Deaf Pilot Gets License In Ohio

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Deaf Pilot Gets License In Ohio

Exclusive: Deaf woman pilot gets license that not going to stop her from taking to the sky.



LANCASTER, OH - Learning to fly is no easy feat, but Lancaster native Jenny Hurst was not going to let being Deaf stop her from taking to the sky.



From a young age, Hurst dreamed of being a pilot like her grandfather, a captain in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. She has always been drawn to flying, she said, and before 9/11, one of her favorite things to do was to watch planes take off from Port Columbus International Airport. In her younger years, she went as far as telling boyfriends plane-watching was her preferred way to spend a date.



Aware of that desire, Hurst’s husband of 17 years, Adam, looked into flight lessons at Sundowner Aviation at the Fairfield County Airport for his wife, who has been Deaf since the age of 2. Officials there agreed to take her on, and one year later, after fitting in two to three hours of flight instruction per week, Hurst got her pilot license. She took her first solo flight July 18.



On Sunday, Hurst took her family up in the plane for the first time, although the family of six could not all fit in one flight. Hurst hopes to become registered in instrument flight rules so she can be allowed to fly larger planes that will fit her entire family.



Another use for the pilot license may be flying materials from suppliers to Hammock Gear, the backpacking outfitter the Hursts own in Lancaster. While Hurst would love to be a pilot for hire, she said she is still exploring her limits as a Deaf pilot and her abilities with communication... Read more: lancastereaglegazette.com/story/news/local/2015/03/24/deaf-pilot-gets-license-lancaster/

TV Producer Arrested For Murder Of Deaf Sister

Thursday, March 19, 2015

TV Producer Arrested For Murder Of Deaf Sister

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO [CC] - Talk-Show producer arrested in connection with death of Deaf, partially blind sister.



LOS ANGELES - Television producer Jill Blackstone was released from custody Wednesday after her arrest in connection to the death of her Deaf, partially blind sister, authorities said.



About 12:40 p.m. Saturday, the Los Angeles Fire Department was called to a home in the 12000 block of Landale Street in Studio City, said Los Angeles police Lt. Bob Toledo.



Blackstone’s sister Wendy Blackstone, 49, was found unconscious in an enclosed garage where carbon monoxide had filled the room, Toledo said. A dead animal also was found in the garage.

Paramedics tried to resuscitate Wendy Blackstone, but she was pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of her death has not been determined pending further investigation, including toxicology tests, according to the coroner’s office.



Jill Blackstone, 52, was arrested Monday night on suspicion of first-degree murder, according to arrest records.



A suicide note recovered at the home was believed to have been penned by Jill Blackstone, not her late sister, according to the website TMZ, which first reported the arrest.



Blackstone was released from custody about 5 p.m. Wednesday, according to jail records. Prosecutors have not filed charges against her, Toledo said.



The Los Angeles County district attorney's office did not respond to an after-hours request for comment. Jill Blackstone also did not immediately respond to several requests for comment.



She has produced numerous television shows, including the “Rosie O’Donnell Show” and the “Sally Jessy Raphael Show,” according to her personal website. She also produced a 1993 episode of “The Jerry Springer Show,” according to the Internet Movie Database. SOURCE

Bullying: Not DEAF Enough ?!

Monday, November 3, 2014

Bullying: Not DEAF Enough ?!

ASL VIDEO: Deaf young woman bullying victim - Not Deaf Enough ?!



Deaf blogger Janelle J White also known as Janelle Joy amazed at the responses she have gotten from her vlog on Facebook.



Janelle more amazed at the comments made by those who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing, who's comments are borderline bullying. She have been called many names, told to kill herself, and told that she is a disgrace to Deaf and Hard of Hearing people all because she dislike being DEAF.

It is time to stop all discrimination and how better to set a good example for the hearing world than to focus on how we treat each other. It is time to stop inner-culture discrimination. No limits starts with you Janelle Joy Hate Being Deaf Today.



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Walking in NYC as a Deaf Woman

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Walking in NYC as a Deaf Woman

VIRAL VIDEO [CC] - Ten hours of silent walking in Manhattan to pretend as a Deaf woman.



NEW YORK CITY - The silent woman receives rape threats after recording 10 hours of harassment in New York. Actor Shoshana B Roberts recorded all the catcalls and remarks she got from passersby as she walked for 10 hours through New York.



An actor who recorded 10 hours of catcalls and remarks from passersby in New York City has received rape threats in response to a video detailing the harassment, the advocacy group that commissioned the video said on Tuesday.



In a two-minute video, actor Shoshana B Roberts was told to smile, told, “Somebody is acknowledging you for being beautiful, you should say thank you,” and comments were made about her clothes and appearance.

At one point in the video, which has been viewed nearly 10m times in fewer than 24 hours, a man walked alongside her silently for five minutes.



Another followed her, while offering to give her his number.



“The rape threats indicate that we are hitting a nerve,” Hollaback director Emily May told Newsday. “We want to do more than just hit a nerve though, we want New Yorkers to realize – once and for all – that street harassment isn’t OK, and that as a city we refuse to tolerate it.”



Hollaback!, an international group that has been fighting street harassment since 2005, said people were reporting threats to YouTube, where the video is hosted, and that the website was taking them down.



There were more than 100 instances of verbal street harassment recorded during the 10 hours. “This doesn’t include the countless winks, whistles, etc,” the video says. SOURCE



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Learn more about street harassment here: http://www.ihollaback.org/blog/2014/10/27/new-street-harassment-psa/

Deaf Woman Adopts Unique Deaf Dog

Saturday, June 7, 2014

Deaf Woman Adopts Unique Deaf Dog

VIDEO [CC] - The joyful moment Deaf woman Cindy Koch adopts Rosie, a dog that knows sign language.



GRAND ISLAND, NE (KHGI/CNN) Unique bond: Deaf dog adopted by Deaf woman. Watch this heartwarming rendezvous of a Deaf dog, Rosie who finds a home with a Deaf woman Cindy Koch.



Rosie's new owner tells CNN affiliate KHGI, "Because I'm Deaf and we want to relate to her and understand how she feels want to communicate with her through sign language, teach her signing."

Now, she has a forever home with a Deaf woman. ... Read more http://www.hlntv.com/video/2014/05/12/unique-bond-deaf-dog-adopted-deaf-woman

Deaf Woman Jailed For Prostitution

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Deaf Woman Jailed For Prostitution

Deaf woman sentenced to two years for prostitution.



CORPUS CHRISTI, TX. (Kiii News) - A Deaf woman, 44-year old Lisa Bouillon, was given a two-year sentence for prostitution on Tuesday, after she was arrested for soliciting an undercover police officer.



Bouillon has been arrested several times in the past for solicitation, and that is what led to the tough sentence.



Sign language interpreters were on hand at the Nueces County Courthouse Monday for an unusual prostitution case, in which the defendant was Deaf.



Bouillon, was soliciting an undercover Corpus Christi police officer. Two sign language interpreters communicated each and every work to Bouillon as the first witness, an undercover police officer, testified about what led up to her arrest. A recording of the bust was played for jurors.



It's not the first time Bouillon had been charged with prostitution. She has been arrested several times in the past, and in 2010, she was sentenced to prison for that crime. SOURCE

Holmes Make It Right: Deaf Space

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Holmes Make It Right: Deaf Space

VIDEO [ASL/CC]- Holmes Make It Right: Deaf Space, All-New Episode: Breaking Through.



A Deaf woman homeowner tries to handle a bathroom renovation on her own after finding the right contractor proves harder than it looks.



But her DIY project turns into a nightmare, so she contacts the one contractor she can trust: Mike Holmes.



Mike comes to the rescue and discovers she hasnt had a working shower for months. But this standard bathroom reno turns into breakthrough project as Mike goes the extra mile to give her a 'Sign Language' friendly home.

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For more photos & videos, visit: http://www.holmesmakesitright.com

Deaf Girl Brutally Raped in India

Monday, April 15, 2013

Deaf Girl Brutally Raped in India

VIDEO: BIHAR, INDIA - In the backdrop of the JD(U) National Executive meet, emerges a sad, heartwrenching story of a young Deaf brutally raped in Chappra, Bihar in July last year.



Tired of approaching police officers and politicians in his district, the distraught father has made a last ditch effort to approach the Chief Minister for justice. Aafreen Alam brings us this story.

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New Hampshire Hospital Settles With Deaf Woman

Friday, April 5, 2013

New Hampshire Hospital Settles With Deaf Woman

VIDEO: New Hampshire hospital settles with Deaf woman. Monadnock Community Hospital of Peterborough has agreed to a settlement over allegations that it failed to provide appropriate aid and services under the American Disabilities Act.



PETERBOROUGH - The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that Monadnock Community Hospital has agreed to a $5,000 settlement with a Deaf woman who received medical care at the hospital in 2010, according to a statement from justice department officials.



The woman, Amy Dauphinais, communicates primarily through sign language, and alleges hospital officials failed to provide her with auxiliary aids during her stay there, which resulted in her being unable to communicate with hospital personnel, and instead relied on her minor daughter to interpret for her, according to the statement.

Monadnock Community Hospital.

Although the hospital agreed to pay Dauphinais $5,000, it did so without admitting liability in the incident, justice department officials said.



In a statement, hospital officials said there was "a strong difference of opinion on the facts of the patient visit that was the basis of the claim," and that "there was never any question of any adverse effect on the quality of care provided to any patient and MCH cooperated throughout the case. ...READ MORE: http://www.sentinelsource.com/news/local/local-hospital-settles-with-deaf-woman/article_96c3aaa8-af8f-5ddc-91eb-15a86a64508c.html

Deaf Woman Suing Former Employer For No Terps

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Deaf Woman Suing Former Employer For No Terps

Deaf woman suing former employer for not providing sign language interpreter. Discrimination suit filed.



ROSEVILLE - A local nonprofit dedicated to helping people with special needs is being sued for allegedly discriminating against a former employee with disabilities.



The lawsuit says Placer ARC violated federal law when it failed to provide reasonable accommodations to a Deaf employee.



Homeyra Kazerounian is Deaf and uses sign language to communicate. And according to a lawsuit, her supervisors failed to provide an interpreter for her during daily staff meetings and forced her to speak only in English.



“Literally she doesn’t speak anything. She uses American Sign Language,” said David Offen-Brown, Kazerounian’s attorney.



Kazarounian started working at Placer ARC’s Auburn office in 2005 was always given an interpreter during mandatory staff meetings, according to the federal lawsuit. But when she transferred to Roseville three years later, her attorneys says that all changed.



“They required her to communicate by writing notes,” said Offen-Brown.



According to a lawsuit filed by an attorney for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Kazerounian’s consistent requests for an interpreter went unfulfilled.



“This didn’t allow her to participate in the meetings, to ask questions, to make statements, to participate in discussions,” said Offen-Brown.



Placer ARC Executive Director Barbara Guenther wouldn’t go on camera, but released this statement: ...Read more: http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/03/26/deaf-woman-suing-former-employer-for-not-providing-sign-language-interpreter/

NY Man Brutal Stabbing of Deaf Teen Girlfriend

Thursday, March 21, 2013

NY Man Brutal Stabbing of Deaf Teen Girlfriend

VIDEO: Harlem man arrested for brutal stabbing of Deaf teen girlfriend. Bismark Lithgow, 24, charged in death of 19-year-old Francis Pellerano. Police say Lithgow stuffed the victim’s body into a 55-gallon drum.



NEW YORK CITY - A Harlem man was arrested for stabbing his Deaf teenage girlfriend to death and stuffing her body into a 55-gallon drum, cops said Thursday.



Bismark Lithgow, 24, was charged with murder in the killing of Francis Angelica Alfonso Pellerano, 19 whose bloodied body was found in a container in Lithgow’s Seventh Ave. apartment on March 2, cops said.



Lithgow’s grandmother made the grisly find after she drove her bipolar grandson to St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital because he was acting strange, sources said.



The city’s medical examiner later determined Pellerano was stabbed to death.

Pellerano, who attended the Rhode Island School for the Deaf, had recently moved from her native Dominican Republic to live with Lithgow and his grandmother before she was killed, sources said.



Lithgow, who is also Deaf and worked as a janitor for the New York Sports Club on W. 145th St., was arrested after he was released from the hospital on Wednesday. ...Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/uptown/harlem-man-arrested-stabbing-deaf-teen-girlfriend-article-1.1295053



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Deaf Woman's Body Found in Drum in NYC

Deaf Woman's Body Found in Drum in NYC

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Deaf Woman's Body Found in Drum in NYC

VIDEO: Providence woman's body found in drum in New York City.



NEW YORK CITY - A young woman from Providence was the victim of a gruesome murder in New York City.



The body of 19-year-old Francis Alfonso Pellerano was found in a 55-gallon drum inside a Harlem apartment over the weekend.



"I always knew that something was going to happen to her. I wasn't sleeping at night," the victim's father, Manuel Alfonso, told NBC 10 News through a translator.

Pellerano was Deaf and could not speak. She was a student at the Rhode Island School for the Deaf on and off for about five years, until she left the school late last year.



Family members said she went to New York with a young man she met on Facebook. He is also Deaf.



Media outlets in New York reported that Pellerano may have been planning to leave the boyfriend. Pellerano's body was found in the barrel by the boyfriend's grandmother, who smelled a foul odor.



There have been no arrests. The boyfriend is under psychiatric care in a New York hospital.



"I want justice because I know he's not crazy. He cleaned all the blood after he killed her," Alfonso said.



The Rhode Island School for the Deaf is planning a memorial for Pellerano. SOURCE