Texas Police Hires First Deaf Female Officer

A Texas woman is making history after being sworn in as the state's first Deaf female police officer.

DALHART, Texas -- History is made in the Lone Star State. The newest recruit for the Dalhart Police Department becomes the first Deaf female police officer.

Her name is Erica Trevino and she's dreamed of being an officer since she was in kindergarten. But growing up, people told her she couldn't achieve her goal because of her disability. Today she proved them wrong as she was officially sworn in with Dalhart Police Department.

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"I'm ready to get to work," said Ofc. Erica Trevino after her swearing-in. It's that same drive and tenacity that led Chief David Conner to look past her disability and discover her special qualities. And that list is a long one.

"I believe she can do the job just like any other other police officer," said David Conner, Dalhart Police Chief. "She has proven time and time again that she can and will overcome those obstacles. She has her bachelor's degree in forensic science, she graduated 3rd from her class in the Academy, she's very intelligent and articulate."

Despite speaking English, Officer Trevino speaks some Spanish and is able to sign in five different languages including Spanish and Japanese. But there's one word she didn't pick up.

"People told me no because I was deaf," said Ofc. Trevino.

"So we've learned a long time ago not to tell Erica no," said Cindi Trevino, Erica's mom.

"She hasn't let life stand in her way, so who am I tell her she can't do it. Give her a chance," said Chief Conner.

Despite her impressive set of skills, the critics and naysayers remained. But so did Erica's resilience.

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"I just realized I'm not going to let anyone tell me what I can do and what I cannot do. So I decided to become a police officer. It's been a long, hard path, but here I am," said Ofc. Trevino.

Her first day is April 14th. Chief Conner said he's created special procedures to help Trevino with communication. She is able to hear calls over the police radio but dispatch will also text all calls to her phone.

The department bought a special cell phone to help with that. Plus, Trevino will also have a partner during her shifts.

Officer Trevino has been Deaf her entire life and has had to overcome stereotypes. She made history today, but she's just getting started. She said her next goal is to join the department's Criminal Investigation Department.

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Deaf Referee Breaking Barriers With U.S. Soccer

Being Deaf and a referee, you get to help future generations learn the game so they can become top players.

DENVER, CO -- Andrew Kirst has been a referee for 14 years. For the Colorado native, the main obstacle and the questions he gets are always the same: can he prove to coaches and teams that he is capable of his job despite his lack of hearing? The answer to both is a resounding yes.

Andrew Kirst was adopted when he was 15-months-old. Shortly after, his family took him to the doctor for some tests and discovered he was Deaf. Even though he’s been profoundly Deaf his whole life, that hasn’t stopped him from pursuing his goal of becoming one of the best referees in the game.

It all started with an ad in the local newspaper. Living in Lincoln, Nebraska in 2004, U.S. Soccer Grade 7 referee Andrew Kirst saw that a high school game needed a referee. He gave them a call, shared with them his experience and got the gig. With whistle in hand, he hasn’t stopped since then.

“Being a referee, you get to help future generations learn the game so they can become top players,” Kirst said. “Plus, it’s a good work out too and no two games are ever the same so I’ll never be bored.”

Kirst has been a referee for 14 years. For the Colorado native, the main obstacle and the questions he gets are always the same: can he prove to coaches and teams that he is capable of his job despite his lack of hearing? The answer to both is a resounding yes.

“I’ve found ways to find a good balance between not being able to hear and being able to referee,” Kirst shared with ussoccer.com “I’ve been doing it for a while but I still need to prove to coaches and players that I can do this. For example: if there’s a foul, people hear it and they say, that’s a foul – it’s a yellow card. And I say no, it’s just a foul. I can see it. What you hear is not what you see. Sometimes hearing is deceiving and visual is more important.”

Besides proving that his skills are up to par on the field, Kirst breaks the ice before a game starts by making sure coaches know that they are free to talk to him as much as they want to. After all, he won’t be able to hear them.

“I tell them it’s an advantage for them,” Kirst admitted. “It relaxes them, relaxes me and puts us all at ease. It’s a free country so they can talk all they want, I just let the air take care of it.”

With the inaugural 2017 U.S. Soccer Girls’ Winter Showcase currently taking place in Lakewood Ranch, Florida, where 315 games are being played, the opportunities for Kirst to hone his craft are expansive.

Not only is he able to improve by refereeing several games in a day, but he is getting a chance to interact with hundreds of other referees from across the country, all from various grade levels, and learn from them while they all share their passion for the game and their past experiences.

“Making it to the Development Academy Showcase here in Florida is one of my top achievements so far,” Kirst said. “I’ve had a lot of people in my past who have helped me get to this point: people back in Colorado, many of the assessors, the evaluators, the ones who give me the assignments. It’s been a long 14-year journey and it’s something that I’ll continue to go through the rest of my life. It motivates me to wake up in the morning.”

The process to become one of the top referees in the world is not easy, and the journey is long and arduous, but for Kirst, who has already surpassed obstacles just to get to where he is now, there’s really nothing that is going to stop him as he continues his ascension in the USSF referee program.

“I’d like to be one of the top referees, and I feel that I have the ability to do that,” he said. “It’s one of my goals to become a referee that the program would be proud of. The pitch is a beautiful place to be.”

SOURCE - USSoccer

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Deaf-Blind Woman Surfer Rides California Waves

The incredible moment a Deaf-Blind woman learns to surfing at the beach in California, 'I'm not afraid to get in the water, try something new'

SAN DIEGO, CA -- A 27-year-old Deaf-Blind woman decided to challenge herself this weekend when she learned to surf in San Diego, California.

Haben Girma, who was born Blind and Deaf and is now a disability rights attorney, took to the waves on Saturday at Swami's Beach with help from a surf instructor.

'One of the biggest barriers facing people with disabilities are negative attitudes, people assuming that someone who's blind can't do something, or assuming that someone that uses a wheelchair can't do something, but anything's possible,' Girma, from Berkeley, told CBS 8.

So Girma, the first Blind and Deaf Harvard Law School graduate, has decided to keep challenging herself.

'I've decided to explore the question, 'Can I learn to surf?',' Girma said.

Girma was named a White House Champion of Change and has given a TEDx talk on disability advocacy and public-service lawyers.

Her surf instructor, coach Matt Allen of the Maui Surf Academy, was worried about communication, but they persevered and used physical queues to get their timing in sync.

'It's obviously going to be tough to communicate as well as we normally can,' he told CBS 8. 'There's nothing i'd rather do than help someone's dreams come true.'

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What It's Like To Be A Deaf Novelist

‘Sometimes I turn off my hearing aids and dip below the surface of the sound.’ Sara Nović explains the challenges of being a Deaf author and why deafness is still used as a synonym for stupidity.

Sara Nović's first novel has recently become an audiobook to which I will not listen. The characters have been assigned voices and accents and inflections that I’ll never hear. This is not a complaint, exactly; to have written a book that someone wants to publish in any and all formats is a writer’s dream. But to hold some disc or drive that contains a thing I made, transformed into a new thing I can no longer understand, is a predicament in which few writers find themselves.

This disconnect will appear with increasing frequency as I embark on a series of literary events following the launch of my novel. As an audience member I have been to my share of readings in New York. I go because I am in love with books; I go to be with my friends. But even as a spectator they require a lot of concentration, and sometimes when I’ve worked myself into a cross-eyed headache I turn off my hearing aids and dip below the surface of the sound, let myself drift in the quiet. At my own events I won’t have the choice to opt out.

So far I have read in public only three times, each distressing in the regular ways (an audience!), with the added terror of exposing an increasingly unknowable part of myself – my voice. I can feel my words in my chest and mouth, but can’t be sure of what they sound like out in the world. As far as I’m concerned my voice has no echo; it does not stick to the tape recording. What does it mean to perform for an audience with such limited control of your output?

Books have always provided me with a sense of solace and companionship when I found the hearing world overwhelming. Growing up I filled notebooks with the things I was afraid to say aloud. Libraries, too, seem designed for me – a place where one isn’t supposed to talk, equality under the rule of silence...

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Deaf Justice In Detroit

Deaf people are serving as jurors in courts across the area of Detroit.

DETROIT, Michigan -- Justice is supposed to be blind, but what if it’s also Deaf? The 7 Investigators have learned that jurors who are Deaf are serving on juries.

Judges say in the past, Deaf jurors usually did not make it onto a jury to render a verdict. They’re thrilled that the courts are becoming more inclusive, and as we discovered, Deaf jurors are also changing the dynamics of deliberations.

Inside the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice in downtown Detroit, judges hold more than 500 jury trials every year. In this recent armed robbery trial, not everyone inside Judge Timothy Kenny’s courtroom could actually hear the witnesses.

That’s because for the first time in more than 18 years on the bench, Judge Kenny had the opportunity to seat a Deaf juror to help decide this case.

“I think it’s important for people who do have disabilities to think that this is not a segment of their life that they’re shut out from,” said Judge Kenny.

The court had two highly trained and certified sign language interpreters ready to go the day Juror #13 arrived for jury duty. University Translators Services provided the interpreters for the trial.

They are sworn in and the judge gives them clear instructions that when they’re interpreting inside the jury room for deliberations: they can never express their own views on the evidence.

“They recognize that's what their role is, and they’re not there to provide any editorial comment,” said Judge Kenny.

After 4 days of testimony, juror #13 - the Deaf juror was chosen to deliberate with 11 others. They found the defendant in this case not guilty. “I think every Deaf person has the ability to serve on a jury,” said Leah Scarpace...

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Deaf Pilot Gets License In Ohio

Deaf News: Deaf woman pilot gets license that not going to stop her from taking to the sky.

LANCASTER, OH -- Learning to fly is no easy feat, but Lancaster native Jenny Hurst was not going to let being Deaf stop her from taking to the sky.

From a young age, Hurst dreamed of being a pilot like her grandfather, a captain in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. She has always been drawn to flying, she said, and before 9/11, one of her favorite things to do was to watch planes take off from Port Columbus International Airport. In her younger years, she went as far as telling boyfriends plane-watching was her preferred way to spend a date.

Aware of that desire, Hurst’s husband of 17 years, Adam, looked into flight lessons at Sundowner Aviation at the Fairfield County Airport for his wife, who has been Deaf since the age of 2. Officials there agreed to take her on, and one year later, after fitting in two to three hours of flight instruction per week, Hurst got her pilot license. She took her first solo flight July 18.

On Sunday, Hurst took her family up in the plane for the first time, although the family of six could not all fit in one flight. Hurst hopes to become registered in instrument flight rules so she can be allowed to fly larger planes that will fit her entire family.

Another use for the pilot license may be flying materials from suppliers to Hammock Gear, the backpacking outfitter the Hursts own in Lancaster. While Hurst would love to be a pilot for hire, she said she is still exploring her limits as a Deaf pilot and her abilities with communication... Read The Full Story.

Stop Discrimination Deaf People

Deaf people should be treated as equal and not discrimination.

This video to educate for hearing people of which apparently to stop treating Deaf and Hard of Hearing people as second-class citizen. The business corporations or small companies often denied the job applicants which Deaf and HOH feels treated as less important than those of other people in the same society.

We don’t hire Deaf people here.”
“I’m sure you can do lots of things. But this is not the job for you.”
"The next time you come in here, bring an interpreter.”
“I think you people would rather work with people of your own kind.”

Unfortunately, when Deaf and Hard of Hearing people look for work, they may encounter employment discrimination. Prospective employers can discriminate, either openly or subtly. This discrimination happens because of either overt prejudice, or because of ignorance about deafness and hearing loss. For example, an employer may errenously think that a Deaf employee will need an interpreter all of the time.

Deaf People Can Do Anything Except Hear!

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which was amended by the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 ("Amendments Act" or "ADAAA"), is a federal law that prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities. Individuals with disabilities include those who have impairments that substantially limit a major life activity, have a record (or history) of a substantially limiting impairment, or are regarded as having a disability. Questions and Answers about Deafness and Hearing Impairments in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act

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DEAF CAN !

Educate hearing people how to communicating with Deaf people.

Talking about Deafness, Deaf Life, Advocate and Do's and Don'ts in certain situations. Here is a video of questions hearing person get due to being Deaf.

Hope you learn a few new things and think twice when communicating with a Deaf and Hard of Hearing person.

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We are capable of doing anything/everything like a hearing person can, we just can't hear. Some of the questions are quite funny though, not going to lie.

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Deaf Restaurant ‘Signs’ Opening In Toronto

New restaurant staffed largely by Deaf people opens at Yonge and Wellesley in Toronto, Canada.

TORONTO, Ontario -- Imagine ordering your next meal out without even saying a word. That's the concept behind a new Toronto restaurant, ‘Signs’ where almost every server is Deaf or Hard of Hearing and customers are encouraged to order in sign language, the Toronto Star reports.

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The restaurant is the brainchild of Anjan Manikumar. A former manager at a Markham, Ont. Boston Pizza, Manikumar noticed one of his regular guests, who was Deaf, couldn't communicate with staff. Manikumar then chose to learn American Sign Language. His education led to the development of Signs. Described as a restaurant where "noise meets silence," Signs will provide diners with "cheat sheets" to order their meals, BlogTO writes.

What's most novel about the restaurant, though, is that it will employ those who have faced obstacles in attaining steady work in Canada: A 1998 survey found 37 per cent of Deaf Canadians were unemployed.

According to Toronto Life, Signs will serve a blend of Canadian and international foods with a focus on game meat, so get your signs for rabbit and bison down pat before you visit. It is not yet known when the restaurant will officially open, a note on their Facebook page posted on June 15 simply stated that the grand opening would be delayed.

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Deaf Woman Adopts Unique Deaf Dog

The joyful moment Deaf woman Cindy Koch adopts Rosie, a dog that knows sign language.

GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska -- Unique bond: Deaf dog adopted by Deaf woman. Watch this heartwarming rendezvous of a Deaf dog, Rosie who finds a home with a Deaf woman Cindy Koch.

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Rosie's new owner tells CNN affiliate KHGI, "Because I'm Deaf and we want to relate to her and understand how she feels want to communicate with her through sign language, teach her signing."

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Deaf NFL Player Derrick Coleman of the Seattle Seahawks

Interview with the NFL's Derrick Coleman of the Seattle Seahawks.

SEATTLE, Washington -- A television commercial starring Seattle Seahawk’s fullback Derrick Coleman is the latest Internet sensation. Coleman is the only athlete in NFL history to play offense, despite the fact he is legally Deaf.

Now, he’s getting ready to break one more barrier - the Super Bowl.

When the Seahawks take on the San Francisco 49ers, no one will be paying better attention than Coleman. “I have to be aware,” he told CBS News’ Bill Whitaker. “I have to be focused more than everybody else.”

Diagnosed with profound hearing loss, Coleman relies on lip-reading and his own unique way of communicating with the quarterback.

"He knows to look at me if he makes an audible at the line of scrimmage,” said Coleman. “He knows just tell everybody and just turn back at me one more time and he'll tell me the play." It's the way he's always played the game.

When the world tells you "no", you have two options: You can roll over and quit or you can trust your power. Derrick Coleman, running back for the Seattle Seahawks, trusted the power within. Although he's Deaf, he never let adversity stand in his way, on his road to the NFL. Share to inspire others to trust their power within and achieve their dreams. #TrustYourPower.

He told Whitaker that he’s “capable of doing what everybody else can do,” despite his hearing loss. “You can't use your problem as an excuse,” he said. “Because you use an excuse, you're not going to get to your dream. “

He was taught that philosophy at an early age. To really know Coleman’s story you have to meet the parents, his mother, May Hamlin and father, Derrick Coleman, Sr. "You feel that uncertainty, that fear as a fear as a parent, you know, that, is my child going to be OK," said Coleman, Sr.. His mother told Whitaker that Coleman was “definitely teased, he was bullied” and kids would call him “four-ears."

“My mom always said people who make fun of you and are trying bring you down - they're already down. They're trying to bring you to their level,” said Coleman.

These days Coleman wears a skullcap to keep his hearing aids in place under his helmet, but as a kid, he had to improvise... Read The Full Story:

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Myths or Facts: Can Deaf People Drive ?

Myths or Facts: Can Deaf people drive like a pro?

Check this out, a blonde Deaf girl, it will be worth to watch a short film "Can Deaf people driving a vehicle?"

Danielle Graybill's new video on YouTube, to educating and awareness about the life as a while Deaf and Hard of Hearing driving.

Danielle Graybill is being a filmmaker is her hobby. She was born and raised in Pennsylvania. Currently, She lives in Austin, Texas, the weird city!

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Deaf Designer Speaks Out On Myths About Deaf

Deaf 'Project Runway' designer speaks out on myths about Deaf. The season 12 finalist dispels stereotypes and myths about hearing loss.

CHICAGO -- In a "Project Runway" season where fights between contestants raged for hours, one of the finalists took refuge in what some would consider a disability: being Deaf.

Justin LeBlanc would turn down the volume on his cochlear implant or completely remove the external device, and he would focus on his designs. "It worked to my advantage," LeBlanc said. "It allowed me to block out all the drama."

LeBlanc fell short of the win, but by making it all the way to the final four, he helped educate the viewing and hearing public about being deafness.

"A lot of people have never been around a deaf person," he said, though 2 to 3 out of every 1,000 children in the U.S. are born Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.

LeBlanc hopes his appearance on "Project Runway" helped dispel some assumptions, myths and stereotypes about deafness. Among the misperceptions...

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Israel’s First Deaf Flight Attendant

Drama teacher seeking to become Israel’s first Deaf flight attendant.

TEL AVIV, Israel -- The 51-year-old has been trying to persuade El Al to hire him for two years, but the airline has balked due to safety concerns. A 51-year-old man's quest to be Israel's first Hard of Hearing flight attendant fell on deaf hears this week after the Civil Aviation Authority refused to intervene.

Deaf drama teacher Shuki Assouline has been engaged in active talks with El Al for the past two years to convince the airline to hire him as flight attendant. However, the airline determined that it could not employ him as an attendant due to safety concerns.

The CAA declined a request to weigh in on the matter this week, saying that according to regulations a Deaf person could not serve as a pilot, but that it does not maintain any medical guidelines for flight attendants. Instead, the CAA said commercial airlines were free to set their own standards and that Assouline should contact the airlines directly.

"I want to make history and become Israel's first Deaf flight attendant," Assouline said in an interview conducted by email. "For 51 years I have known that I am meant to be an El Al flight attendant."... Read The Full Story.

How To Communication With Deaf People

How to communication with Deaf and Hard of Hearing people.

Kati Roman's video on YouTube to educate hearing people how to connect or talk with Deaf and Hard of Hearing people.

Kati Roman, who is a hard of hearing person, which is issuing a call to action, inviting community to be part of the solution to explain why she is doing a good cause, to educating and awareness about the Deaf and Hard of Hearing people.

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Tanzania's First Deaf Mechanic

WATCH: English Subtitles - Tanzania's First Deaf Mechanic.

In a Country where the Deaf are classified with animals & non living things, its almost near impossible for any Deaf person to make a headway in life.

Johari, just like a few other Deaf is one of the first to show the communities in Tanzania & the World that "Deafness is not inability & everyone deserves a fair chance in life" Deaf people can do anything except hear!

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Deaf Entertainer: Signs of Laughter

A Deaf entertainer CJ Jones shares signs of laughter.

CJ Jones is an internationally known Deaf entertainer who has been making audiences of all ages laugh for over 25 years. Through sign language and humor, he hopes to remind people that 'life is good'.

CJ is an awesome motivational role model for not only people of the Deaf community, but to every person who has ever faced an obstacle in life.

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Deaf Tattoo Convention Berlin, Germany

Deaf Tattoo Convention in Berlin, Germany in International Sign.

The first International Deaf Tattoo Convention of the world was held in Berlin. Twelve tattoo artists from many countries took part. More than 900 visitors came to Berlin-Weißensee.

It was great to attend the convention. We have learned a lot and made ​​new experiences. For example, it is not "Deaf and Dumb", but "Deaf". The Moderation we have completely turned at the beginning and forgot to repeat it again. But that experience at least even more viewers, as it is correct. Thanks also to the organizers, it was cool with you.

Of the convention reported Tattoo Model Mel Riot. The 2nd Deaf Tattoo Convention will be held in September 2014 in Paris.

Deaf Tattoo Convention Berlin 2013.

Zur weltweit 1. Deaf Tattoo Convention trafen sich vom 18. bis 20.Januar 2013 zwölf internationale gehörlose Tätowierer in Berlin-Weißensee. Von der Convention berichtet Tattoomodel Mel Riot.

Es war toll, die Convention zu besuchen. Wir haben einiges gelernt und neue Erfahrungen gemacht. Zum Beispiel, das es nicht "Taubstumm", sondern "Gehörlos" heißt. Die Anmoderation haben wir ganz am Anfang gedreht und leider vergessen, es noch einmal zu wiederholen. Aber so erfahren wenigstens noch mehr Zuschauer, wie es richtig heißt. Danke auch an die Veranstalter, es war cool bei Euch.

Die 2. Deaf Tattoo Convention wird übrigens im September 2014 in Paris stattfinden.

Visit at www.Deaf-Tattoo.com for more information.

The Deaf Community - Documentary Film

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Deaf Produced BMW Commercial Ads On TV

Deaf produced BMW commercial gets national attention.

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee -- A locally produced BMW of Chattanooga commercial, which features a Deaf employee and highlights the dealer's dedication to customer service is receiving national recognition.

In the advertisement, which is the fourth in a series produced by Moss Media Labs local BMW employee Scott Carpenter, who oversees the detail department at the dealership, uses sign language to express the importance of getting a BMW serviced by a BMW-certified technician.

Carpenter has been Deaf since he was 9 years old, and he conveys the message with only a smile and shoulder shrug.

“Scott exemplifies everything great about BMW of Chattanooga," Daniel Bellemare, BMW of Chattanooga’s general manager, said in a prepared statement. "He is a long-term employee who is always willing to lead the way into change. He is always a problem solver instead of a problem creator. We love Scott and are so happy he is part of our team.”

Leaders said the commercial has drawn attention from BMW USA leaders and from the National Association of the Deaf.

The association's CEO, Howard A. Rosenblum, said he encourages other employers to follow BMW of Chattanooga's example in displaying the important contributions that Deaf people bring as employees... Read The Full Story.