A former dorm aide at the Maryland School for the Deaf is due in court this morning. The hearing for
Clarence Taylor is about charges he inappropriately touched girls when they were students. Several girls came forward at the end of last year. They are now ages 15 and 16 but the alleged assaults took place between 2008 and 2010, when the girls were between the ages of 10 and 13. In January, four more girls said they had been sexually abused by Taylor, who now faces seven counts of sexual abuse of a minor. He worked the evening shift at the Columbia school.
Jacob Landis has made it to Minnesota. We told you back in April here about the fund-raising effort of the deaf Maryland man. Here's a video report from KSTP-TV about his stop in Minneapolis (captioning available).
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A deaf Maryland man's fund-raising effort has made its way to Detroit. We told you about Jacob Landis's adventure back in April here. Landis is biking to every Major League Baseball park in the country. WJBK-TV sat down and spoke with him in the video posted below. No captioning but you can read the story here.
Deaf students interested in space got a closeup visit to the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama last week. One student from the Maryland School for the Deaf told a local TV station, "It’s been my first time flying as a pilot in the orbiter, it’s been my first time doing a lot of things.” WHNT-TV has a video report posted below on DeafNewsToday.com (no captions) or you can read the story here.
Police told a truck driver with a service dog to get out of a Maryland Taco Bell because he was trespassing. Steve Kleckner of Minnesota was passing through the Baltimore-area store when the manager of the Taco Bell warned him he couldn't have a dog in the store. Kleckner tried to explain ADA law but the manager called police. WMAR-TV has a video report with captioning.
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More than a dozen ASL enthusiasts are walking to promote sign. Their 400 mile journey will take them from San Francisco down the Pacific Coast Highway to Los Angeles over the course of a month. 74-year-old Bob Walker of Frederick, Marland is quoted on the group's website as saying, "I am walking for ASL because I earnestly want the hearing Americans to recognize our basic everyday language known as ASL... We are comfortable with our language and we want the Americans to accept our language as official." Find out more here.
Jacob Landis is biking to every Major League Baseball park in the country. The deaf Maryland man is raising money for deaf children. He left Annapolis the first week of the month. His cousin is following in a van for support. Landis has already visited Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia and New York. Today he visits Fenway Park in Boston. Yesterday he attending an event hosted by the Massachusetts Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Landis is a cochlear implant recipient and he hopes to raise one million dollars for organizations that help implant candidates. His last stop is Miami in September. For more information, click here.
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The EEOC is taking Toys "R" Us to court for alleging not providing a sign language interpreter for a woman who applied for a job at a store in Columbia, Maryland in 2011. When Shakirra Thomas was called for a group interview she requested an interpreter. But the store told her she would have to provide her own, in violation of ADA law. The store later refused to give her information about her application. The EEOC contends Toys "R" Us refused to hire Thomas because she is deaf. The company refused to settle with the agency and now faces legal action. It's not commenting on the lawsuit.
A teacher’s aide at the Maryland School for the Deaf is facing multiple counts of abuse. Prosecutors say Clarence Taylor sexually abused seven children at the school. Taylor was indicted for kissing and fondling three girls between the ages of 10 and 13 in December and this week charges related to four other children have been added. He worked in the evenings as an aide for two years.
A teacher's aide at a deaf school is behind bars, accused of sexual abuse of minors. Clarence Taylor worked at the Maryland School for the Deaf. Prosecutors says he inappropriately touched three girls when they were students. They are now 15 and 16. One girl says Taylor would hug her and rub his hand across her breast when she was 12 and 13 years old. Two other girls claim he kissed them and brushed their backsides and breasts. The incidents came to light when one of the girls moved to another school and reported Taylor. The Maryland School for the Deaf has suspended him until the charges are resolved.
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