Article by Trudy Suggs, owner of T.S. Writing Services. Crossposed from the Author's Website by Permission of the Author.

Perhaps Rodney King isn’t the best person to quote, but “Can we all just get along?” is what keeps running through my head as I learn of more and more stories of rivalries between deaf schools and programs – especially those in the same state.

This is a weekly roundup of national and international news articles about Deaf individuals and Deaf-related events and concepts. The aim is to give a slightly Deaf perspective on the journalism and story.

Joe Riggio explains in the following three videos about am Interpreter Licensure bill in the Wisconsin Legislature (SB-389) and what is happening to pass this bill.

Interview with photographer Melissa McDaniel, who has been photographing Deaf dogs as part of her Photo Book projects. You can learn more about the project, the dogs and pre-order the Deaf dog photobook at www.thephotobooks.com

Former Purple video interpreter (Gina) shares perspective on Maria-Datastar-Purple subject from Ryan Commerson's Blog at: http://signcasts.com/node/260.

From my educational information; I can't give legal option which you need to consults with your attorney about it; I learned that we, Deaf and Hard of Hearing, need to do something about ‘early intervention' with local and federal entities. It’s about “[t]he term refers to providing appropriate services for the child with hearing loss, including nonmedical services, and ensuring that families of the child are provided comprehensive, consumer-oriented information about the full range of family support, training, information services, communication options and are given the opportunity to consider the full range of educational and program placements and options for their child.” Such provision quoted from www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/browse.html, not from the bill.

As a Deaf man and a concerned American, it's probably normal for me to feel concern for those Deaf, Deaf-blind and hard-of-hearing Haitians who survived the earthquake. While the Deaf community has its tightness and connectivity to support it in times of stress, often we lose out during emergencies due to lack of communication about supplies and services. Examples where Deaf people received limited information due to a lack of captioned emergency broadcasts are everywhere in the U.S., for example.

Kate Breen explains a little about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and what it means to Deaf people.