VIDEO: Deaf News - Deaf Canadian of Gallaudet University student experience at the White House 'unforgettable'.





WASHINGTON DC -- The Whig: A Deaf Kingston man studying in Washington, D.C., signed “I love you” to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and wife Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau during their visit to The White House Thursday morning.





Wyatt Scott, who is in his fourth year at Gallaudet University in Washington, was invited to see the prime minister’s arrival, along with several other Canadian students from the school that specializes in educating Deaf and Hard of Hearing students.



“The experience at the White House was great!” Scott wrote in an email.



He said there were more than 3,000 people there to see the Trudeaus, including the 17 Deaf Canadian students from Gallaudet who were given VIP seats right next to the stage from which the two leaders addressed the crowd.



Scott got to see President Barack Obama and the first lady walk out of the White House to wait for the Trudeaus’ motorcade to arrive. Seeing the Trudeaus together with the Obamas was an exciting moment, he added.



“It was very cool to see them right there in front of us. We cheered, signed ‘I love you,’ waved the Canadian flags, and hoped to catch their attention. I think they did notice us. I’ve never dreamed to be that very close to the two most important leaders in the same location.”



Scott watched the military guard perform a salute to the two leaders and, with the help of an interpreter, laughed at Obama’s jokes about hockey.



“We took a lot of pictures everywhere to remember the unforgettable event. After the speeches, we did hope for both leaders to walk by us, shake hands, and take selfies with them, but that didn’t happen. I’m fine with it because I’m more than satisfied to see them up close instead of watching on the TV.”



After the Trudeaus’ departure, Scott and his friends left for lunch and a chance to discuss what they had seen.



“It was definitely a once-in-a-life opportunity, and that will probably not happen again in my lifetime. The overall experience at the White House was fantastic and unforgettable because that was my first and (likely) last time to visit the White House before graduating this May.”



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VIDEO [CC] - Deaf News: Curbed's feature on DeafSpace at Gallaudet University campus for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing students and staff.





WASHINGTON -- Vox: We live in a world made for people who hear. But what would our cities looks like if they were designed for the Deaf? DeafSpace is an emerging approach to design and architecture that is informed by the unique sensory experience of those who don't hear. In conjunction with Curbed's feature on DeafSpace, we visited Gallaudet University to see what DeafSpace looks like in action:





People who hear might not realize what role sound plays in everyday life. If you want a passerby's attention, you shout his name. If a professor needs to explain a math problem, it's not a problem to talk while writing concepts on the board.



But people who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing depend on different senses to navigate everything from social interactions to academics. The concept of DeafSpace uses that experience to inform the design of environments.



Gallaudet University - a school located in Washington, DC, and the world’s only institution of higher education for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing is in the process of modifying the historic university’s campus to create a more inclusive environment for the Deaf student body.



Hansel Bauman, the architect behind DeafSpace, has redesigned parts of Gallaudet's campus around five basic principles: space and proximity, sensory reach, mobility and proximity, light and color, and acoustics. DeafSpace is the project that has grown up around Bauman's work and is quickly gaining recognition both inside and outside deaf communities.



On our recent visit to the campus we sat down with Derrick Behm, a former student who now works in the Office of Campus Design and Planning. He walked us through some of the background of the DeafSpace project while also giving us a demonstration of how these concepts play out in action, which you can see in the video above.



For a more in-depth look into the history, traditions, and design elements driving DeafSpace, read Amanda Hurley's feature about DeafSpace on our sister site Curbed. SOURCE

Deaf News: Masked men with gun rob at Florida Avenue and Pennsylvania Ave in broad daylight near Gallaudet University campus.



WASHINGTON DC -- Masked men held up a liquor store in Hill East this morning, police said.



The armed robbery happened in the World Wine & Spirits at 1453 Pennsylvania Ave. SE about 11 a.m.



Authorities said they’re looking for:

(1) B/M, slim build, 20 years of age, greyish jacket with a hoodie, white tennis shoes with red laces, armed with a handgun, wearing a mask.



(2) B/M , slim build, 20 years old, wearing a mask.



Both last seen running south in the 900 block of 15th Street SE.

Three men also robbed a man at gunpoint near Gallaudet University in broad daylight yesterday, police said. The armed robbery occurred on the 700 block of Florida Avenue NE about 12:30 p.m. Sunday.



The victim was in the area when the three men surrounded him, according to authorities. One of the men then put a gun to the victim’s head, while demanding money.



The men soon after took the victim’s wallet. They then ran to a car and drove away. Police haven’t released detailed descriptions of the suspects. Source

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VIDEO [CC] Deaf News: Deaf church treasurer, sex offender, charged with molesting disabled churchgoer in Kansas.





OVERLAND PARK, KS (KCTV) -- A Deaf church treasurer, who is a convicted sex offender, is in jail after he was accused of molesting a church goer who has disabilities.



Rodney Sexton is charged with aggravated sexual battery. He is accused of molesting a 31-year-old man, who is Deaf and functions like an 8 year old.



Sexton made his first court appearance on Monday. A judge set his bond at $100,000 cash only.



Sexton is treasurer at Deaf Liberty Baptist Church in Overland Park, Kansas. It's unclear if his convictions from the mid-1980s for sex crimes were known.





Sexton is on the roster to teach sign language at Maple Woods Community College in January and he has apparently taught at the Metropolitan Community College in the past, according to online records.



Because of the Christmas holiday, KCTV5 could not reach community college representatives for comment.



The mother of the 31-year-old victim is heartbroken and angry. She wants to know whether church leaders knew about Sexton's background.



"I think people knew," the mother said. "This should never happen to another family."



In the mid-1980s, Sexton faced six felony sex charges involving a child. He was convicted on two counts and served time in a Kansas prison. He is not listed on the Kansas Sex Offender Registry because his convictions occurred before 1994.



He was released from prison in 1989 and released from probation four years later.



The victim's mother said her son loves his church and trusted Sexton. She said Sexton pressured her son to keep the molestation secret.



"This shouldn't happen to anybody sitting in a church or at school. This needs to be stopped," the mother told KCTV5. "My boy deserves to be protected."



People with special needs are four times more likely to be abused because they often don't realize they are being abused or they cannot articulate about the abuse. Source



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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO [ASL] - Statistics Report - What we know about the data on college sexual assaults in the United States.



This article focuses on the hot news out there on the internet about Gallaudet University being No. 1 on the list with highest numbers of rape reports.



For Gallaudet, a college for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, the answer might simply be that campus officials speak sign language. As one Gallaudet offical told Emily Shire at The Daily Beast: “Our students are more likely to go somewhere on campus and report assault than go to a hospital because they have direct access to someone who speaks American Sign Language.”



Ricky Taylor also known as Ridor9th's vlog explains about the Judicial Affairs & Honor Codes in colleges & universities, plus Gallaudet's community at large. Plus, Taylor was sexually assaulted, too in 2002. Not many people knew of that as well - only 8 or 10 knew the truth.





WASHINGTON POST - The rise in reported sexual assaults on campus may be attributable to more awareness and, importantly, better procedures. College rankings are a pernicious business particularly so if you’re looking at sexual assault statistics.



Thanks to the 1990 Clery Act, colleges are required to report data on campus crime every year, including the number of incidents (or attempted incidents) of rape or sexual battery. But it’s pretty obvious that this number depends not only on the prevalence of sexual assault on campus, but also how diligently the college handles allegations of rape. As Nick Anderson reported recently, there are pending investigations at 89 colleges over how these schools dealt with reports of sexual violence.



A quick glance at the colleges with the most per-capita reports of sexual assault shows that they tend to be small, liberal arts colleges. (We’ve averaged the data for 2011 and 2012 to get a smoother picture.) It’s possible that Gallaudet, Grinnell, and Reed are the most sexually violent campuses in the nation, but it’s more plausible that these campuses have cultivated an environment where survivors feel more comfortable speaking out ... Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/storyline/wp/2014/10/28/what-we-know-about-data-the-on-college-sexual-assaults/



The Gallaudet students and Deaf community concerns and responses has reacted to a video showing, Tommy Korn #CarryThatWeight #EndDVSV #EndRapeCulture

ASL VIDEO - Crab Theory in Deaf Community: Gallaudet University.



The "Crab Theory" is used in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community as a metaphor to describe the tendency of some Deaf people to criticize or put down the successes or achievements of other Deaf people. It may take several different forms: malicious and negative gossip, grudges, social rejection, etc., and is directed against Deaf community leaders, successful Deaf business entrepreneurs or educational administrators, Deaf individuals who go to college while their Deaf peers never get beyond high school, Deaf people who "don't act Deaf enough", even ordinary Deaf individuals who do such positive things as buying a new car or marrying a good person.



The analogy is to a bucket of live crabs: whenever one crab attempts to escape the bucket by climbing out of it, the others reach up and pull it back down. The result, of course, is that no crab succeeds in escaping the bucket. Other groups, especially other minority groups, also use the "crab theory" to describe similar negativity within their own communities, but the "crab theory" is probably more widely mentioned and discussed within the Deaf community than in any other group.





This brief paper cannot attempt an analysis of the sometimes-complex psychological reasons for the practice of the "crab theory". However, certain common elements that tend to contribute to this phenomenon can be identified in the Deaf community.



Jealousy is often involved, of course: one Deaf person sees another Deaf person become successful while s/he still is not, so the first Deaf person tries to minimize feelings of "inferiority" by putting down the other Deaf person's success. This likely arises out of the low self-esteem frequently seen among Deaf people, often brought on from low expectations set for them by hearing parents and hearing educators, as well as from oppression by those same hearing persons (see related Deaf FAQ on Audism). This attitude by hearing authorities and parents that "Deaf people can't" gets internalized by many Deaf persons during their formative years and carries into adulthood. Self-oppression and internecine strife is a common result of low self-esteem in the Deaf community. To learn more about crab theory in the Deaf community - http://libguides.gallaudet.edu/content_mobile.php?pid=351730&sid=2877347

VIDEO [CC] - Serving Customers, without even talking by VOA On Assignment. The market employs and deaf-design for Deaf community and Gallaudet students.



WASHINGTON D.C. - A year-old food market in a Washington, neighborhood has become a unique hub of shopping and dining for the city's Deaf community. Union Market has become a unique hub for the city's Deaf community.





The market employs and caters to Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing people, and also was built using deaf-design principles to make it easier for Deaf people to communicate. And as VOA's Michael Lipin tells On Assignment, the market is a place where Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing people can hang out together.



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EXCLUSIVE: Gallaudet University boot man seeking 100 underage girls sex distributed door-to-door for marriage and sex.



Gallaudet University has removed from campus a man seeking 100 underage girls to marry and to make his concubines, officials said.



The hearing man was last seen Sunday going door-to-door in University Park, distributing leaflets that also espoused racist views. Police chased him out of the town near University of Maryland, saying he needed a permit to distribute the flier.



It appears the same man has visited Gallaudet, the D.C. school for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing in Northeast Washington, D.C.



“Last week, a man carrying the same letter was seen on the Gallaudet University campus and was subsequently asked to leave and prohibited from returning,” said Theodore Baran, Director of Gallaudet University Department of Public Safety, in a released statement.



The man has no known connection to the university, he said.



The man, who is from Grand Rapids, Mich., has claimed to be Deaf and used index cards to communicate with town police and residents in University Park. One witness described him as “a gentlemen with a terrible message.” His identity has not been released because he has not been charged with a crime. ... Read more: http://dccrimestories.com/2013/11/19/gallaudet-university-police-boot-man-seeking-100-underage-girls-for-marriage/