Deaf man hit by car
Deaf News Today A deaf man is in critical condition after being hit by a car in Ocala, Florida. Gary Hamilton was attempting to cross the street at the time. Read more in the Ocala StarBanner here. Read More at DeafNewsToday.com
Fri, Aug 17 2018 · 2 hours ago

Threats Shut Down School For The Deaf
Deaf News Today The Oklahoma School for the Deaf closed yesterday following a threatening phone call. It may be connected to "threats against a transgender student who attends another school that was shut down earlier this week over safety concerns," reports the Associated Press. Read the full story here. Read More at DeafNewsToday.com
Fri, Aug 17 2018 · 3 hours ago

TASBID FALL Workshop 2018
Deaf Network of Texas TASBID Annual Fall workshop, presented by Cindy Barnett, CI & CT Freelance ASL / English Interpreter September 28 – 29, 2018 Highland Lakes Camp & Conference Center, Spicewood, Texas I QUIT! – exploring Biblical and ethical perspectives on interpreter exhaustion,… Read more →
Fri, Aug 17 2018 · 5 hours ago

Cortez Harris completes Dale Carnegie Training, earns award
NTID News RIT/NTID student Cortez Harris recently completed the Dale Carnegie Customer Satisfaction Training, and earned "The Future is Bright" award.
Fri, Aug 17 2018 · 5 hours ago

Philippine House of Representatives approves “Filipino...
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers The House of Representatives unanimously approved on third and final reading last Tuesday House Bill 7503, seeking to declare Filipino Sign Language (FSL) as the national sign language of the Filipino deaf and the official sign language of the government in all transactions involving them. During the session, all 211 House Members present thumbed up... Continue Readin...
Fri, Aug 17 2018 · 6 hours ago

RIT/NTID names Keinaths as 2018 Distinguished Alumni
NTID News RIT/NTID names Keinaths as 2018 Distinguished Alumni. The couple will be honored during RIT’s Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend in October.
Fri, Aug 17 2018 · 7 hours ago

ASLdeafined Weekly Newsletter – #DeafOutLoud,
ASL Deafined Blog ASLdeafined Weekly Newsletter – 8/17/2018   “Born This Way” To Show #DeafOutLoud Special A&E is preparing to add another disability to the spotlight in their hit show Born This Way, broadcasting a special dedicated to the lives of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing individuals. A quick look into this special (shown in this video here) fills us with […]
Fri, Aug 17 2018 · 11 hours ago

My communication, my choice?
At The Rim Laudable but its horses for courses, intent on using a medium that needs 24/7 support to work outside own areas and conditions, suggests you need to learn alternatives as well, because most hearing won't sign to you, do not know it, so you are talking to yourself persisting that way, deaf need to understand too, meeting people halfway is essential or we leave, then w...
Fri, Aug 17 2018 · 14 hours ago

Teresa Garratty: As we communicate more through text, words...
The Limping Chicken Writing can be hard. That’s especially true for some people whose first language is a sign language and to be […]
Fri, Aug 17 2018 · 17 hours ago

Filling gaps in the ASL lexicon
Deaf News Today A small team at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf in Rochester, New York, is busy creating signs. They've been working to fill gaps in the ASL lexicon since 2014. Hundreds of ASL signs have been created—such as a sign for the words "verb" and "prototype." Even "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." One of the people involved in the project, Ruth Anna Spoo...
Thu, Aug 16 2018 · 23 hours ago

It's a Spectrum Y'all!!
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother For many people when they hear the word "Deafblind" they automatically picture Helen Keller - completely deaf and completely blind.I'll let you in on a BIG fact - it's a SPECTRUM y'all! Photo by Darius Bashar on Unsplash What is a Spectrum? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines Spectrum as:  "Used to classify something, or suggest that it can be classifie...
Thu, Aug 16 2018

1,278 Attended the “Be Courageous”! Convention of JW...
Deaf Network of Texas Brian Moore Media Services Sign Language Convention / Denton, TX Sign Language Congregation, Fort Worth Cell 817.829.3551 brimoo23@gmail.com aslnewsservice@live.com 1,278 Attended the “Be Courageous”! Convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses Presented in ASL from August 10 to 12, 2018 Over the weekend,… Read more →
Thu, Aug 16 2018

Webinar: Tax Advantage Savings for People with Disabilities
Deaf Network of Texas Accessibility and Disability Policy Webinar – Tax Advantage Savings for People with Disabilities The Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities brings you the Accessibility and Disability Policy Webinar for August, Tax Advantage Savings Program for People on SSI, SSDI and… Read more →
Thu, Aug 16 2018

UK, guilty of disabled genocide [118,000] dead.
At The Rim DWP confesses to contributing to premature deaths of disabled but vow to kill more.   The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has been forced to release updated Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) mortality statistics, in response to a Freedom of Information request from disability campaigner Gail Ward.  The shocking statistics reveal that 111,450 ESA cl...
Thu, Aug 16 2018

RIP: Dennis Cokley
The Last Hiccup I learned of his passing just recently and I wanted to pay respect for Dennis Cokley. He was a legend. Late Carl Schroeder and I had meeting with Dennis Cokley at Northeastern University in Boston. May 2010. It was priceless. Why he was legend? He had done a lot of good things for Deaf community. […]
Thu, Aug 16 2018

See and Hear (UK 2018).
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Thu, Aug 16 2018

The Village...
At The Rim Members of the Auckland Deaf community have collaborated with local filmmakers to tell a story about Deaf culture in the Whau. A story of language alienation and friendship, The Village, follows Brandy, a young woman arriving at a Deaf school and experiencing the culture shock of full immersion into a sign language environment.   The film is a fictionalised acco...
Thu, Aug 16 2018

President’s Pre-Orientation Prep List
Silent Grapevine As we get ready to welcome a new class of Tigers to RIT, President Munson had a list of things to do to help make sure campus was in peak condition. He took the responsibility very seriously…perhaps too seriously. We’re very excited to have you all with us soon! Get all of the details on […] The post President’s Pre-Orientation Prep List appeared first on si...
Thu, Aug 16 2018

Juliet England: Starbucks opens first signing coffee shop
The Limping Chicken Anyone who has a hearing loss has struggled at some point in a busy café, unable to catch the barista’s […]
Thu, Aug 16 2018

Moulton Falls Park Story
The Last Hiccup
Wed, Aug 15 2018

Streetcar 82 Opens
Deaf News Today The Washington, DC suburb of Hyattsville, Maryland has a new brewery that opened this summer. And this isn't just any ole brewery; Streetcar 82 is deaf-owned—the first of its kind on the East Coast. The small building used to house an auto repair garage, but now people play "cornhole or joke and chat over drinks." Read more in the DCist here or watch the video below...
Wed, Aug 15 2018

Watch: Film about coercion/domestic abuse for...
The Limping Chicken Watch the film on Facebook, in BSL with subtitles, by clicking here. Find out more about DeafHope here. Are you […]
Wed, Aug 15 2018

Why is there a shortage of Sign interpreters?
At The Rim Maybe the answer is much more simple, deaf aren't signing so much anymore?  The only thing that promotes more professionals is more DEMAND  for their services, 63% of all deaf still do not use interpreters, some never have, because they rely on hearing family or relations to do it.  Attempts to tell the deaf if they want more help they need to create a demand fo...
Wed, Aug 15 2018

Hey Listen, Mainstreamed Deaf Children Deserve More! –...
Deaf Culture That Novice ASL interpreters are usually ill-equipped to serve as language models for deaf children in mainstreamed schools. Fallon Brizendine offers concrete solutions to this problem.
Wed, Aug 15 2018

Deaf Girly and subitled Mamma Mia: Here we go again
Deafinitely girly Regular readers and my followers on Twitter will know that recently I've been talking a lot about the lack of subtitled showings available at UK cinemas.And I am not alone in my rage or my quest to change this. But we are hitting brick walls.Anyway, last night, I finally got to watch Mamma Mia 2 with subtitles at the cinema – Vue only provide subtitled movies on Tue...
Wed, Aug 15 2018