Rushed to a Hospital but no Terp Available

A teenager responded to the pleas of a deaf woman on Facebook last Friday. Mark Toner was taken to the hospital with a suspected heart attac...

Terps Laid Off in Conn.

The state of Connecticut is laying off sign language interpreters working with the Department of Rehabilitation Services. The switch to priv...

Lawsuit: Deaf woman wrongly arrested, no terp

A deaf women is suing the sheriff's office in Shawnee County, Kansas. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Carolyn Hans called 9-1-1 ...

Police fail to provide Terp

Minnesota cops refused to provide an interpreter after making an arrest in 2013. Alan Read, who was born deaf, wanted one but Oakdale police...

Court discriminated against deaf man

Dustin King has won his lawsuit against an Indianapolis court for refusing to provide him with an interpreter during his child custody case....

$30K over interpreter

The Minnesota city of Oakdale is settling a complaint that it failed to provide a sign language interpreter. Alan Read will get $30,000 and ...

NYTimes: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Fight to Be Heard

The New York Times quotes a lawyer who specializes in cases involving the deaf and hard of hearing as saying that despite the lawsuits: ...