DeafHope, a non-profit organization founded and run by Deaf women, will be featured on CNN on Tuesday, November 27 and again on Thursday, December 6. Based in the San Francisco Bay area, DeafHope’s mission is “to end domestic and sexual violence against Deaf women and children through empowerment, education and services.” Currently, DeafHope provides peer…
Month: November 2007
Now You Can Listen To The Radio!
By Adam Stone
Alas, deaf people! How tragic our collective disability is! We are lacking in hearing, and because of this, the world of radio is a mysterious realm. FM 98.1 has as much meaning to us as coriander does to a person who cannot taste. How many of you know about NPR–National Public Radio? According to my dad,…
Deaf Children: More ER-Prone?
By Adam Stone
According to an article in The Annals of Family Medicine, the answer is yes. The lead-in to the New York Times article that cites this study reads, Children who have hearing problems are much more likely than other children to end up in an emergency room with a wide variety of injuries, researchers say. Score one for deaf…