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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Infighting In Deaf Communities Over Identities

VIDEO [CC] - <i><b>Watch Artie Mack's thoughts and feelings about infighting in Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities over identities.</b></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/infighting-in-deaf-communities-over.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Deaf Identity Not Disability"><img height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAcHr3Zpl7zhsFDWKSBBXi_tmanZPIxOCa0fMQpnBcW0ZjQH1A3IRrpftTP1d495XsK0QgA3uNkGlcv0kqR031T5k8BUuOhNE-QrRHS-f3av5CNTLxYpDAJflkeok13vo_AMfTLmcMugT5/s200/deaf-identity-not-disability.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7haCBVibrbt5S6dcLh6o7w" target="_blank">Artie Mack</a> share his thoughts and feelings toward people dictating the use of the word "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability" target="_blank">disability</a>" and the supposed negative connotations associated with the word, as well as infighting in Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities regarding who gets to be considered "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_loss" target="_blank">Deaf</a>" and problems with ignoring the hearing spectrum 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/4x3LPIrrkqU" 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 /><b>Artie Mack on YouTube</b> - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7haCBVibrbt5S6dcLh6o7w" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/channel/artiemack</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Related:</b> <a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2015/09/deaf-lives-matter.html">Deaf Lives Matter</a>

Infighting In Deaf Communities Over Identities

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#NoGoBritain - Failing The Deaf ?

VIDEO [CC] - <i><b>Deaf News: No Go Britain: Failing the Deaf in the UK ?</b></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/nogobritain-failing-deaf.html" title="#NoGoBritain"><img height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij9N77vydAYhu4dGtCU5szisQK5Bd-ZP8i5Nkwz9-3XF9pivYJhniHx1ujg_4XZwzRBa4KndHVzF-Q4R6NMPdmD2KBCjKe0UAjLmJ5BAB3GZ9VfJ9gi_p-AChr-1CH0xnZJFILkEjNz7FI/s320/nogobritain.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><br />LONDON, UK -- A new report from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Deaf_Children's_Society" target="_blank">National Deaf Children's Society</a> (NDCS) says that, ten years on from the introduction of hearing screening for new-born babies, the benefits are being undermined by lack of support for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_loss" target="_blank">Deaf</a> children and their families. Three quarters of such children arrive in school lagging behind their peers in terms of development and, by their teens, they are almost twice as likely to fail to achieve five good GCSEs (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Certificate_of_Secondary_Education" target="_blank">General Certificate of Secondary Education</a>).<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/D5QX6_4koPY" 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 />In the third report of our series on the challenges faced by disabled people in Britain, Jackie Long has been finding out how some families cope.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-QPg2ct3KVg" 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 />Challenges for disabled people: welcome to No Go Britain - Disabled filmmaker Kate Ansell went to meet some of the people who are finding their ambitions thwarted, and have resolved to make 2016 the year they start breaking down the barriers. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/Channel4News" target="_blank">SOURCE</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Follow No Go Britain on Social Media:</b><br /><br />Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nogobritain/" target="_blank">https://facebook.com/nogobritain/</a><br /><br />Twitter Hashtag - <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nogobritain" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/hashtag/nogobritain</a><br /><br />Official Website - <a href="http://www.channel4.com/news/no-go-britain" target="_blank">http://channel4.com/news/no-go-britain</a>

#NoGoBritain - Failing The Deaf ?

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The Deaf Talent Project - GoFundMe

VIDEO [CC] - <i><b>GoFundMe - The Deaf Talent Project for the community.</b></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-deaf-talent-project-gofundme.html" title="The Deaf Talent Project"><img height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiST9QDeoTbYAeIY9FPVODWz5mXZ-pwBVIe99OXJ834Tm43xwawpwX0Sc3xCRvpVDPM_rVo_ZlS5LI1ydlx37CwLQBLDr7P8xwgWOsTnYZ-gv1j1ReyFghOrRMCahx_RF6LjBVH3m2xHfTr/s400/deaf-talent-project.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><br />We are a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_loss" target="_blank">Deaf</a> fimmaking team and there is nothing we are more passionate about than seeing the accurate representation of the Deaf on the media and equal access to jobs for all peoples with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability" target="_blank">disabilities</a> in the entertainment industry.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ALBr_txNDXU" 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 />This is why we support the <a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/search/label/%23DeafTalent">#DeafTalent</a> movement and this is why we are working to create a <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/deaftalent" target="_blank">#DeafTalent PSA</a> where Deaf talent in front of and behind a the camera can show the world their skills. Our project will showcase popular Deaf professionals in entertainmnet fields such as: acting, directing, modeling, writing, dancing etc. connecting them and thier work with the public. Now we need your help! Donate to help the project: <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/deaftalent" target="_blank">HERE</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />In order to make a high quality product that does justice to the talent of it's 100% Deaf cast and crew we need to fundraise money to rent filming equipment, studios space, food for the cast and crew, flying out some of the name talent signed onto the project, and marketing to make sure this project gets in front of the people who make decisions in the industry.<br /><br /><br /><br />So, please donate whatever you can to help us achieve our goal! If you can't donate funds but have another way of helping us spread the world about Deaf talent whether it be through food donations, connections to publicity for the project, or simply by sharing this campaign every little bit helps! Donate to help the project: <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/deaftalent" target="_blank">https://www.gofundme.com/deaftalent</a>. We are so grateful for all of your love and support! <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/deaftalent" target="_blank">Read More</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Related Post:</b> <a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/search/label/%23DeafTalent">#DeafTalent</a> - <a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/search/label/Amanda%20McDonough">#Amanda McDonough</a>

The Deaf Talent Project - GoFundMe

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Deaf Customer Upset With McDonalds Drive-Thru

VIDEO [CC] - <i><b>Deaf News: Exclusive interview with Deaf customer who is upset with McDonald's over treatment in Nebraska.</b></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/02/deaf-customer-upset-with-mcdonalds.html" title="Deaf customer upset with McDonalds over discrimination"><img height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJwiF4no-OhMly8j5bwU7azVkI2lotxr-DNm-DlVKBUCtEN6bFpcCJvOi_02i_bZkn1N7o3Se-jF_le91paDsw6RbVM7fNj6R-dEic4NUzwEGiQ935s2nlNEIkkowuWCyU9lK5QIrNizrq/s400/columbus-mcdonalds-deaf.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><br />COLUMBUS, NEB -- WOWT-TV: A clash between a customer and the company: <a href="https://youtu.be/S8iC8ZJlUFA" target="_blank">the video captured</a> at a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus,_Nebraska" target="_blank">Columbus, Nebraska</a> drive-through went viral recently.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/01/drive-thru-mcdonalds-discrimination.html" title="Related Post">Drive-Thru McDonalds Discrimination Deaf Driver</a></span></div><br /><br />Just two hours into the New Year, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/praiselordgrace" target="_blank">Jonathan Ramos</a> arrived at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald%27s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">McDonald's</a> drive-through window. His frustration in trying to place an order is evident in the use of his car horn, something, he himself, doesn't hear. It struck a nerve with one of the employees.<br /><br /><br /><br />Video captured an employee’s response: "You can leave or I'm going to call police. Do you get that one?"<br /><br /><br /><br />Ramos has been in Columbus for less than a year and has ordered at the McDonald’s before. He’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_loss" target="_blank">Deaf</a>. Chicken pox took his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing" target="_blank">hearing</a> when he was a little boy. He doesn't <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lip_reading" target="_blank">read lips</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />After exchanging texts and emails, <a href="http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/Deaf-customer-upset-with-McDonalds-over-treatment-368115431.html" target="_blank">WOWT 6 News</a> met with Ramos outside the restaurant. We used a legal pad to write down any follow-up questions and answers during the interview.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" mozallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="http://up.anv.bz/latest/anvload.html?key=eyJtIjoiZ3JheSIsInAiOiJkZWZhdWx0IiwidiI6IjM0MjQ3MTYiLCJwbHVnaW5zIjp7ImRmcCI6eyJjbGllbnRTaWRlIjp7ImFkVGFnVXJsIjoiaHR0cDovL3B1YmFkcy5nLmRvdWJsZWNsaWNrLm5ldC9nYW1wYWQvYWRzP3N6PTY0MHg0ODAmaXU9LzMwMTcyMTcxNS9XT1dUJmNpdV9zenMmaW1wbD1zJmdkZnBfcmVxPTEmYWRfcnVsZT0xJnZwb3M9cHJlcm9sbCZlbnY9dnAmb3V0cHV0PXhtbF92YXN0MiZ1bnZpZXdlZF9wb3NpdGlvbl9zdGFydD0xJmNvcnJlbGF0b3I9Jyt0cysnJmNtc2lkPTE4MzUmdmlkPUFOVl9HUlRWXzM0MjQ3MTYifX0sImFuYWx5dGljcyI6eyJwZGIiOjIzNTkwMzExfX19" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe></div><br /><br />He said he wanted to order a <a href="http://www.mcdonalds.com/content/us/en/meal_builder_us.html" target="_blank">#9 - 3 or 5 piece Chicken Selects</a>. He explained he usually types the information on his phone and then shows the order to the employee.<br /><br /><br /><br />Because of his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability" target="_blank">disability</a>, he felt the workers were ignoring him by leaving the window.<br /><br /><br /><br />After this exchange, Ramos said the employees need a serious lesson in dealing with hearing- impaired customers.<br /><br /><br /><br />The owners of this McDonald's told WOWT it was a matter of misunderstanding and miscommunication. They said that earlier in the video when workers left the window on New Year's Day, they weren't <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrimination" target="_blank">discriminating</a> against Jonathan, but getting a pen and paper to get the order.<br /><br /><br /><br />From Jonathan Ramos' cellphone video, workers wrote this note: "You need to leave or we will call the police."<br /><br /><br /><br />Employees did call police, saying that he refused to move forward in the drive through.<br /><br /><br /><br />The owners tell WOWT 6 News that his minute-long video is only part of the story; that their own driver-though security cameras paint a different picture of <a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/01/drive-thru-mcdonalds-discrimination.html">Ramos disrupting a busy drive-through by honking his horn for nine minutes</a> before turning his own video recorder on. Ramos disputes that account.<br /><br /><br /><br />When asked if he thought it was all a misunderstanding, Ramos shrugged his shoulders. Ramos went on to explain that there’s no excuse for how he was treated. He plans to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawsuit" target="_blank">sue</a> for discrimination.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hi3zt3z1JZ4" width="500"></iframe></div><i>I, Jonathan, am he declared sue to McDonald's Columbus, Nebraska.</i><br /><br /><br /><br />For the restaurant's part, owners admit tempers flared but that neither side communicated well. They said Deaf customers usually bypass the speaker and go straight to the window to hand them a piece of paper with the order.<br /><br /><br /><br />After the incident, the McDonald’s now keeps a pad and pen near the drive-through window in order to better communicate with the Deaf community.<br /><br /><br /><br />Ramos hopes he's opened some eyes for every worker when it comes to dealing with those with a disability. He wishes more drive-through restaurants would add cameras near the ordering speaker so the Deaf community could easier communicate with the employees.<br /><br /><br /><br />The McDonald's owners in Columbus say Jonathan Ramos is welcome at the restaurant any time. <a href="http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/Deaf-customer-upset-with-McDonalds-over-treatment-368115431.html" target="_blank">Source</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Related McDonald's:</b><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/01/drive-thru-mcdonalds-discrimination.html">Drive-Thru McDonalds Discrimination Deaf Driver</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2015/12/mcdonalds-charged-for-discrimination.html">McDonald's Charged In Discrimination Deaf Job</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2011/08/universally-spoken-sign-language-in.html">Sign Language On The McDonalds TV Ads</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Related Drive-Thru:</b><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2015/11/deaf-womans-video-at-starbucks-goes.html">Deaf Woman's Video At Starbucks Goes Viral</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2015/05/taco-bell-complains-about-deaf-customers.html">Taco Bell Complains About Deaf Customers</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2013/03/drive-thru-invisible-driver-prank-magic.html">Drive Thru Invisible Driver Prank - Magic of Rahat</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2013/04/drive-thru-headless-prank-magic-of-rahat.html">Drive Thru Headless Prank - Magic of Rahat</a>

Deaf Customer Upset With McDonalds Drive-Thru

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