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Lyle Ferguson, the school superintendent, was played by Lou Fant, a son of deaf parents, who helped establish the National Theatre for the Deaf. [3] By January 1981, the film's title was changed to Amy and given a theatrical release as Walt Disney Productions felt that the film was "so powerful" it warranted a theatrical release. [3]
The film begins in the 1930s and takes place over the following twenty years. Ten-year old Margaret Ryder is a hearing child of deaf parents.After her younger brother is killed in an accident, she has to negotiate a price for his coffin, as her parents are unable to communicate with the speaking world.
Beets was deaf due to a childhood bout with measles, and claimed she was sexually abused by her father. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] When Beets was a child, the family moved from North Carolina to Hampton, Virginia , where her father was employed as a machinist at the Langley Research Center .
Maine's close-knit community of deaf and hard of hearing people is grieving in the wake of the Lewiston shootings that killed beloved members, many of whom were ardent advocates. The shootings ...
The Ohio man and his son were shot to death two years apart, officials said. Now, a man has been indicted in the father’s death. Mom helps others after husband is killed, then son.
An Alaska mom left a chilling voicemail for her 5-year-old son’s father after she allegedly murdered the boy with a 20-pound weight — cruelly telling him: “We don’t have a son no more.”
The central action of the play concerns Dan and Laura's struggle to decide whether their son Adam should receive a Cochlear implant. The play deals with themes of deaf pride, the challenges faced by the deaf community while navigating in the hearing world, the significance of language and communication, and the preservation of deaf culture.
A cop's son (an undercover detective) is murdered and a suspect is found with the weapon; the cop thinks it's an open-and-shut case, but doubts enter his mind when the suspect's mother (who claims her son didn't pull the trigger) begs him to investigate further. Starring: Howard DaSilva, Ann Pitoniak, Rosemary Rice, Robert Kaliban