New deaf and deaf-blind retirement community opens;...
Gallaudet News A non-profit and private independent-living retirement community, Alder Springs Deaf & Blind Community, has recently opened in its first phase in Morganton, North Carolina. Barbara Palmento, '72, digitally covered the construction and opening of Alder Springs as a representative on its Board of Directors.
Wed, Sep 28 2016 · 1 hour ago

Via NYTimes Opinion: The Deaf Body in Public Space
Rethinking Deaf rights, education, cochlear i A smart op-ed from Deaf writer and Rhodes Scholar Rachel Kolb:"'It's rude to point,' my friend told me from across the elementary-school cafeteria table. I grasped her words as I read them off her lips. She stared at my index finger, which I held raised in mid-air, gesturing toward a mutual classmate. 'My mom said so.'I was six or seven years old, but I remember stopp...
Wed, Sep 28 2016 · 4 hours ago

Nyle DiMarco ASL lesson
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Wed, Sep 28 2016 · 10 hours ago

Deaf Scuba Diving @ World’s Deepest Thermal Pool, Y-40
Silent Grapevine Y-40 “The Deep Joy” is the world’s deepest thermal pool in Montegrotto Terme, Italy (near to Padua). The pool reaches a depth of 130 feet or 40 meters, holding 4300 cubic meters of water! It is designed for leisure dives, free dives, dive training, and photo shoots. An architect Emanuele Boaretto designed the cylindrical pool, […]
Wed, Sep 28 2016 · 10 hours ago

Wacky News Ep 9: Nyle DiMarco | Message in a Bottle | Sit...
Silent Grapevine In Episode 9, Jaxon and Dylan cover reality television star Nyle DiMarco and his work in promoting early language acquisition among Deaf and hard of hearing children. They also report on the oldest found message in a bottle, and a new app that helps kids find friends to sit with at lunch. Story 1 — […]
Wed, Sep 28 2016 · 10 hours ago

Go See: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time,...
The Limping Chicken The National Theatre (who are a supporter of this site) has announced the scheduling of accessible performances of its West End production of […]
Wed, Sep 28 2016 · 10 hours ago

Accountability = Results
Silent Grapevine When the community holds the Illinois Deaf and Hard of Hearing Commission (IDHHC) accountable, results happen. Corey Axelrod, President of the Illinois Association of the Deaf, shares the Deaf community cannot back down and must continue advocating for improvements from the IDHHC.
Wed, Sep 28 2016 · 11 hours ago

Deaf Voter Education 2016: Faribault Deaf Club
Silent Grapevine Special thanks to the Faribault Deaf Club for welcoming our voting education crew! #mnDeafvote #mnHHvote #mnDBvote A voter from the Faribault voting education session explains why he is committed to voting in the upcoming election. #mnDeafvote #mnHHvote #mnDBvote [Video: man standing in front of the auditorium stage signs: “Hello, I’m Ron Hill. I am voting […]
Wed, Sep 28 2016 · 11 hours ago

We Share Solar and Wells Fargo: Lighting a Deaf School in...
Silent Grapevine We Share Solar conducted a Solar Suitcase building workshop with high school students, teachers and Wells Fargo London employees in April 2016. Five of the portable solar systems built by students were deployed to Kenya to provide light and power at a school for deaf and disabled children. Video by Katie G. Nelson.
Wed, Sep 28 2016 · 11 hours ago

Candlelight Vigil for Ben Hollingsworth
Silent Grapevine Location: M Lot, RIT campus.
Wed, Sep 28 2016 · 12 hours ago

Michael McNeely: Why for me, going to the cinema is like...
The Limping Chicken Movies are my religion, and I hope I can keep seeing them for the rest of my (very long) life. […]
Wed, Sep 28 2016 · 13 hours ago

SHARE: President Updates — September 2016
Silent Grapevine [Video description can be found below. If you use a screen reader and need to access the caption file transcript, go to “More…” and click on “Transcript”] In this first installment of NAD President Melissa Draganac-Hawk’s monthly series, Melissa shares updates about: the upcoming board meeting in October in the DC/Maryland area, committees, law enforcement...
Wed, Sep 28 2016 · 15 hours ago

SHARE: Looking for Committee Members!
Silent Grapevine [Video description can be found below. If you use a screen reader and need to access the caption file transcript, go to “More…” and click on “Transcript”] The NAD wants you to join one of the NAD’s committees! Apply online at: https://nad.org/news/2016/9/looking-committee-members Video description and transcript: NAD Vice President Joshua Beckman is in fro...
Wed, Sep 28 2016 · 15 hours ago

Warehousing | Deaf Beneath [CC]
Silent Grapevine Discussing a recent court settlement involving Jose Garcia and the Grandview School District in Yakima, Washington after Garcia was prevented from graduating high school due to years of warehousing and being denied adequate instruction because of his deafness. I also bring up Libby Lael’s “Deaf Beneath” to demonstrate audism and lack of specialized instruction f...
Wed, Sep 28 2016 · 15 hours ago

Hearing Privileges: The Unspoken Truth
The Last Hiccup First of all, I’ve seen all the hashtags #hearingprivilege people shared their experiences. So much pain to see what they were going through. OK, enough small talk. This post will talk about my experience growing up in hearing world—being robbed by hearing privileges. It is rented out for my stress management, allowing me to write […]
Wed, Sep 28 2016 · 15 hours ago

October & Down syndrome Awareness
doozeedad with October comes Down syndrome Awareness Month The post October & Down syndrome Awareness appeared first on Meriah Nichols.
Wed, Sep 28 2016 · 15 hours ago

Support for deaf woman refused service
Deaf News Today A deaf woman who was outraged by the way a Massachusetts Dunkin Donuts employee treated her is getting support from her community, reports WFXT-TV. Read More at DeafNewsToday.com
Tue, Sep 27 2016 · 17 hours ago

Looking for Committee Members!
NAD News Sorry, you need to install flash to see this content. The NAD wants you to join one of the NAD's committees!   NAD Standing Committee -- Governance: provide expertise and recommendations in NAD governance, including SAAC, bylaws, policy and Council of Representatives-- Outreach: provide expertise and recommendations in outreach...
Tue, Sep 27 2016 · 24 hours ago

Dale's Journey.
At The Rim NHS Foundation Trust - Dale's Journey from zinzan on Vimeo. The Hearing Implant team at St Thomas’ Hospital provide specialist cochlear implants (CI) to adults who are profoundly deaf across the South of England and Jersey. We have developed a series of short videos showing a range of patients’ journeys with their cochlear implant. Watch the series  HERE Dal...
Tue, Sep 27 2016 · 24 hours ago

Police enquiries Ongoing at Deaf Academy...
At The Rim The ongoing investigation at Exeter's Deaf Academy has been concluded by Devon County Council (DCC), but police enquiries are still continuing. Both the school and DCC have told the Echo they won't disclose what the recommendations are until they have been disclosed to parents who have been invited to a meeting at the school next Friday, October 7, at 1.30pm. Th...
Tue, Sep 27 2016 · 24 hours ago

Updates from President Melissa -- September 2016
National Association of the Deaf blogs In this first installment of NAD President Melissa Draganac-Hawk's monthly series, Melissa shares updates about: the upcoming board meeting in October in the DC/Maryland area, committees, law enforcement, transparency, the five priorities, and signvote.org!
Tue, Sep 27 2016

Veritasium
Captioned Web TV Meet Derek Muller. Veritasium is his channel covering many science and engineering subjects including interviews. Veritasium, according to Muller on his Wikipedia page:'The name "Veritasium" is a combination of the Latin word for truth, Veritas, and the suffix common to many elements, -ium. This creates "Veritasium", an element of truth, a play on the popular phrase a...
Tue, Sep 27 2016

Stop staring at me !
At The Rim A recent angry response when I was attempting to lip-read someone at a meeting.  I explained I wasn't trying to be rude, but trying to follow him by lip-reading, but he turned his back on me, end of conversation ! It got me thinking as to how we as lip-readers manage in situations that are never ideal, or even understanding what others feel about being the sole ...
Tue, Sep 27 2016

1000 Deaf Europeans to demand better sign language...
The Limping Chicken On Wednesday, over 1,000 people from across the EU will descend on the European Parliament chamber to demand better recognition […]
Tue, Sep 27 2016

D/HH Low-Income Apartment in Dallas Pre-Leasing Now
Deaf Network of Texas DEAF/HOH LOW-INCOME APARTMENT IN DALLAS PRE-LEASING NOW Wouldn’t you like to live in a deaf-friendly community in the heart of Downtown Dallas? With amenities such as on-site videophone room, adaptive technology for deafblind and wheelchair users, advocacy, Martha’s Vineyard Place… Read more →
Tue, Sep 27 2016