Angela Maria 'Off The Grid HAITI' Documentary

VIDEO [CC] - <i><b>A movement on and off the grid, founded by Angela Maria Nardolillo to provide sustainable resources and empowerment for groups within a larger culture.</b></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/07/angela-maria-off-grid-haiti-documentary.html" title="Angela Maria 'Off The Grid HAITI' Documentary"><img height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibrN9qry_AxjkxOnTqgJqXPPo2uNwd0K6vN-Uzb4lmuSPPYsJE8POxz6CP8GlbpSKDw1CO44vILJYDYYLQaUydwZq01ZYLJdAzrt_RowEDKR-9QMZOYaaPoC0RnQjTfQKy_rEMILDbE5hB/s400/angela-maria-offthegridhaiti-film.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><br />PORT-AU-PRINCE -- A former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallaudet_University" target="_blank">Gallaudet University</a> student brings relief to <a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/search/label/Haiti">Deaf Haitian</a> communities, <a href="http://www.angelagraphix.com/" target="_blank">Angela Maria Nardolillo</a> is the interactive creative/art director & humanitarian, what it means to be <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_loss" target="_blank">Deaf</a> in one part of the world, has a completely different meaning elsewhere and these stories do not just happen in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti" target="_blank">Haiti</a>, but after witnessing the abuse, violence and the struggles of those Deaf, Blind...etc with limited resources in various parts of the world, is how Angela Maria got there the city of Port-Au-Prince.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/07/angela-maria-off-grid-haiti-documentary.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Angela Maria 'Off The Grid HAITI' Documentary"><img height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnDOersfUhLFnVoq_GHo6hcnbSAjFwytr3JbrLalCgd0wjFw6KR6c1p070iE9cGanqYjTey2QHjXFrqB_6w75YcI9hMdbjNI57dHRCkHQZAti12IH6fOvVzVJZID27x8HgC2-KFG4tlnck/s200/angela-maria-offthegridhaiti.png" width="200" /></a>This documentary is based off of actual events from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/results?q=%23offthegridHAITI" target="_blank">#offthegridHAITI</a> missions in an effort to shine light on the realities, provide access to tangible solutions, and to pay tribute to the precious lives lost along the way.<br /><br /><br /><br />Official 'Off The Grid HAITI' Trailer.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3yMacAXL1CU" width="500"></iframe></div><br /><br />The 'Off The Grid HAITI' documentary premiere released on June 30th, 2016.<br /><br /><br /><br />Official 'Off The Grid HAITI' Documentary (Episode 1)<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-FHKwW9iIjY" width="500"></iframe></div><br /><br />Official 'Off The Grid HAITI' Documentary (Episode 2)<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uo2Fq_HSHrQ" width="560"></iframe></div><br /><br />For more information: <a href="http://www.takemeoffthegrid.org/" target="_blank">http://www.takemeoffthegrid.org</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />Produced & Directed by the Founder of "Off The Grid HAITI" Angela Maria Nardolillo, <a href="http://www.angelagraphix.com/" target="_blank">http://angelagraphix.com</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />One World Futbol QALO The Shoe That Grows Because International Deaf Emergency Association des Sourds de Lévèque, Haïti - ASLH Friends Of Montfort, Inc Whistles For Life Phoenix Deaf Women Organization One World Futbol Foundation. The A Team: <a href="http://www.takemeoffthegrid.org/a-team/" target="_blank">http://takemeoffthegrid.org/a-team</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />Music by Mounds of Earth: <a href="http://www.moundsofearth.com/" target="_blank">http://moundsofearth.com</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Follow Angela Maria Nardolillo on Social Networking:</b><br /><br />Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/angelamariaOtg/" target="_blank">https://facebook.com/angelamariaotg</a><br /><br />GooglePlus - <a href="https://plus.google.com/107351342469136088499/videos" target="_blank">https://plus.google.com/angelanardolillo</a><br /><br />Linkedin - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelanardolillo" target="_blank">https://linkedin.com/in/angelanardolillo</a><br /><br />Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/angelamariaotg" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/angelamariaotg</a><br /><br />YouTube - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/angelagraphix" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/angelagraphix</a><br /><br />Blog Site - <a href="http://www.angelagraphix.com/" target="_blank">http://angelagraphix.com</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Related</b> - <a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/search/label/Haiti">#Haiti</a> & <a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/search/label/Deaf%20Travel">#Deaf Travel</a>

Angela Maria 'Off The Grid HAITI' Documentary

VIDEO [CC] - A movement on and off the grid, founded by Angela Maria Nardolillo to provide sustainable resources and empowerment for groups ...

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Firing of Deaf Employee Costs Firm $240K

<i><b>Deaf News: Deaf ex-employee’s court case puts bosses on notice for behaving badly in Mississauga, Canada.</b></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/07/firing-of-deaf-employee-costs-firm-240k.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Vicky Strudwick"><img height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBDLNBwNZExr_cgJNTqD50iiySZTMDfAYjOnKqUhDOQBtbtc-YdP-hEUblAah_8GANq3_M5M_IY7XZ9_lVaPoQ5UYIF3pcq9Td24c230Ko_6CQpa8qERQ0623CRRZ8cq9jvA_9Lq5_VRUK/s1600/vicky-strudwick.jpg" width="250" /></a>TORONTO, ON -- The Canadian Press: A long-time employee tormented by her employer and unceremoniously dumped after she went <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_loss" target="_blank">Deaf</a> had her damages award more than doubled to $246,000 by Ontario’s top court on Thursday.<br /><br /><br /><br />In its decision, the Appeal Court ruled the egregious nature of the company’s “heartless” misconduct warranted significantly higher damages for Vicky Strudwick.<br /><br /><br /><br />“In the lead-up to Ms. Strudwick’s termination, she was belittled, isolated, humiliated and made to suffer the effects of her disability to the greatest extent possible,” the Appeal Court said.<br /><br /><br /><br />“This conduct was deliberate, malicious and designed to force Ms. Strudwick to quit a job she had held for almost 16 years.”<br /><br /><br /><br />Court documents show that Strudwick worked for <a href="https://www.acceintl.com/" target="_blank">Applied Consumer and Clinical Evaluations</a>, a family-run business based in Mississauga, Ont., that recruits people to participate in focus groups. She began by doing data entry, but later instructed recruiting staff, earning $12.85 an hour.<br /><br /><br /><br />In October 2010, she went completely Deaf - possibly because of a virus.<br /><br /><br /><br />Court records show that Andrew Hoffman, the general manager, and a supervisor, Liz Camilleri, then began a concerted campaign of abuse against Strudwick aimed at forcing her to quit.<br /><br /><br /><br />They not only denied her any accommodation for her disability, but actually took steps to make her life even more difficult, the court said.<br /><br /><br /><br />In May 2011, Hoffman fired her, allegedly for pulling a “stunt” at a company event, prompting Strudwick, then 56, to sue for wrongful dismissal and abuse.<br /><br /><br /><br />Applied Consumer never delivered a statement of defence and was noted in default.<br /><br /><br /><br />In August last year, <a href="http://www.scc-csc.ca/case-dossier/info/counsel-procureurs-eng.aspx?cas=36122" target="_blank">Superior Court Justice Grant Dow awarded her a total of $113,782 and $40,000 in legal costs</a>. Strudwick appealed the damages award as too low, while Applied Consumer - which has about 80 employees - argued the legal costs award was too high.<br /><br /><br /><br />The Appeal Court affirmed the costs award, but found Strudwick deserved much more by way of damages given the “cruel” treatment to which her bosses had subjected her.<br /><br /><br /><br />Examples included giving her instructions while preventing her from lip reading, then calling her stupid. They refused to let her turn her desk around so that she could see people as they approached.<br /><br /><br /><br />“In the immediate lead-up to her dismissal, Ms. Strudwick was confronted in front of an estimated 13 other employees, yelled at and called a ‘goddamned fool’,” the Appeal Court stated.<br /><br /><br /><br />Hoffman, who would later himself be fired, gave her a termination letter and a cheque for three months’ pay. When she refused to sign a release, he took the cheque back and had her marched out of the building in front of her co-workers.<br /><br /><br /><br />Applied Consumer, which claims to foster an environment of “empowerment, engagement, fairness and responsibility,” then claimed she had been fired for insubordination and wilful misconduct - a tactic that delayed her access to employment insurance.<br /><br /><br /><br />On appeal, Strudwick argued for more than $1 million, but the court said its hands were tied by her initial statement of claim, which sought $240,000 plus an amount for loss of benefits.<br /><br /><br /><br />The Appeal Court said she deserved her full claim for damages in light of the “malicious and heartless” treatment meted out to her. It also awarded another $20,000 in costs for the appeal.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blackburnnews.com/bri-national/2016/06/30/firing-of-deaf-employee-costs-firm-240k/" target="_blank">SOURCE</a>

Firing of Deaf Employee Costs Firm $240K

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Bullied Deaf Boy Forced To Leave School

<i><b>Deaf News: Son James was mercilessly picked on in the playground because he has a hearing impairment at mainstreaming school.</b></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/03/bullied-deaf-boy-forced-to-leave-school.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Son James Parents Chris and Samantha bullied at mainstream school"><img height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi12-TTIEDszUvCYee_gfVmgdCN6g2HN45QQH-VchxU7NhtQ1VHWiOb2376iZCoyTnRnQEwkp7nrLzrV5Q0_b8ijCGYUJtZceHWny8Sa6Za52KnMVHpmwh1YpTtAOiBe5W6byYE4wsRJ0AM/s320/james-chris-samantha-bullied-mainstream-school.jpg" width="300" /></a>DUNDEE, UK -- <a href="https://www.sundaypost.com/in10/health/bullied-deaf-boy-forced-to-leave-school/" target="_blank">The Sunday Post</a>: Chris said teachers did little to tackle the problem when James was subjected to name-calling by other pupils.<br /><br /><br /><br />Eventually, Chris and wife Samantha were forced to take the step of removing him from the school due to the “lack of understanding from teachers”.<br /><br /><br /><br />“People are ignorant – that’s not going to change,” said the former striker, who has tried to teach his son how to deal with the name-calling.<br /><br /><br /><br />He said: “It is wrong for children to tease and bully but it happens through school and as much as we’d like it to, it will probably never be eradicated.<br /><br /><br /><br />“I prepare James for this. What I couldn’t understand was the lack of understanding from his teachers at his previous school.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/03/mainstream-school-lacks-communication.html" title="Related Story">Mainstream School Lacks Communication Access</a></span></div><br /><br />“They did not know how to treat him because of his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_aid" target="_blank">hearing aids</a>.”<br /><br /><br /><br />Following abuse at the hands of other children, Chris was forced to carefully explain to James that he was happy with him just the way he his.<br /><br /><br /><br />“You find out who your friends are,” is the difficult advice he gave him.“Kids have to work things out for themselves,” he added.<br /><br /><br /><br />Since placing James in another school, he has flourished and is now an accomplished hockey player, much to his dad’s delight.<br /><br /><br /><br />Chris said: “Going to his new school totally transformed him as a person.<br /><br /><br /><br />“He was depressed and lacked self-belief and it was because of the common sense and logical understanding of the teachers at his new school that he began to build his confidence.”<br /><br /><br /><br />The now 14-year-old’s early life was beset by problems.<br /><br /><br /><br />James was born prematurely at 28 weeks in September<br /><br /><br /><br />2001 at The Queen Mother’s Hospital in Glasgow, weighing just 3lb.<br /><br /><br /><br />He was so tiny, Chris could hold him in the palm of his hand.<br /><br /><br /><br />After weeks of specialist care, he was eventually allowed to go home.<br /><br /><br /><br />However, Samantha rushed James to the former Yorkhill Hospital in Glasgow 10 days later when he fell seriously ill with a respiratory virus.<br /><br /><br /><br />He was choking and having terrifying episodes where he would stop breathing.<br /><br /><br /><br />She took him to hospital but while in the waiting room he stopped breathing again.<br /><br /><br /><br />He was rushed to a side room where doctors resuscitated him. Medics said he could have died if he hadn’t got there when he did.<br /><br /><br /><br />Chris, 43, said: “My wife had this feeling and she turned round and James was going blue.<br /><br /><br /><br />“They rushed him into the hospital and he had gone. They got him back.<br /><br /><br /><br />“He was in a long time. They resuscitated him. He was a tiny baby. It was the most worrying thing that has ever happened.<br /><br /><br /><br />“Had we lived any further away we might not have got there in time. Another minute and he might not have been here. We were told that.”<br /><br /><br /><br />Doctors said James was suffering from RSV – a common virus with cold-like symptoms.<br /><br /><br /><br />Healthy children tend to shrug it off, but it can be life-threatening for premature babies.<br /><br /><br /><br />The star was in Spain at the time preparing for a crucial UEFA Cup tie with Valencia when Samantha called to say James was fighting for his life.<br /><br /><br /><br />He immediately tried to get a flight home, but couldn’t.<br /><br /><br /><br />In the end he chose not to go to the match but instead stayed at the hotel where Samantha could call to give him updates.<br /><br /><br /><br />He flew home early next day and went to the intensive care ward where he and Samantha kept a bedside vigil.<br /><br /><br /><br />The footballer said it was the most worrying time of his life.<br /><br /><br /><br />“James was on life support. It was touch-and-go,” he revealed.<br /><br /><br /><br />“You hope, you sit and pray and think about things.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.sundaypost.com/in10/health/bullied-deaf-boy-forced-to-leave-school/" target="_blank">SOURCE</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Related:</b><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/03/living-in-between-deaf-and-hearing.html">Living In Between The Deaf And Hearing Worlds</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2012/06/dropout-rate-among-mainstream-deaf.html">Dropout Rate Among Mainstream Deaf Students</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2012/06/voiceless.html">Deaf Awareness 'Voiceless' Short Film</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2012/05/heart-touching-story-of-deaf-girl_22.html">Deaf Girl's Bullying In Mainstream School</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2012/03/deaf-student-bullied-at-alexander.html">Deaf Student Bullied At Alexander Graham Bell School</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2011/10/mainstreaming-is-failing-deaf-students.html">Mainstream School Is Failing Deaf Students</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2015/07/petition-stop-moving-deaf-to-mainstream.html">Petition | Stop Moving Deaf To Mainstream Schools</a>

Bullied Deaf Boy Forced To Leave School

Deaf News: Son James was mercilessly picked on in the playground because he has a hearing impairment at mainstreaming school. DUNDEE, UK -- ...

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