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 SignCasts - NASA video of Astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson on the International Space Station signing a special message to Earth. Source videoTue, Jul 27 2010 President Obama's ADA Anniversary PSA
SignCasts - Captioned Public Service Announcement from President Obama celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Video was posted to Youtube by the AAPD.Tue, Jul 27 2010 Deaf Women in Film Interview with Rhianon Gutierrez
SignCasts - Interview of Rhianon Gutierrez, Deaf Woman Director and Writer of "Transients". Interview produced by Jules Dameron of Deaf Women in Film and ASL Master for "Transients". Subtitles provided by Alex Lotz. To learn more about the Deaf Women in Film project, you can visit their blog, twitter account or facebook page. read moreSat, Jul 17 2010 Mental Health information video - "Suicide: What You Can Do"
SignCasts - The Alternative Solutions Center in Bethesda, MD provides a v/blog to inform the deaf community about mental health topics. With their permission, I am reposting their videos to help share this information. This video is about suicide and what you can do to prevent it. Their videos are available through their v/blog, blip.tv and Youtube. Due to the sensitivity of th...Fri, May 14 2010 Mental Health information video - "When Narcissists Use...
SignCasts - The Alternative Solutions Center in Bethesda, MD provides a v/blog to inform the deaf community about mental health topics. With their permission, I am reposting their videos to help share this information. This video is about Narcissism and the harm it can do. Their videos are available through their v/blog, blip.tv and Youtube. Due to the sensitivity of this subje...Mon, May 10 2010 Introduction to the Deaf Politics cause
SignCasts - Jessica Thurber explains why she started Deaf Politics, and how it is intended be a non-partisan source of political information for the Deaf community. They do not yet have a website, but you can subscribe to the Deaf Politics Facebook page, the Deaf Politics Twitter account, or the Deaf Politics Youtube account.Sun, May 09 2010 Deaf Non-profits to lose Tax exemption
 SignCasts - Thousands of Non-profit organizations are at risk of losing their nonprofit status if they do not file with the IRS by May 15th. Many small Deaf non-profits may be especially hard hit. The IRS implemented a new rule in 2006 requiring all non-profits to file with the IRS. Organizations that earned under $25,000 a year were previously exempt. If organizations do not fi...Sat, May 08 2010 Universal Subtitles project aims to Caption the web
SignCasts - The Universal Subtitles project aims to "make captioning, subtitling, and translating video publicly accessible in a way that’s free and open, just like the Web." Their efforts include a subtitling widget for simple online subtitling, a subtitles protocol to create a retrievable subtitles database, and a collaborative subtitling site. This project is sponsored by the ...Tue, May 04 2010 MN Citizen Deaf Unconference
SignCasts - Special Unconference Invitation - The future of the Deaf community rests with those who make a difference. This special community event provides Deaf citizens with a forum for open discussion of how to take action to affect this change. This UnConference will let YOU decide which issues are important, and discuss how to take action. What is an Unconference? Its a c...Fri, Apr 30 2010 Wisc. Interpreter Licensure Bill -- Final Passage
SignCasts - Final passage of the The Wisconsin Interpreter Licensure Bill (SB 389). Joe Riggio provides updates. The Wisconsin Association of the Deaf has more information about this bill. You can also check out our previous posts, or check out Joe Riggio's Youtube channel.Tue, Apr 27 2010 Solving MDS-MNSA's State funding issues
SignCasts - Mary Harnett of the Commission of Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard-of-Hearing Minnesotans, (MCDHH) explains the issues that Metro Deaf School-Minnesota North Star Academy (MDS-MNSA) had with receiving Funding from the state, and how the Commission helped to resolve it with the Department of Education, and the State Legislature. Increased funding for the school is now part of...Mon, Apr 26 2010 4/19/2010 Signcasts Monday News Roundup
SignCasts - The Roundup collects news articles reflecting Deaf people and issues from around the world. The aim is to provide a Deaf perspective on news and events. In this issue: RID Educational Interpreting vote, more deaf schools in danger, the story of a deaf-blind child left abandoned in wintry temperatures, and news about the upcoming Dummy Hoy documentary. On April 12th, t...Mon, Apr 19 2010 Greening Gallaudet
SignCasts - Members of "Green Gallaudet", Gallaudet University's student environmental group, explain how Gallaudet's Cafeteria has been taking steps to be come more environmentally friendly. Video was produced by Bison TV Productions, the Gallaudet University video production group. Reposted by permission of both Green Gallaudet and Bison TV Productions.Sat, Apr 17 2010 VLOG: Open Letter to the RID, ASL Translation
SignCasts - Note: The introduction of this video says "Two Open Letters," unfortunately, due to time constraints, we only completed one! The second will be following... In this letter, I contact RID President Cheryl Moose and share my concerns.Mon, Apr 12 2010 An Open Letter to the RID President
SignCasts - ASL version coming soon. This letter was sent early this morning, April 12th, to President Cheryl Moose of the RID. I hope to hear a positive result, which to me is postponing the vote or putting it on hold until further review. One small clarifaction: the vote in question has been ongoing for the last few weeks and ends today. Dear Ms. Moose: I am contacting you rega...Mon, Apr 12 2010 · Moved from DeafRead Extra SignCasts Monday Morning News + Coffee Roundup
SignCasts - The News Roundup takes a look at news, with a Deaf perspective. This week: more Deaf abuse scandals come to light, the RID's Educational Interpreting Vote, See What I'm Saying, and other news tidbits. read moreMon, Apr 12 2010 VLOG: RID of our future?
SignCasts - Yesterday, the RID Committee Chairperson for the Educational Interpreting Task Force, Susan Brown, finally replied to my concerns (originally outlined in English here). I'd been waiting for several days, so I was glad to hear from her - but she asked me to wait until, er, AFTER the vote to clarify the answers to my questions. read moreSun, Apr 11 2010 Op-Ed: Educational Interpreting Vote: Another Milan or a...
SignCasts - Video of this blog coming soon. Are we going to witness another Milan? On April 12th the RID will vote on standardizing rules for educational interpreters. This means any Deaf or hard of hearing person who uses an interpreter in a school environment will have new rules to contend with. They're writing a "Standard Practice Paper" which you can read here. This will affe...Fri, Apr 09 2010 iPad Review: A Deaf Take On The New Device
SignCasts - Below is my day-one review of iPad. I picked it up yesterday in the Apple store. I will try to give a slightly Deaf perspective on this device. A warning: I'm an Apple lover, despite my criticisms below. THE GOOD: Oh, sweet mother. This is the device I've been dreaming of for years, ever since I saw Star Trek. Yep, my first thought when I heard "iPad" wasn't a tampon...Mon, Apr 05 2010 US Census Public Service Announcement #5
SignCasts - The Commission of Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing Minnesotans (MCDHH) with the production assistance of St. Paul Neighborhood Network, has produced five Public service announcement videos to talk about the U.S. Census and the importance of Deaf people being counted. This is the fifth video, with Rania. These videos are also directly available from MCDHH along...Fri, Mar 26 2010 US Census Public Service Announcement #4
SignCasts - The Commission of Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing Minnesotans (MCDHH) with the production assistance of St. Paul Neighborhood Network, has produced five Public service announcement videos to talk about the U.S. Census and the importance of Deaf people being counted. This is the fourth video, with Jason. These videos are also directly available from MCDHH alon...Fri, Mar 26 2010 US Census Public Service Announcement #3
SignCasts - The Commission of Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing Minnesotans (MCDHH) with the production assistance of St. Paul Neighborhood Network, has produced five Public service announcement videos to talk about the U.S. Census and the importance of Deaf people being counted. This is the third video, with Doug. These videos are also directly available from MCDHH with ...Fri, Mar 26 2010 US Census Public Service Announcement #2
SignCasts - The Commission of Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing Minnesotans (MCDHH) with the production assistance of St. Paul Neighborhood Network, has produced five Public service announcement videos to talk about the U.S. Census and the importance of Deaf people being counted. This is the second video, with John. These videos are also directly available from MCDHH with...Fri, Mar 26 2010 US Census Public Service Announcement #1
SignCasts - The Commission of Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing Minnesotans (MCDHH) with the production assistance of St. Paul Neighborhood Network, has produced five Public service announcement videos to talk about the U.S. Census and the importance of Deaf people being counted. This is the first video, with Mateo. These videos are also directly available from MCDHH along...Fri, Mar 26 2010 FCC Conference on "Increasing Access to Broadband for...
SignCasts - Recording of the 3 hour March 10 FCC meeting on "Increasing Access to Broadband for People With Disabilities" as part of the FCC Broadband plan. Included is testimony from Rosaline Crawford; Director of the Law and Advocacy Center, National Association of the Deaf, and Leah Katz-Hernandez a student at Gallaudet University (at the 1:47:30 mark) This video is also avai...Wed, Mar 24 2010 3/21/10 E-Bay Encourages Identity Theft? And Other News
SignCasts - Monday Morning Deaf News and Coffee Roundup: This is a weekly roundup of national and international news articles about Deaf individuals and Deaf-related events and concepts. The aim is to give a slightly Deaf perspective on the journalism and story. In this issue: Good Deaf School News; Purple's new Board members; ADA updates - and the E-Bay situation, with a differe...Mon, Mar 22 2010 3/15/2010 Monday morning news and coffee roundup
SignCasts - This is a weekly roundup of national and international news articles about Deaf individuals and Deaf-related events and concepts. The aim is to give a slightly Deaf perspective on the journalism and story. This week: the agreement between Purple and the FCC, telecom services for the Deafblind, more school closings loom, protests and city services in the UK and America...Mon, Mar 15 2010 3/8/10 Monday news and coffee roundup
SignCasts - This is a weekly roundup of national and international news articles about Deaf individuals and Deaf-related events and concepts. The aim is to give a slightly Deaf perspective on the journalism and story. This week: Purple Communications, Ohio and the Deaf Jurist Situation, autocaptions on youtube, and ASL poetry nights in Brooklyn. read moreTue, Mar 09 2010 Youtube now has "Auto-Captioning"
SignCasts - Students at the California School for the Deaf-Fremont praise YouTube's new autocaptioning feature. To find more information about this feature, check out Youtube's offical announcement at their blog.Fri, Mar 05 2010 3/1/2010 Afternoon News and Coffee Roundup
SignCasts - Apologies for the lateness - technical difficulties and a day job! This is a weekly roundup of national and international news articles about Deaf individuals and Deaf-related events and concepts. The aim is to give a slightly Deaf perspective on the journalism and story. This week: looking at the Rhode Island layoffs, rapists at Kings County, linguistics developments...Mon, Mar 01 2010 Wisc. Interpreter Licensure Bill SB-389 Passed
SignCasts - Wisc Interpreter Licensure Bill (SB-389) was passed without amendment. Joe Riggio explains the details.Fri, Feb 26 2010 2/22/10 Morning Deaf News and Coffee Roundup
SignCasts - 2/22/10 Weekly News and Coffee Roundup This is a weekly roundup of national and international news articles about Deaf individuals and Deaf-related events and concepts. The aim is to give a slightly Deaf perspective on the journalism and story. This week: the Viable VRS scandal, closed captioning in Maryland bars, Cochlear corporation and associated news, and more fak...Mon, Feb 22 2010 2/15/10 Morning Deaf News and Coffee Roundup
SignCasts - This is a weekly roundup of national and international news articles about Deaf individuals and Deaf-related events and concepts. The aim is to give a slightly Deaf perspective on the journalism and story. This week: Deaf Schools, Videophones, the Super Bowl, and other isssues. read moreMon, Feb 15 2010 Update on Wisconsin Interpreter Licensure Bill
SignCasts - Joe Riggio Providing an update on how the Wisconsin Interpreter Licensure Bill (SB 389) is proceeding. The Wisconsin Association of the Deaf has more information about this bill. Notes from Joe : read moreFri, Feb 12 2010 Can't we all just get along?
SignCasts - Article by Trudy Suggs, owner of T.S. Writing Services. Crossposed from her Personal blog by Permission of the Author. Perhaps Rodney King isn’t the best person to quote, but “Can we all just get along?” is what keeps running through my head as I learn of more and more stories of rivalries between deaf schools and programs – especially those in the same state. read ...Mon, Feb 08 2010 Monday Morning Deaf News and Coffee Roundup
SignCasts - This is a weekly roundup of national and international news articles about Deaf individuals and Deaf-related events and concepts. The aim is to give a slightly Deaf perspective on the journalism and story. read moreMon, Feb 08 2010 Wisc. Interpreter Licensure Bill
SignCasts - Joe Riggio explains in the following three videos about am Interpreter Licensure bill in the Wisconsin Legislature (SB-389) and what is happening to pass this bill. read moreFri, Feb 05 2010 Deaf Dogs Photo Project
SignCasts - Interview with photographer Melissa McDaniel, who has been photographing Deaf dogs as part of her Photo Book projects. You can learn more about the project, the dogs and pre-order the Deaf dog photobook at www.thephotobooks.comSat, Jan 30 2010 VI Perspective Maria-DataStar-Purple
SignCasts - Former Purple video interpreter (Gina) shares perspective on Maria-Datastar-Purple subject from Ryan Commerson's Blog. Credit: Roberto SandovalFri, Jan 29 2010 VIU: Why P2P Idea to FCC
SignCasts - Gina, VIU original founder, explains why suggested P2P fees to FCCFri, Jan 29 2010 Video Interpreters United (VIU) Original Founder's...
SignCasts - VIU's original founder Gina Gonzalez: clarification. Website: www.viu4terps.org Email: videointerpretersunited@viu4terps.orgFri, Jan 29 2010 H.R. 1246 "Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of...
SignCasts - From my educational information, I can't give legal option which you need to consults with your attorney about it, I learned that we, Deaf and Hard of Hearing, need to get into that provision with local and federal entities. It’s about “[t]he term ``early intervention'' refers to providing appropriate services for the child with hearing loss, including nonmedical serv...Fri, Jan 29 2010 American Deaf and Haiti (Updated with video)
SignCasts - As a Deaf man and a concerned American, it's probably normal for me to feel concern for those Deaf, Deaf-blind and hard-of-hearing Haitians who survived the earthquake. While the Deaf community has its tightness and connectivity to support it in times of stress, often we lose out during emergencies due to lack of communication about supplies and services. Examples whe...Thu, Jan 28 2010 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with...
SignCasts - Kate Breen explains a little about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and what it means to Deaf people. read moreTue, Jan 26 2010 Bits on HR 3101
SignCasts - Kate Breen narrates some information about HR 3101 - The House bill mandating accessibility for internet video. For information on ways to take action to support this bill, visit NAD's Action Alert Page.Mon, Jan 25 2010 |
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