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Budget crisis likely to keep legislators from joining Deaf Celebration Day
More than 1,000 deaf and hard-of-hearing people from across Michigan are expected at Saturday’s Deaf Celebration Day 2007 – A 25-year Retrospective at Summit Place mall in Waterford.
But no longer expected are four state representatives from Oakland County. All had been scheduled to speak but they’re likely to be stuck in Lansing for the protracted budget debates, said convention organizer Marcy Colton, executive director of the Deaf Community Advocacy Network in Sylvan Lake.
“We’re having our event anyway. This is a celebration of deafness and the deaf community,” Colton said, referring to the event planned for 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. About 50 nonprofit groups and companies will showcase products and services, and a fashion show at 1 p.m. will have all deaf models, she said.
Also expected are legal experts from the state Division on Deaf and Hard of Hearing, to talk about an updated state law – signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on June 29 – requiring that doctors, lawyers, job interviewers and government offices provide certified sign-language interpreters.
“I think they will be there,” even if state government shuts down, Colton said today.
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More than 1,000 deaf and hard-of-hearing people from across Michigan are expected at Saturday’s Deaf Celebration Day 2007 – A 25-year Retrospective at Summit Place mall in Waterford.
But no longer expected are four state representatives from Oakland County. All had been scheduled to speak but they’re likely to be stuck in Lansing for the protracted budget debates, said convention organizer Marcy Colton, executive director of the Deaf Community Advocacy Network in Sylvan Lake.
“We’re having our event anyway. This is a celebration of deafness and the deaf community,” Colton said, referring to the event planned for 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. About 50 nonprofit groups and companies will showcase products and services, and a fashion show at 1 p.m. will have all deaf models, she said.
Also expected are legal experts from the state Division on Deaf and Hard of Hearing, to talk about an updated state law – signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on June 29 – requiring that doctors, lawyers, job interviewers and government offices provide certified sign-language interpreters.
“I think they will be there,” even if state government shuts down, Colton said today.
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