The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette had a report about the results of a fair housing test done on landlords to see if they would rent to deaf people. Out of 200 landlords called, 56 or 28 percent, showed evidence of either possible or blatant discrimination. An example of blatant discrimination: a deaf tester calls about an apartment and is told the apartment is not available. Then a hearing tester calls about the same apartment and is told the apartment is in fact available.

This was just in Pittsburgh. What happens in the rest of the country? I don't know, but I think it is safe to extrapolate from the Pittsburgh test results and assume that similar housing discrimination exists elsewhere.

Now we have seen evidence of discrimination against deaf people in jobs (remember the ABC What Would You Do? show) and now, housing. What next? Sarcastically speaking, I half-expect someone to do a test with deaf and hearing testers going to restaurants to see who gets the better seats, the deaf or the hearing testers.

Trestie11 on the forum is asking for help with a situation many of us are all too familiar with: her fourth grade daughter, who uses implants, is starting to struggle socially. Trestie11 is open to suggestions, including for her now-oral daughter to learn sign language.  A reader has already responded, suggesting a deaf camp experience.

Arizona State University has a report about a study being done to examine how young deaf children develop their deaf identities and also learn how to be members of the broader society. The researchers are using videos of kindergarten classes for the deaf in Japan, the United States, and France. They are showing the videos to a various parties including teachers and parents, to get their insights.

This month (April) is National Autism Awareness Month. It is possible to be both autistic and deaf. I don't know the size of the autism-deafness community, but I imagine it must be quite small. Plus, About.com has a guide to Autism.