DEAF AWARENESS ISSUES

Inpatient mental health services for the deaf pose special challenges. Many deaf people do not have access to the mental health treatment they need, or the services that are available are not really appropriate for them.

This article reviews communication methods available for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children that include sound.

It is not easy keeping employees happy and motivating. This article gives suggestions on activities to help motivate in a corporate environment.

John Evelyn produced a piece of writing known as Fumifugium or The Inconvenience of the Air and Smoke or London Dissipated, as a way to bring King Charles II attention to the issue of air pollution, an issue still relevant today.

A look at what makes this movie so special and how it can change the face of domestic violence forever.

This article describes how I learned to overcome my prejudices regarding my Muslim partner.

We will cover the basics of speaking to a child, or anyone, with Autism. What to expect and how to handle responses.

This is a paper on the abuse of the elderly.

Young first time mother shares her family's experience discovering their first child is on the Autism spectrum, her thoughts on the American Airlines flight removal and what she wishes others knew about children with Autsim.

We are part of multiple systems even though we are not consciously aware of it. In this paper I examine how this impacts my daily life.

Parents say it is the most devastating day of their lives - the day their child is diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Unfortunately many parents are completely shocked at the diagnosis because they don't know what autism is, or how to recognize it.

What's going on today in the world?

Why must we alow our children to fall so far behind before the schools reach out and help them? Why must we, as parents become the bad guys, fighting for our childrens right to an education?

This article addresses the functions and basic information on the five senses and then explores the possibility of a sixth sense, presenting studies and empirical support for such a phenomenon.

With the census count coming in three years, an old argument about how people are counted and who are counted will no doubt will return. This is an essay that argues that the continuation of counting by racial and ethnic classifications is still very much needed.

AN UNDERGROUND TRANSIT System operated for twenty-four years through President, Calaveras, and Snohomish Counties without suffering a solitary mishap. The Regional Transit Authority's "Vision 2020" had been well realized.

While the majority of schools, including CA, opt for an English immersion program, more schools across the country are realizing the value of bilingualism with programs designed to promote the acquisition of English without sacrificing native languages.

Media men who have reached the inaccessible areas are praising the role of the society in releif work; they are wondering loudly whether state's institutions have the capacity to effectively respond crises.

The Who's Tommy has been a classic rock standard for over 35 years. This article considers the depiction of disability in Tommy and whether Pete Townshend dispells or perpetuates traditional stereotypes about persons with disabilities.