Deaf Community and Imaging Technology

Karen Talosig: However, Ava hearing impediment did not stop her from joining the Brownie troops, taking judo classes or earning a full scholarship to study imaging technology at an American university, according to Toronto Star. That why McRight and members of the deaf community were outraged when they read in the Star the story of Karen Talosig, a Filipino caregiver in Vancouver whose 14-year-old daughter, Jazmine, was found medically inadmissible to join her in Canada from Manila because she is deaf. The only difference is Valentina can hear and Ava was born profoundly deaf. Immigration officials ruled the teenager would be a liability to Canada, despite testimonials from the Burnaby Public School Board and the British Columbia Provincial School for the Deaf that the teen will not require special education funding as she is fluent in American Sign Language . I was astoundingly pleased that the Star put their story on the front page, to put it out there to enlighten its readers. They played with hearing friends. My daughters were close in age. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.