Tag: relationship violence
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Learning About Interpersonal Violence in the Deaf Community: Breaking Silences Day 2
Peer Advocate’s Experience of Deaf Women’s Disclosure of Sexual Assault Noelle Opsahl, Master of Education of the Deaf (M.E.D.) Gallaudet University First, a cool thing. Noelle, the presenter,told us that this was the first time she’d given this presentation in English, though she’s presented it in ASL (American Sign Language) several times. Noelle is hearing,…
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Film Friday: IN The Eye Of The Beholder (The Diane De Vries Story)
diane De Vries was born without arms and legs. This fast-paced, hard-hitting and beautifully honest documentary takes us through Diane’s life, through the ways the fear of her devoutly religious grandmother and the physical neglect of her mother shaped her childhood, through the ways being physically different impacts her interactions with others as an adult…