Category Archives: Indiana DeafTimes
Quarrel Over Deaf Education Flares Again
93.1 WIBC Indianapolis By Eric Berman (eric@wibc.com) One advocacy group is demanding more deaf people on a panel that will create a new outreach center for deaf children. A battle over whether the deaf should speak or use American Sign Language has raged since the days of … Read More…
Deaf Baseball and Softball Event
The California School for the Deaf in Riverside is hosting the Hoy XII Baseball and Softball Classic on April 27-28. During this event, teams from Riverside, CA, Fremont, CA, Indiana, Texas, and Maryland will be competing against each other.
How Indiana Took Sides In A Debate Over Deaf Schools
StateImpact Indiana By Kyle Stokes Grant Phillips, who is completely deaf, attends Covenant Christian High School in Indianapolis. Phillips has had a cochlear implant since he was 16 months old, which allows him to hear. The device’s use has been controversial within the … Click here…
Deaf students, aged 8 and 13, caught having sex on school bus
Daily Mail By Rachel Quigley Two young deaf students were caught on camera having sex on a school bus while adults and other students were present. Police said the 13-year-old boy and eight-year-old girl were students at the Indiana School for the Deaf in … Click here…
House approves center for deaf
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana House on Tuesday narrowly accepted final changes to a bill creating a new center for deaf and hearing-impaired Hoosiers meant to give unbiased information on educational options for parents. House Bill 1367 passed 54-36 and … Click here…
Public’s denial driving frustrations of the deaf
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette … go on the Internet, discover a deaf community sharply divided between supporters of oralism and manualism, panic, and somehow decide they’ll embrace the oral camp while never trusting any single living American Sign Language user ever again. Click here…
Is Deaf School a target?
Indianapolis Star The National Association of the Deaf has taken up the cause, and deaf advocates far and wide are watching. That is unfortunate, says Naomi Horton, … Click Here…
Indianapolis Indiana bill sparks debate in deaf community
WTHR Entertainment News from AP Many people from Indiana’s deaf and hard of hearing community converged on the Statehouse Thursday. They were there to debate a bill that would take the outreach and consultation services out of the Indiana School for the … Click here…
New Deaf School Board Looks To Quell Controversy
New Deaf School Board Looks To Quell Controversy WRTV Indianapolis INDIANAPOLIS — New board members at the Indiana School for the Deaf told protesting parents Wednesday they have no intention of doing away with American Sign Language. Controversy first erupted in May when Gov. Mitch Daniels appointed four new board …
