Deaf/Blind Teen Brutally Beaten By TSA Agents

VIDEO [CC] - <i><b>Deaf News: TSA sued for brutal beating Deaf, partially blind teen girl recovering from brain surgery at the Memphis Airport.</b></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/07/deafblind-teen-brutally-beaten-by-tsa.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Deaf and Blind Teen Girl Brutally Beaten By TSA Agents at the Memphis Airport"><img height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJKHUpJaIWUwg2Ib40MeZc4dBgBxdI7PkJHjhArLeN03mgWM15ZYaogFm3WSc5DqPqRqj8ldshs_oCBGN3ns_ElAAEdFhelV9X-RwXIzGYlHPvKyBpoYNazQqmj_w9bGrtTuq8H6FZ2CaO/s320/tsa-agents-brutally-beaten-deaf-girl.jpg" width="250" /></a>MEMPHIS, TN -- A teen just released from brain surgery was beaten by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_Security_Administration" target="_blank">Transportation Security Administration</a> (TSA) agents inside the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_International_Airport" target="_blank">Memphis International Airport</a> last year, a recent lawsuit alleges.<br /><br /><br /><br />The TSA is listed as a defendant in a suit accusing them of injuring a mentally <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability" target="_blank">disabled</a> teen after she was unable to understand or comply with orders at a security checkpoint.<br /><br /><br /><br />Newly surfaced photos show the aftermath of the June 30, 2015 incident, in which agents roughed up 19-year-old Hannah Cohen leaving her bloodied and bruised.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xqfpVWhLz_g" width="500"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">To activate this feature, press the "CC" button.</span></div><br /><br />“They wanted to do further scanning; she was reluctant. She didn’t understand what they were about to do,” her mother Shirley Cohen told <a href="http://wreg.com/2016/06/30/disabled-st-jude-patient-sues-airport-and-tsa-after-bloody-scuffle-with-airport-police/" target="_blank">WREG</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />The lawsuit claims before Hannah had brain tumor surgery at St. Jude’s hospital, she already had “a physical and mental impairment that substantially limit one or more of her life activities.”<br /><br /><br /><br />“More particularly,” the lawsuit continues, “Hannah has damage from radiation and removal of a brain tumor that substantially limits her ability to speak, walk, stand, see, hear, care for herself, learn and work, think, concentrate, and interact with others.”<br /><br /><br /><br />“This substantial limitation is obvious upon sight and was obvious” on the day of the incident, the lawsuit filed in US District Court states.<br /><br /><br /><br />“She’s trying to get away from them,” Hannah’s mother described, “but in the next instant, one of them had her down on the ground and hit her head on the floor. And I looked and there’s blood everywhere.”<br /><br /><br /><br />All the while Shirley was kept from being able to help her daughter, causing her “extreme emotional injury as she watched the personnel assault her daughter,” according to court documents obtained by Infowars.<br /><br /><br /><br />The <a href="http://www.flymemphis.com/airport-police" target="_blank">Memphis International Airport Police Department</a> is also included as a defendant in the suit for “arresting her for no cause.”<br /><br /><br /><br />“Hannah was arrested, booked and on the night she should have been celebrating the end of her treatment, she was locked up in Jail East,” reports WREG.<br /><br /><br /><br />“Here we were with nowhere to go, not even a toothbrush, our bags had gone to Chattanooga,” Shirley said.<br /><br /><br /><br />TSA did not comment on the case, but referred travelers with special accommodations to call their TSA Cares hotline. The Cohens’ are asking for $100,000 in damages.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://wreg.com/2016/06/30/disabled-st-jude-patient-sues-airport-and-tsa-after-bloody-scuffle-with-airport-police/" target="_blank">SOURCE</a>

Deaf/Blind Teen Brutally Beaten By TSA Agents

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Deaf-Blind Families For The Cogswell-Macy Act

VIDEO [CC] - <i><b>Deaf News: Deaf-Blind families for the Cogswell-Macy Act (H.R. 3535) in the United States.</b></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/03/deaf-blind-families-for-cogswell-macy.html" title="Deaf-Blind Families For The Cogswell-Macy Act"><img height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW7BjAsS043hcpC-SDM1C5TmCGhwyaxiGIkobZMQKpblaZnbJTqo35ZR0g1MRyegBjz7yh1bM_oIcRGx1XeWLjdYwtt4bO_aKo44G4EFGdwl7FzKX0T20fv-OHzZbBDAOQAhoIOrcqZdnt/s400/the-alice-cogswell-and-anne-sullivan-macy-act.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><br />WASHINGTON -- On September 17, 2015, a comprehensive BILL to reform the education of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_loss" target="_blank">Deaf, Hard of Hearing</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_impairment" target="_blank">Blind or Visually Impaired</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deafblindness" target="_blank">Deaf-Blind</a> students was introduced in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" target="_blank">U.S. House of Representatives</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />The bill was sponsored by Congressman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Cartwright" target="_blank">Matt Cartwright</a> (D- PA 17th), with original co-sponsors <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McKinley" target="_blank">David McKinley</a> (R-WV 1st), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Takano" target="_blank">Mark Takano</a> (D-CA 41st), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_C%C3%A1rdenas" target="_blank">Tony Cardenas</a> (D-CA 29th), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Castor" target="_blank">Kathy Castor</a> (D-FL 14th), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Grayson" target="_blank">Alan Grayson</a> (D-FL 9th), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Honda" target="_blank">Michael Honda</a> (D-CA 17th), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Huffman" target="_blank">Jared Huffman</a> (D-CA 2nd), and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Ryan_%28politician%29" target="_blank">Tim Ryan</a> (D-OH 13th). H.R. 3535, the <a href="http://ceasd.org/child-first/alice-cogswell" target="_blank">Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act</a>, will amend the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individuals_with_Disabilities_Education_Act" target="_blank">Individuals with Disabilities Education Act</a> to address the unique needs of these populations. This is truly a historic event, and we should be proud of our efforts to make this happen in the United States.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wVS3H9Z2FHM" width="500"></iframe></div><br /><br />However, there still is much work to be done. The bill needs to gain the sponsorship of many more <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress" target="_blank">House</a> members, and it needs to be introduced in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate" target="_blank">Senate</a>. Please take a few moments to contact your Congressional members to ask them to sponsor this bill. It is easy to contact them through their web site, and you can use the sample letters. Be sure to tailor them to your particular situation. Cogswell-Macy Act information can be found at <a href="http://ceasd.org/child-first/alice-cogswell" target="_blank">http://ceasd.org/child-first/alice-cogswell</a> and <a href="http://www.afb.org/info/get-connected/take-action/12" target="_blank">http://www.afb.org/info/get-connected/take-action/12</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Thanks for all you do to support Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Blind, Visually Impaired, and Deaf-Blind children in the United States.

Deaf-Blind Families For The Cogswell-Macy Act

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Deaf-Blind Housing Project In Winnipeg, Canada

VIDEO [CC] - <i><b>Deaf News: Deaf-Blind housing project will be first of its kind in Manitoba, Canada.</b></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/02/deaf-blind-housing-project-in-winnipeg.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Deaf-Blind Housing Project In Winnipeg"><img height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGuq9mOX3XYM4Fjs_5EhJBJoBjN4lf1ObpHmdxM2pKwhH_SKfMxanV2tTYA1AIdQfrMz6rtjKW1T6e9BYLKNPu_zKFF7gktRrWdGU8lj95dph4MF_50BXEHFEJ97fSC1NkurGu_ZqiH2G6/s320/bonnie-heath-and-gayle-northcott-winnipeg.jpg" width="300" /></a>CBC WINNIPEG -- 10 suites at <a href="http://www.gsac.ca/" target="_blank">Gas Station Arts Centre</a> redevelopment will be designed for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deafblindness" target="_blank">Deaf-Blind</a> people. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnipeg" target="_blank">Winnipeg</a> will soon be one of the first cities in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" target="_blank">Canada</a> to have specialized housing designed for people who are both Deaf and Blind.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/bonniejheath" target="_blank">Bonnie Heath</a>, executive director of the <a href="http://www.rcmdb.mb.ca/" target="_blank">Resource Centre for Manitobans</a> who are Deaf-Blind, has put down payments on 10 suites in the residential portion of the new Gas Station Arts Centre, which is slated for the corner of River Avenue and Osborne Street.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/deaf-blind-housing-winnipeg-1.3463122" target="_blank">Watch The Original CBC News With Subtitles</a></span></div><br /><br />"We're very excited," Heath said, adding that the need for this kind of housing is great.<br /><br /><br /><br />"The Deaf-Blind individuals that I'm in contact with in their own homes right now feel isolated and unsafe."<br /><br /><br /><br />She added, "You have a combination of you can't see and you can't hear; you don't know who's coming into your place. You don't know, for example, one of my Deaf-Blind friends said she wouldn't even know the toilet was running over until the water was at her ankles in the dining room."<br /><br /><br /><br />Heath works with dozens of Manitobans who are Deaf-Blind - people with a combination of no vision or low vision and hearing that rely on interpreters to communicate.<br /><br /><br /><br />The apartments will not only bring members of the Deaf-Blind community under one roof, the apartments will be designed with them and for them for safer and easier living, said Heath.<br /><br /><br /><br />"Sharp edges, you know, things that we take for granted when we can see, getting around corners - those types of things will be avoided."<br /><br /><br /><br />Winnipeg-based architect <a href="http://www.cohlarch.ca/" target="_blank">Steve Cohlmeyer</a>, whose resume includes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forks,_Winnipeg" target="_blank">The Forks</a>, will tackle the project, which he acknowledges will be a first for him.<br /><br /><br /><br />"At the level of problem-solving, I think it's really exciting - and exciting because there's a whole service aspect and a kind of integration of a whole group I was unaware of when I first got the call," he said.<br /><br /><br /><br />Some of the features Cohlmeyer is considering is a tactile approach to design - for example, surfaces that will distinguish between rooms.<br /><br /><br /><br />"For people who have no <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_perception" target="_blank">sight</a> and zero <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing" target="_blank">hearing</a>, we'll certainly want to explore the kinds of things you can help feel your way through a space," he said, adding that for people with partial sight, high-contrast spaces may be important.<br /><br /><br /><br />"Exaggerated colour difference or dark and light contrast will be a helpful thing to have," he said. "So you can see where a door cabinet is against a light floor as opposed to all-white cabinets and all-white floors."<br /><br /><br /><br />In the coming months, Cohlmeyer will visit Deaf-Blind clients to "watch how they live" to source his design solutions. He said he is also travelling to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto" target="_blank">Toronto</a> and the United States to visit existing Deaf-Blind housing to learn what works well and what doesn't.<br /><br /><br /><br />"Even when you're well-acquainted with an environment you can still bump into things, so we want to be watching and learning as much as we can about how we facilitate movement and operation of equipment within the unit itself and how they can move again between the unit and even elevators and an outdoor terrace." <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/deaf-blind-housing-winnipeg-1.3463122" target="_blank">Source</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Related Deaf Winnipeggers:</b><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/02/deaf-peg-faced-disrespect-during.html">Deaf 'Peg Faced 'Disrespect' During Traffic Stops</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/01/study-on-sarcasm-and-american-sign.html">Study on Sarcasm and American Sign Language</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2015/06/deaf-canadians-gallaudet-dream.html">Deaf Canadian's Gallaudet Dream</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2013/10/manitoba-deaf-athletes-to-get-more-sign.html">Manitoba Deaf Athletes To Get More Sign Language Help</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2013/07/manitoba-swimmer-at-deaflympics_25.html">Manitoba Swimmer At Deaflympics</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2014/06/deaf-homeless-man-in-compassionate.html">Deaf Homeless Man In Compassionate Gesture</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2015/02/deaf-canadian-curling-champion-dies.html">Deaf Canadian Curling Champion Dies</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2015/01/winnipeg-most-racist-city-in-canada.html">Winnipeg Most Racist City In Canada: Maclean's</a>

Deaf-Blind Housing Project In Winnipeg, Canada

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