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http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=local&id=3429612
Deaf students protested a lack of sign-language translators at Fresno City College.
The students and their faculty supporters said the college doesn't supply interpreters to the extent that the federal Americans with Disabilities Act requires.
College President Ned Doffoney said Thursday the school is working on responding to a list of demands from hearing-impaired students.
The college has fewer than three dozen deaf students out of about 1,700 who have disabilities that include blindness, missing limbs and learning difficulties. Of $800,000 in funds for disabled students, $300,000 goes toward sign-language interpreters.
Nancy Carroll, a part-time City College instructor, said that other community colleges fail to meet requirements of the federal law.
"They should have an interpreter in every class session where there is a deaf student," Carroll said.
Students demonstrated Thursday in the college's free speech area. Jim Wade, a student who graduated in May, said he knows deaf students who dropped out of college because they couldn't understand their classes.
Deaf students protested a lack of sign-language translators at Fresno City College.
The students and their faculty supporters said the college doesn't supply interpreters to the extent that the federal Americans with Disabilities Act requires.
College President Ned Doffoney said Thursday the school is working on responding to a list of demands from hearing-impaired students.
The college has fewer than three dozen deaf students out of about 1,700 who have disabilities that include blindness, missing limbs and learning difficulties. Of $800,000 in funds for disabled students, $300,000 goes toward sign-language interpreters.
Nancy Carroll, a part-time City College instructor, said that other community colleges fail to meet requirements of the federal law.
"They should have an interpreter in every class session where there is a deaf student," Carroll said.
Students demonstrated Thursday in the college's free speech area. Jim Wade, a student who graduated in May, said he knows deaf students who dropped out of college because they couldn't understand their classes.
