https://www.katc.com/news/katc-investigates/the-disappearance-of-joyce-thomas Joyce Thomas lived in an apartment in Ville Platte. She had grown kids, and she liked to go to the casino. Evangeline Downs was her favorite. She was deaf, and she couldn’t speak. She communicated using hand gestures, and by writing things down. One day she was at the Walmart near her home and…

Decatur Store Refused to Accommodate Deaf Applicant During Hiring Process Federal Agency Charges DECATUR, Ill. – Walmart violated federal law by failing to provide an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter for an applicant and failing to hire the qualified applicant because he is deaf, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit…

Deaf people are highly vulnerable to disaster risk but tend to be excluded from programs aimed at boosting preparedness and resilience, our research has found. Our study, published in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, examined the challenges the New South Wales Deaf community faces in accessing the support they need to effectively respond…

Jolene Madison has been named president of the S.C. School for the Deaf and the Blind. She brings 25 years of experience in special education to the position and has served as the school’s director of education and special education services since 2018. “I am honored to be selected as the next president of the…

The 93rd Academy Awards are being trolled on Twitter for cutting away from hearing-impaired actress Marlee Matlin during her speech. Matlin, the only performer with her condition to have won an Oscar was one of the presenters this year, and was signing her speech along with an interpreter when the telecast cut her midway. A…