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Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind’s first deaf superintendent shares goals going forward
Tera Spangler is working to give Colorado’s deaf and blind students the education she never had growing up. Earlier this year, she was selected as the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind’s (CSDB) next superintendent. As the first deaf superintendent in the school’s 150-year history, her appointment marked the latest step in a…
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Federal judge finds ‘just enough evidence’ to green-light deaf woman’s trial against Adams County sheriff
A federal judge last month agreed a jury should decide whether the Adams County sheriff violated a deaf detainee’s rights by failing to secure an American Sign Language interpreter during her 12-hour stay in the jail. Cynthia Mullen filed suit under the Rehabilitation Act, a precursor to the Americans with Disabilities Act that protects people from…