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Sep
2019
Deaf Indian Adoption

Deaf Indian Adoption: Maureen’s Story

By: Deaf Counseling Center Category: Adoption, ASL, Assessment, Audism, Children, Counseling, Deaf, Health, Language, Medical, Mental Health, National, Parenting/Families, Psychology, Therapy, Videos Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Advice for Prospective Adoptive Deaf Parents Maureen shares her Deaf Indian adoption experience and offers two important pieces of advice for prospective adoptive parents. Communication Access and Medical-Related Issues Hi, I’m Maureen Behrens. I’d like to share my adoption story, focusing on communication access and medical-related issues. I adopted my daughter about 10 ½ years ago, through the Holt International …

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10
Aug
2019

Sign Language: WhyISign

By: Deaf Counseling Center Category: Audism, Counseling, Deaf, Mental Health, National, Therapy, Videos

Transcript: #whyisign This is actually about why we sign here at Deaf Counseling Center. All of us are Deaf and we work with Deaf people from all over the US. We believe that every Deaf person should have access to direct communication in counseling. Going to counseling and having an interpreter witness intimate discussions is not comfortable. Neither is having …

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10
Jun
2018

California’s Deaf Prisoners Stuck Behind Bars

By: Deaf Counseling Center Category: Accommodation, Articles, Audism, Interpreters, Legal Issues, National, News, Social Justice

Mother Jones By Samantha Michaels June 7, 2018 In 2016, an inmate in Corcoran, California, faced a dilemma. The parole board wanted to know whether he’d completed any self-help programs during his incarceration, a sign that he’d rehabilitated and could be trusted to go home. The inmate, whose name has been withheld for privacy reasons, said yes: At the Substance …

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30
Mar
2018

National Issues Related to Therapy with Deaf Clients

By: Deaf Counseling Center Category: Accommodation, Audism, Counseling, Principles, Therapy

Deaf Counseling Center is sharing this spot-on article about common issues that Deaf people face on a national basis when seeking therapy. Sometimes it is the insurance company that creates barriers. Other times interpreters in therapy sessions make the sessions unproductive or confusing. In still other cases, it is hearing therapists who are not fluent in ASL, but advertise that …

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17
Mar
2018

Early Healthy Deaf Identity vs. Early Hearing Detection & Intervention

By: Deaf Counseling Center Category: Audism, Children, Conference, Counseling, Depression, Health, Language, Parenting/Families, Psychology, Videos

As the 17th Early Hearing Detection & Intervention (EHDI) annual national meeting opens in Denver, Colorado, this weekend, Deaf Counseling Center’s licensed therapist, Sheli Barber, reminds everyone attending of the importance of paying attention to the Deaf child’s healthy identity. When language and culture are made accessible to Deaf children, the years of therapy needed to unpack the trauma associated …

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25
Sep
2017

The Leaf: ASL Poem by John Maucere about Addiction

By: Deaf Counseling Center Category: Accommodation, Addiction, Audism, Counseling, Death/Dying, Depression, Health, Language, Videos

Seeking Help for Addiction: In this beautiful and powerful ASL poem, the  well-known Deaf actor and comedian John Maucere illustrates his journey of recovery from alcohol and drug addiction. John’s courage in sharing his personal story is inspiring – and a reminder to all of us that the dangers of addiction are very real and the consequences more serious than …

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8
Apr
2016

The Psychological Effects of Oralism

By: Deaf Counseling Center Category: Audism, Language, Media, Politics, Psychology, Social Justice

A recently published letter to the Washington Post from Meredith Sugar, Esq., the president of the A.G. Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, does a grave disservice to Deaf children and their families. The letter attempts to undermine growing media attention on the success of Nyle DiMarco, a charismatic and intelligent young Deaf man who rose to …

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9
Mar
2015

Deaf Employees and Workplace Discrimination

By: Deaf Counseling Center Category: Audism, Employment, Legal Issues

Facing discrimination at work? Deaf people face significantly higher than average rates of workplace discrimination. Deaf People of Color, DeafBlind people, and Deaf and disabled people face exponentially greater rates of workplace discrimination. Discrimination can mean being prevented from doing your job due to inaccessibility in any form, being treated differently than other workers, changing your job duties, not offering …

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