Deaf, Gay and Angry - All About Racism & Privilege

VIDEO: <i><b>Ricky Taylor's ASL rants "All About Racism & Privilege."</b></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/03/deaf-gay-and-angry-all-about-racism.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Ridor - Ricky Taylor"><img height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgutha6GRYbC3mdg1_a9CWdxsybTXTBHvf24CqKIEDrf9wQmkKGZBHNGToq_qXK0h5TMOwaWdkQg8gRQ9EHK1Yb4pLMh8I06SseC_uiJglkfuswDh-ZNdFGdBDC7FThbyEQta3wq5K9PsEJ/s1600/deaf-gay-angry-cover-ricky-taylor.jpg" width="170" /></a>The video producer by openly <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deafness" target="_blank">Deaf</a> Gay Ricky Taylor aka <a href="https://www.youtube.com/ridor9th" target="_blank">Ridor9th</a>, also well known as one of the most controversial bloggers in Deaf community, posted and shares the ASL rant vlog. Please note that this is 64 minutes long. Covering on many things in life about racism & privilege which is widespread all across many Deaf communities, Deaf schools, Deaf sports, Deaf individuals, Deaf cliques, Deaf organizations on every level.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/o0fYtht1W5s" width="500"></iframe></div><br /><br />* Disclaimer & Background<br /><br />* The List of Privileges & Oppression<br /><br />* Did You Do This On Your Free Time?<br /><br />* Deaf Privileges<br /><br />* 5, not 4, Prime Examples % Academic & College Bowls % Clerc Classic % Leala Holcomb % The Bonheyos % Nyle DiMarco<br /><br />* Fundraising I: Deaf Privileges<br /><br />* Fundraising II: Racism<br /><br />* Remember Dr. Angela McCaskill?<br /><br />* Angela's Thoughts (and Felt) Are Valid<br /><br />* Unequal Response: Racism? By Franklin Jones Jr<br /><br />* THIS IS PRIVILEGE<br /><br />* Gallaudet Must Discipline Mary Keane<br /><br />* No, You Are Not Qualified<br /><br />* #BlackLivesMatter<br /><br />* 2 Incidents in North Carolina and Kentucky<br /><br />* Where is Marlee Matlin?<br /><br />* Trump Made Fun of Disabled People<br /><br />* Public Figure & Private Person<br /><br />* Border Wall Is (going to American's ultimate) Suicidal.<br /><br /><br /><br />This is it - You've reached the place that perhaps the only Deaf Gay man that knew almost ... everything about your lives. Enjoy the ride. Cheers, R-<br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Follow Ridor9th on social media:</b><br /><br />Subscribe - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/ridor9th" target="_blank">http://youtube.com/ridor9th</a><br /><br />Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/ridor9th" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ridor9th</a><br /><br />Twitpic - <a href="http://www.twitpic.com/photos/ridor9th" target="_blank">http://twitpic.com/photos/ridor9th</a><br /><br />Tumblr - <a href="https://www.tumblr.com/search/ridor9th" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ridor9th</a><br /><br />PlusGoogle - <a href="https://plus.google.com/114833106602787230421/posts" target="_blank">https://plus.google.com/ridor9th/posts</a><br /><br />Blog - <a href="http://ridor.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://ridor.blogspot.com</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Related:</b> <a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/search/label/Deaf%20Gay%20and%20Angry">#Deaf, Gay and Angry</a>

Deaf, Gay and Angry - All About Racism & Privilege

VIDEO: Ricky Taylor's ASL rants "All About Racism & Privilege." The video producer by openly Deaf Gay Ricky Taylor aka Ri...

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Save Ontario Schools, Deaf Community Says

VIDEO - <i><b>Deaf News: Petition to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to save PSB schools in Ontario, Deaf community says.</b></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/03/save-ontario-schools-deaf-community-says.html" title="Save PSB Schools Petition - Ontario Canada"><img height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC-nL1lhNkqiMI1D_egVM_HZ2nWKNagdQ-Y7va_n38cvCF3Ggu9k-iqQm6LUQU1OAfFRc1gOye6rXM7lD2d7HaeQY47T_CNXCvr9zYk_XjM3EuBnagBYhZo6aoj-2jBUdHXeGuAoK-qzIJ/s400/save-psb-schools-ontario-deaf-schools.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><br />LONDON, ON -- <a href="http://www.lfpress.com/2016/03/09/save-schools-deaf-community-says" target="_blank">London Free Press</a>: The province’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_loss" target="_blank">Deaf</a> community and their supporters are putting pressure on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario" target="_blank">Ontario</a>’s government this week, calling on them to keep schools for the Deaf and special needs students open.<br /><br /><br /><br />Executive director of the <a href="http://www.deafontario.ca/" target="_blank">Ontario Association of the Deaf</a>, as well as parents of kids who attend so-called demonstration schools - they’re funded outside the traditional school board model will be with <a href="http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_detail.do?locale=en&ID=7183" target="_blank">London Fanshawe MPP Teresa Armstrong</a> Thursday, in whose riding <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robarts_School_for_the_Deaf" target="_blank">Robarts</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dspschool/" target="_blank">Amethyst</a> schools are located.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eZDJxdFxv94" width="500"></iframe></div><br /><br />Save PSB Schools Petition: <a href="https://www.change.org/p/justin-trudeau-save-psb-schools" target="_blank">https://change.org/p/justin-trudeau-save-psb-schools</a><br /><br /><br /><br />The group will make a presentation on the future of five such schools, including the two in London.<br /><br /><br /><br />“The vague, uncertain messages from the Ministry (of Education) has affected our community-wide morale, self-esteem,” said David Wiesblatt, president of the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LondonCentreDeaf/" target="_blank">London Club of the Deaf</a>, which is organizing one of three provincial community forums on Friday.<br /><br /><br /><br />Armstrong could not be reached by press time.<br /><br /><br /><br />Robarts teaches Deaf students in their first language, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Sign_Language" target="_blank">American Sign Language</a>, giving students a sense of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaf_culture" target="_blank">community and culture</a>, proponents say.<br /><br /><br /><br />Amethyst is for students of average to high intelligence who have severe learning <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability" target="_blank">disabilities</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />Students live at both schools, operated separately on Highbury Avenue, and go home on weekends.<br /><br /><br /><br />The 2012 Drummond Report, which contained suggestions for the province on how to save money, recommended closing demonstration schools and integrating students in mainstream schools.<br /><br /><br /><br />“Robarts has wonderful staff, administrators and facilities to support and serve our Deaf kids to thrive. We have many, many successful stories from the students and transfers from mainstream schools,” said Wiesblatt.<br /><br /><br /><br />Many fear community consultations are a sham and the province has already made up its mind about the closings.<br /><br /><br /><br />The total budget for the nine provincial and demonstration schools is $87.6 million. This includes salaries, operating costs and capital expenditures. Only five of the schools are under review.<br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Deaf Schools Under Reviews:</b><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robarts_School_for_the_Deaf" target="_blank">Robarts School for the Deaf</a> (London): 25 senior students and 40 elementary-aged pupils.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.psbnet.ca/Eng/schools/amethyst/index.html" target="_blank">Amethyst Demonstration School</a> (London): Maximum 42 students a year.<br /><br /><br /><br />Others: <a href="http://www.psbnet.ca/Eng/schools/trillium/index.html" target="_blank">Trillium Demonstration School</a> (Milton), <a href="http://www.psbnet.ca/Eng/schools/sagonaska/index.html" target="_blank">Sagonaska Demonstration School</a> (Belleville), <a href="http://www.centrejulesleger.com/index2.htm" target="_blank">Centre Jules-Leger</a> (Ottawa.)<br /><br /><br /><br />Save PSB Schools Petition: <a href="https://www.change.org/p/justin-trudeau-save-psb-schools" target="_blank">https://www.change.org/p/justin-trudeau-save-psb-schools</a> Sign up to support to save Deaf Schools in Canada.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.lfpress.com/2016/03/09/save-schools-deaf-community-says" target="_blank">SOURCE</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Related Canadian Deaf Schools:</b><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/02/deaf-schools-in-belleville-worried.html">Deaf Schools In Belleville Worried About Future</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2015/10/canadian-deaf-superintendent-now.html">Canadian 'Deaf Superintendent Now' Movement</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/01/deaf-canadian-schools-in-lawsuit.html">Deaf Canadian Schools In Lawsuit Alleging Abuse</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/02/deaf-students-abused-by-priests-win-30.html">Deaf Students Abused By Priests Win $30-Million</a>

Save Ontario Schools, Deaf Community Says

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Deaf Schools In Belleville Worried About Future

<i><b>Deaf News: Dozens of local Deaf and students and their service providers are dreading a recent announcement Deaf Schools into closures in Ontario.</b></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/02/deaf-schools-in-belleville-worried.html" title="Sir James Whitney and Sagonaska Demonstration Secondary School"><img height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJB-3ScHUiVU8y_Y8OFVWhaX8QJ-DswJEOaDT7ZtnZdn7c5_bSLKBGvrgzjgVYxNatpfbAo1yluyRbIkbG8Z-CsVvSXzf53S3UEw9FFlblHv6CmJ7jaJiOfdswKNgtbkOPGnr0yAaAWTPr/s400/belleville-deaf-schools.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><br />BELLEVILLE, ON -- <a href="http://www.intelligencer.ca/2016/02/26/deaf-schools-worried-about-future" target="_blank">Intelligencer</a>: Dozens of local <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_loss" target="_blank">Deaf</a> and learning disabled students and their service providers are dreading a recent announcement of the need for efficiency at five specialized institutions across the province will translate into school closures.<br /><br /><br /><br />Union representatives held a meeting in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belleville,_Ontario" target="_blank">Belleville</a> Friday to rally students, staff and parent support in their bid to stave off what they say will be imminent school closures unless action is taken to demonstrate a strong case for why local public schools aren’t properly equipped to provide the specialized services delivered by institution like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_James_Whitney_School_for_the_Deaf" target="_blank">Sir James Whitney and Sagonaska Demonstration Secondary School</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />“Closure are going to happen if we don’t do something,” said Daryl O’Grady, local president for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Public_Service_Employees_Union" target="_blank">Ontario Public Service Employees Union</a> (OPSEU). “We’re getting a campaign together to fight.”<br /><br /><br /><br />He said the Education Ministry is linking planned reductions to declining Deaf student enrollment.<br /><br /><br /><br />“They sat back and watched these programs get to where they are now so they can come and say we don’t have the numbers,” O’Grady said. “As a union we will be calling them out on that. This is a good turnout and it shows that people are concerned here,” he said, of the meeting held at the Travelodge Hotel on Friday.<br /><br /><br /><br />Ann Carr, a former counsellor at the local schools, warned that inaction will be costly once the school year ends and changes are implemented in the fall.<br /><br /><br /><br />“These children need people qualified to be with them,” Carr said. “When these children go into the regular system they’re just going to have someone who took a regular <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_language" target="_blank">sign language</a> course. If I were you guys I would go to the local public board and find out what they’re going to do for your kids before the cuts come.<br /><br /><br /><br />“You are in danger,” Carr said. “These kids have a right.”<br /><br /><br /><br />She urged students and staff to lobby the mayor and other levels of government to back their campaign to protect jobs and specialized student education here.<br /><br /><br /><br />“If you don’t do it now, at the end of June you guys are going to have nothing,” said Carr. “At the end of June they’re going to say goodbye. This is for real, you have to start moving today.”<br /><br /><br /><br />Sarah Colbeck is not only a social worker providing services at both aforementioned schools, but she’s also speaks from the unique perspective of being a mother with four children taught at the Dundas Street West site.<br /><br /><br /><br />“Deaf children get full access to certain services for free,” Colbeck said of the current system, which if changed will force parents to either send students to schools farther away or foot the bill to find services and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Sign_Language" target="_blank">American Sign Language</a> tutors.<br /><br /><br /><br />“Once you close that school it’s going to be a disaster,” Colbeck said. “It’s going to have a big impact on the hearing schools (public schools) as well because they’re not prepared to cater to each student’s needs. Many professionals in these schools have no idea how to approach a Deaf child and their needs.”<br /><br /><br /><br />The other option is send children to public schools with limited resources to tailor to each student’s individual needs.<br /><br /><br /><br />“The community and parents have to work together and fight,” Colbeck said. “We have to spread more awareness that the schools actually benefit the children.” The prospect of job losses also hangs over her head.<br /><br /><br /><br />In her current role, Colbeck is employed .5 at Sir James Whitney and .5 at Sagonaska, so “if Sagonaska closes I would lose .5 of my job this fall and how am I supposed to support my family,” she said through an interpreter. <a href="http://www.intelligencer.ca/2016/02/26/deaf-schools-worried-about-future" target="_blank">Source</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Related Post:</b> <a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/search/label/Deaf%20Canadians">#Deaf Canadians</a> - <a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/search/label/Deaf%20Schools" target="_blank">#Deaf Schools</a>

Deaf Schools In Belleville Worried About Future

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Deaf Students Abused By Priests Win $30-Million

<i><b>Deaf News - Deaf students abused by priests at Clercs de St. Viateur win record $30-million settlement in Quebec, Canada.</b></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/02/deaf-students-abused-by-priests-win-30.html" title="Deaf students abused by priests at Clercs de Saint Viateur"><img height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF-IOHqE9lZz-lF4Rwuj3tBB-57NesdEhoXtl507b3bxDFVB8GfW3Nd2Jji0rOA-VKn3lLaRXbHxDf0ebhv_0KOphyhQKICR6DkAtVigoQLdvrq940Nesy5t4uPg-yBx0gnnR0ce5N0v7q/s400/deaf-students-abused-by-priests-at-clercs-de-st-viateur.jpeg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><br />MONTREAL, PQ -- For the 150 victims, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_loss" target="_blank">Deaf</a> and severely traumatized, it took decades to come forward with their accounts of sexual abuse at the hands of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerics_of_Saint_Viator" target="_blank">Clercs de Saint-Viateur</a>. <br /><br /><br /><br />But they finally named the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_institute_%28Catholic%29" target="_blank">33 priests and religious staff</a> and five lay people who they say abused them at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_School_for_the_Deaf" target="_blank">Montreal Institute for the Deaf</a>, a boarding-school for young boys run by the <a href="http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2016/02/17/les-clercs-de-saint-viateur-et-linstitut-raymond-dewar-verseront-30-millions-de-dollars-aux-victimes-dagressions-sexuelles" target="_blank">Clercs</a>, and on Wednesday they were awarded $30 million – by far the largest settlement for sexual assault in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec" target="_blank">Quebec</a> history.<br /><br /><br /><br />At the top of the list is <a href="http://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogie=Anthime_Paiement&pid=682065&lng=fr" target="_blank">Father Anthime Paiement</a>, accused of sexual assault by 24 young boys at the Institute. Most of the boys were around 10 or 11 years old at the time; some were as young as seven. Paiement’s obituary in 1998, at the age of 91, said he devoted his entire life to the Deaf, as a teacher and chaplain at the Institute, among other places.<br /><br /><br /><br />Then came <a href="http://www.ccsmm.net/csv2012.html" target="_blank">Brother Philippe Paquette</a>, who 10 victims said repeatedly assaulted them, in the dormitory or the classrooms or priests’ quarters, where he lived from 1949 to 1984.<br /><br /><br /><br />According to his obituary, his tasks included teaching the “little ones,” surveillance, cinema, and discipline. He died in 2009 at the age of 82.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ccsmm.net/csv2012.html" target="_blank">Brother Gérard Barrette</a>, meanwhile, was accused by seven plaintiffs in the class action suit of anal rape, among other things. Perhaps he is still alive.<br /><br /><br /><br />The abuse spanned from 1940 to 1982. Some of the victims were abused over the Christmas holidays. Some were abused throughout their first year at the school on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villeray,_Montreal" target="_blank">St-Laurent Blvd. in Villeray</a> in 1962. Others were assaulted on a regular basis, over their entire stay – up to seven years’ time.<br /><br /><br /><br />The list of abusers also includes the director of the institute, the nurse, the dormitory supervisor, and the priest at the confessional. According to one victim, the boys soon stopped going to confession. Another said he was abused by a priest, and when he sought help at the infirmary, he was assaulted there too.<br /><br /><br /><br />For Robert Kugler, who has represented the victims since the class action lawsuit was launched in 2010, the amount of the award reflects the extent of the abuse and the vulnerability of the victims.<br /><br /><br /><br />“All the victims were handicapped – they were <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_loss" target="_blank">Deaf</a> and had difficulty communicating. They were stuck,” said Kugler, of the firm Kugler Kandestin. “It’s simply tragic.”<br /><br /><br /><br />While no amount of money can replace what the victims lost in their lives, Kugler continued, it can help them move forward, get therapy and improve the rest of their lives. <br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clercs_de_Saint-Viateur" target="_blank">The Clercs de Saint-Viateur du Canada</a> will pay $20 million, while the <a href="http://www.raymond-dewar.qc.ca/" target="_blank">Institut Raymond-Dewar</a> – the new name for the Montreal Institute for the Deaf, as of 1984 – will pay $10 million.<br /><br /><br /><br />If divided equally among the 150 victims, the $30 million would amount to $200,000 each.<br /><br /><br /><br />But Kugler expects more victims will likely come forward, now that they have reason to believe it will lead to compensation. And an adjudicator, former Court of Appeals Judge André Forget, will be tasked with interviewing the plaintiffs, in private, to determine whether they deserve the base amount of compensation, 25 per cent more, or 50 per cent more, depending on the gravity of the abuse, and the gravity of the consequences of the abuse. <br /><br /><br /><br />In 2011, the <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congr%C3%A9gation_de_Sainte-Croix" target="_blank">Congrégation de Sainte-Croix</a> accepted to pay $18 million to former students who were sexually abused between 1950 and 1991 by members of the order in various schools, including Notre-Dame College in Montreal. <a href="http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/deaf-students-abused-by-priests-at-clercs-de-st-viateur-win-record-30-million-settlement" target="_blank">Read The Full Story</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Related:</b><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2012/12/montreal-institute-for-deaf-ex-students.html">Montreal Institute For The Deaf Ex-Students Allege Horrific Abuses</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2012/11/sexual-abuse-children-at-montreal.html">Sexual Abuses Children At Montreal School For The Deaf</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2012/10/mea-maxima-culpa-silence-in-house-of-god.html">Mea Maxima Culpa Silence In House Of God</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Related Post:</b> <a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/search/label/Deaf%20Canadians" target="_blank">#Deaf Canadians</a>

Deaf Students Abused By Priests Win $30-Million

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Maryland Court Reverses Deaf Sex Conviction

VIDEO - <i><b>Deaf News: Court reverses conviction of man accused of sexual abuse at Maryland School for the Deaf.</b></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/01/maryland-court-reverses-deaf-sex.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Clarence Cepheus Taylor accused of sexual abuse at Maryland School for the Deaf"><img height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJpeX6MwV1OIFyqxtuGGBjjNP47HQB-MeMOwta7o8xWXBYz9K5mEnDoH9cI6UH0N3wyLlcQf-9BLyabkZjM5b2ulanlVDcaHV66ug5XRk84nOA-rh093bEjok3t-subNToVPFAJ_t7hDJ/s320/clarence-cepheus-taylor-sex-abusing-msd.jpg" width="300" /></a>FREDERICK, MD -- The state's second-highest court reversed the conviction of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_loss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Deaf</a> man accused of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abuse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sexually abusing</a> two girls at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_School_for_the_Deaf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maryland School for the Deaf</a> because he wasn't able to question the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_interpretation#Sign_language" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">interpreter's translation</a> of his responses during a police interrogation.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_Court_of_Special_Appeals" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Court of Special Appeals</a> said Clarence Cepheus Taylor III, 40, was denied his constitutional right to confront and cross-examine the interpreter during his trial in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_Circuit_Courts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Howard County Circuit Court</a> in November 2013, the opinion said. Taylor said an interpreter who translated during his five-hour interrogation with a Howard County police detective had incorrectly interpreted his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_language" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sign-language</a> statements.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/n0IlORpBCWQ" width="500"></iframe></div><br /><br />"It becomes kind of a game of telephone. A lot can be lost in those steps," said Taylor's attorney, Brandon Mead. He said Taylor's family has suffered, and his client has maintained his innocence.<br /><br /><br /><br />Howard County state's attorney's office spokesman T. Wayne Kirwan said the office intends to appeal.<br /><br /><br /><br />Taylor, who worked as a school aide, was sentenced to seven years in February 2014 after being found guilty of sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl and a 12-year-old girl at the Columbia campus. <a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/bs-md-ho-deaf-conviction-reversed-20160128-story.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read The Full Article</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Related:</b><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2013/11/verdict-in-maryland-deaf-school-sex.html">Verdict In Maryland Deaf School Sex Abuse Case</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2013/10/maryland-school-for-deaf-sex-abuse-case.html">Maryland School For The Deaf Abuse Sex Case</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2013/11/courtroom-sign-language-prohibited.html">Courtroom Sign Language Prohibited Raise Concerns</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2012/12/deaf-aide-teacher-charged-with-sexual.html">Deaf Aide Teacher Charged With Sexual Abuse</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/01/maryland-court-reverses-deaf-sex.html">Maryland Court Reverses Deaf Sex Conviction</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Related Post:</b> <a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/search/label/Deaf%20Schools">@Deaf Schools</a>

Maryland Court Reverses Deaf Sex Conviction

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