us to accelerate the work,” Prater said.



Library officials on Wednesday announced plans to purchase the former Deaf school, allowing access to a parking lot that would be converted into an outdoor patio along the rear of the Main Library.



Renovation costs of up to $11 million, in addition to the $2.1 million purchase price, would be necessary if the library moves its administrative offices into the turn-of-the-century building. More likely, the library would sell the Deaf school portion of the property, possibly to a school. ... Read more: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/01/27/buying-old-deaf-school-wont-hinder-upgrades.html

A rendering of tentative plans for an expansion of the Columbus Metropolitan Library's main downtown branch shows how it would use the former Deaf School property.

Florida School For The Deaf & The Blind $10 Million For Upgrades

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Florida School For The Deaf & The Blind $10 Million For Upgrades

Florida School for Deaf and Blind seeks about $10 million for upgrades.

TALLAHASSEE - Repairing buildings and making construction upgrades makes up the meat of a funding request being pitched by the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind in St. Augustine.



The school is asking for $9.7 million in construction money, a steep increase over the $1.4 million in Gov. Rick Scott’s proposed budget and the $1.6 million it got last year. The $1.4 million is the same amount requested by the Florida Board of Governors, which oversees the school’s budget.



“With that amount we would barley be able to touch projects needed to ensure safety-related repairs,” said Jeanne Prickett, the school’s president.



With the money, the school wants to fund preventive maintenance, repair projects and remain compliant with the American with Disabilities Act.



“That means we would be able to continue to keep up-to-date buildings and renovate obsolete areas,” Prickett told the House Appropriations Subcommittee during a Tuesday hearing.



Since 2008, the school’s construction funding has dropped by $11.8 million. The funding comes from the same shrinking pot of money used for higher education and k-12 projects. Lawmakers are working to overhaul the system, which is funded by taxes on certain communications and telecommunications.



Students on the School for the Deaf and the Blind’s 80-acre campus have increased from 585 to 610 over the past five years, officials said. Overall enrollment, which includes off-campus students, has increased from 904 to 989 over that time. ... Read more: http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2013-02-12/story/school-deaf-and-blind-seeks-about-10-million-upgrades

Not Hearing Loss, Deaf Gain

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Not Hearing Loss, Deaf Gain

VIDEO [CC] - Switch at Birth Episodes: Marlee Matlin - Not Hearing Loss, Deaf Gain.



‘Switched at Birth’: ABC Family’s The teen soap Switched at Birth explores self-expression and the communication gulf between the hearing and Deaf communities.



Melody gives an impassioned lecture about how it’s not about hearing loss, it’s about Deaf gain, of a language, a community, and a culture.

When Marlee Matlin walked away with an Academy Award for her heart-wrenching turn as a Deaf custodian in 1986’s romantic drama Children of a Lesser God, it seemed as though film had finally encountered a definitive depiction of a Deaf individual and the often tenuous relationship between the hearing and the Deaf worlds. Television has lagged behind; nearly 30 years later, most TV shows still typically shove Deaf characters into the background or use them as props as part of a hearing person’s story.



A deft and intelligent take on the way in which we form our identities through self-expression, whether that be street art, spoken/signed communication, texting, or open dialogue among family members and individuals, as well as the communication gulf between the hearing and deaf/hard-of-hearing communities. It’s also a show that doesn’t pander to its presumed audience. Semantics “Deaf” and “hard-of-hearing” are OK; “hearing-impaired” is not and ethical implications, as well as morality and choice, are discussed frankly and without preaching. ... visit: https://www.facebook.com/SwitchedatBirth



List of Switched at Birth characters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Switched_at_Birth_characters



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Sex Assaults Lawsuit Involving Deaf & Blind Students

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Sex Assaults Lawsuit Involving Deaf & Blind Students

VIDEO: Settlement reached in lawsuit involving Deaf and Blind students in the capital of Hawaii.



HONOLULU - A multi-million dollar settlement has been reached in a sex assault lawsuit involving Hawaii Center for the Deaf and Blind. It's been a year and a half since the State was sued by a group of students at the school. The students alleged they had been sexually abused by other students.



Friday, the attorney representing the group announced that a multi-million dollar settlement has been reached. A spotlight was cast on the Hawaii Center for the Deaf and Blind in the Kapahulu area in 2011, after police started investigating allegations of widespread sex abuse between classmates.



In August 2011, Honolulu attorney Michael Green filed a lawsuit against the state, on behalf of 50 to 60 students.

"What we found out was, and I never thought about this, that we had children who were the aggressors, we're talking about sodomizing boys, boys on boys, boys on girls, girls on girls, in the bathroom, on school buses, in the bushes, that because no one seemed to care it seemed like it was okay. So people who were victims became aggressors. And you know that part that maybe affected me the most aside from the fact it's happening to young people, and people that have disabilities is that if you cry out who can hear you? If you have blind students who can see it?" said Green.



The State has now agreed to pay $5M to settle the lawsuit - money that'll go to the victims, and to pay for counseling and treatment... Read more: http://www.khon2.com/news/local/story/Settlement-reached-in-lawsuit-involving-deaf-and/qEdZ6YT6_EuWYDo6tVhRPg.cspx