Granville Redmond

Granville Redmond was born in Philadelphia in the early 1870’s. He became deaf as the result of a bout of scarlet fever when he was around three, and his family moved to California, perhaps prompted by the opportunity afforded their son at the Berkeley School for the Deaf (now the California School for the Deaf). There his artistic inclinations were encouraged and he went on to study at the California School of Design in San Francisco.

He won a scholarship from the California School of the Deaf that allowed him to travel to Paris and study at the renowned Academie Julian, and had a large canvas accepted at the prestigious Paris Salon.

Though he came to California and to painting by a different route, his influences and painting excursions around California put him in the company of the other turn of the century California plein air painters, who are often referred to as “California impressionists” read more

As deaf, hard of hearing, late-deafened, deaf-blind or hearing individuals with deaf parents or families, everything that comes our way in life, our everyday occurrences, can be seen as a call to adventure. We are all heroes in our own journey and story of deafhood. We are all searching to find our way through and beyond…

Looking at what it means to be deaf is the kind of adventure that offers us the possibility of significant transformation and personal growth. All of our interactions with other people can be seen as opportunities to help or be helped by them, or to thwart them or be threatened by them. Though we may not have a choice about the path that we travel, we do have the choice of how we travel. We can journey with openness, courage and acceptance, or we can journey with resistance, defensiveness or fear.

Any sort of transformation we go through, individually or collectively as a group, is a kind of hero’s journey. Whether you are exploring concepts of deafhood, entertaining new ideas, giving new meaning to old labels, protesting, advocating, losing your hearing, or going through any kind of personal or group transformation, we are all heroes on a great adventure! read more

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At 35, Jones still has many working years ahead of him and, alongside fears for himself and his colleagues, he is also concerned for the younger disabled people reaching working age.

"We are not thinking about just our jobs it's the next generation of disabled people too. If they closed this factory, there will be nothing for them. They have shut down the [sheltered] workshops, and not many of those people have jobs. If they haven't, what chance have we?"

Remploy says all its sites were reviewed and "appropriate adjustments made where necessary to facilitate disabled employees". The organisation adds that the DVD was one of a range of materials used to explain its announcement to people.

On the lack of signers being present to communicate the manager's comments to the deaf workers, it says that all employees can ask specific questions on helplines and feedback forms. It adds that, with short notice, it can be difficult to obtain the services of a signer, but in such circumstances access to signers will be made available as soon as possible.
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Remploy workers speak out over closures

Mencap, Mind, Leonard Cheshire, Radar, Scope and the Royal National Institute for Deaf People support the direction of the Remploy proposals. But the Royal National Institute of Blind People has criticised its counterparts for giving "unequivocal support" to the plans.

An RNIB spokesperson says that, although it is important to help disabled people into mainstream employment, there needs to be a "halfway house", where workers are provided with support and a job.

"Otherwise, what you have is a black hole between the supported work environment and the mainstream. You need to build a bridge between the two."
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THE SOUND OF SILENCE

Mahoney is deaf and it wasn’t until he was 12 that he learned of his hearing impairment. For years, doctors thought he had fluid buildup in his ears. Now, the only way he can hear is by wearing those two devices. The only times he doesn’t have them on is when he is sleeping and when he is on the football field.

In more than two decades of coaching, Adams has never had a deaf player walk through his doors. For him, it has been a challenge. But he says it’s worth it. He’s even gone out of his way to make Mahoney’s life easier. After communicating verbally with his teams in years past, Adams has devised a system that uses hand signals to relay the plays.read more

Hearing center holds information meeting

The Hearing Loss Association of America-Fresno Chapter will host a meeting from 1:30 to 4 p.m. today at the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Service Center, 5340 N. Fresno St., Fresno.

Information will be given on hearing loss, testing, hearing aids, assisting devices, adjustment and support systems.

Details: (559) 225-3323.
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