disability Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/disability/ Everything about the Deaf Community! Wed, 20 Nov 2019 04:27:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://deafniche.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cropped-logo_gigantic_png-32x32.png disability Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/disability/ 32 32 Hollywood’s Latest Love Story Is About Sign Language Users https://deafniche.com/del-toros-shape-of-water-is-a-love-story-about-a-sign-language-user/ Sun, 26 Nov 2017 01:16:02 +0000 https://deafniche.com/?p=10558 December 7, 2017—Guillermo Del Toro’s latest fairy tale love story The Shape of Water will be released in theaters across the nation. The film takes place in Baltimore, Maryland during the 1960s Cold War and centers around a mute janitor who works at a high-security laboratory within the government. She uses sign language for communication […]

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]]> Social Security Expected to Dry Up https://deafniche.com/social-security-expected-dry/ Sun, 26 Jun 2016 14:00:38 +0000 http://blog.deafniche.com/?p=9158 SSI/SSDI Benefits for everyone could be reduced by almost 25% when funds run out Social Security has had a surplus set aside for emergencies like the Great Recession, and it is the current hot topic with more people depending on Social Security since the Great Depression. Everyone is wondering the same thing: when will it […]

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]]> Three Deaf Women Killed in Haiti https://deafniche.com/deaf-women-killed-in-haiti/ Fri, 29 Apr 2016 07:19:27 +0000 http://blog.deafniche.com/?p=9042 It’s believed that being deaf is a curse In Haiti, people with disabilities face extreme discrimination due to the outdated cultural belief that they are cursed. This what the Haitian investigators believe to be the case of the three deaf women being murdered. The women were found in a ditch with their tongues cut out, […]

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