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Deaf Education- NDEDI October 15, 2026

Drafted by AI, Signed by a Human

Nora Nora is nine, and she is Deaf, and in American Sign Language she is a talker. She tells long stories with her whole body, shifting her shoulders to become each character, and she uses space the way a novelist…

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Deaf Education- NDEDI October 15, 2026

Alabama Counts Its Deaf Children by District. Most of Those Districts Say Nothing About Them.

*Alabama publishes how many deaf and hard of hearing children each of its school systems serves. Set that count beside what the systems publish, and beside the budget lines that are supposed to reach those children, and a different picture…

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Deaf Education- NDEDI October 13, 2026

A Right Without a Dollar: Alaska’s Deaf Education Law and the School It Left to a District Budget

*In 2026 Alaska wrote a duty to support its program for the deaf into statute and recorded the cost as zero. The district that runs the state’s only school for the deaf cut it in both budget cycles.* On February…

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Deaf Education- NDEDI October 12, 2026

New Jersey Still Advertises a Dorm It Closed

*The Governor’s budget says the Katzenbach School for the Deaf stopped housing students in fiscal 2026. The Department of Education’s pages for families still offer the program.* New Jersey has one state school for the deaf, and its own government…

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Deaf Education- NDEDI October 12, 2026

New York Never Said Who Can Interpret

*New York’s regulations define what an educational interpreter does and never say who may do it. A Capital Region BOCES posting shows what fills that silence.* New York regulates what an educational interpreter does and says nothing about who may…

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Deaf Led AI Governance October 12, 2026

The Check Is Still Not There

Four days after NCG published “The Sign Said Something Else,” a second recording surfaced from the same airport, the same train and the same AI signer. The first recording, posted on LinkedIn on 8 October 2026 as a product demonstration,…

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AI Governance & Digital Risk October 12, 2026

The Exemption Is a Query: Who Actually Decides Minnesota’s Medicaid Work Requirement

On January 1, 2027, Minnesota’s Medical Assistance program begins requiring some adults to prove they work. The day before, the last federal recovery dollars from the American Rescue Plan Act expire, taking with them money that has carried a good…

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Deaf-Led AI Assurance October 9, 2026

Five Cents a Sign: Inside GoSign.AI’s Data Supply Chain, the Company’s Answers, and the Terms That Haven’t Changed

12 October 2026 · Heather M. Grizzle, Novara Consulting Group · SLAT governance record, with GoSign.AI’s response An evening at the Factory It is a weeknight, and a fluent ASL signer has an hour before bed. She has cleared a…

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Deaf-Led AI Assurance October 8, 2026

Kara Technologies: The Pilot Is Governed, the Product Is Not Yet

*A small pilot run with care, and a product being readied for places where the stakes are far higher* In the middle of June 2026, passengers on Auckland’s East West Line who opened the Auckland Transport app began to see…

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