Articles posted on Mon, Feb 08, 2010
SILENT GAMES Israeli film at Suffolk Y JCC tonight - Big Apple Soccer
"Silent Games," a film about the Israeli National Deaf Soccer Team in five-a-side soccer, will be screened at The Suffolk Y Jewish Community Center in ... [...] more »
Weekend will give families a positive view of deafness - Edinburgh Evening News
Parents will also meet deaf adults who will share their insights into deafness and explain what it is like to be a deaf child in the family. ... and more » [...] more »
Local Theater Operator Has Concerns With Captioning Bill - WFPL
He says in a statement that the bill would allow hundreds of thousands of deaf and hard of hearing Kentuckians to enjoy movies in theaters. ... [...] more »
Rwanda: Kagame Donates to School of the Deaf - AllAfrica.com
Rwanda: Kagame Donates to School of the Deaf AllAfrica.com Kigali — President Paul Kagame, last Friday donated 12 hand knitting machines to the Butare centre of the deaf that is run by the Brothers of St Gabriel. ... [...] more »
Deaf community gets visit from Hollywood - Olympian
The film follows the lives of deaf actor Robert DeMayo, hard of hearing singer TL Forsberg, deaf rock 'n' roll drummer Bob Hiltermann, and deaf comedian CJ ... [...] more »
Forum explores cultural language - The Daily Beacon
When asked if NAISL was created specifically for deaf people, Davis supported the possibility due to the historically higher percentage of hearing impaired ... [...] more »
Poetry jam draws 50 to Lovin' Cup in Henrietta - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
In her turn at the microphone Saturday during the "Def Meets Deaf" poetry jam, Luane Davis Haggerty of Henrietta delivered a poem in American Sign Language, ... and more » [...] more »
Articles posted on Sun, Feb 07, 2010
Lucy the whale visits Blackwell School (Daily Herald)
Wanting her deaf and hard of hearing students to comprehend the concept of size, Linda Clark of Schaumburg, a primary deaf and hard of hearing educator, brought Lucy, a 60-foot-long whale to visit Blackwell school. [...] more »
Jones sponsors legislation requiring closed captioning in theaters - Danville Advocate
Ray S. Jones II, D-Pikeville, has filed a bill to open up the magic of Hollywood to the 646000 deaf and hard of hearing persons in Kentucky. ... [...] more »
Meet Ruby, the youngest baby in the world to have an ear implant - Daily Mail
Most deafness is caused by defects in or damage to the hair cells. Ruby, whose hair-cell damage is a result of Waardenburg syndrome, a hereditary condition, ... [...] more »
Four-Year-Old Has Interpreter Taken Away, and More - About.com: Health
Come on, this is a four-year-old deaf child! Another interpreting story in the news is that in Minnesota, a hospital settled a lawsuit over interpreters not ... [...] more »
Danville murder-mystery writer Penny Warner is back with a new heroine - San Jose Mercury News
"There are so many misconceptions about deaf people. They aren't helpless, Connor has a lot of fun with her deafness and she mocks herself. ... [...] more »
FSDB student to sign at Super Bowl - St. Augustine Record
Kinesha Battles, 18, a Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind student, will be there by both, transforming the words into sign language. ... [...] more »
Articles posted on Sat, Feb 06, 2010
Danville murder-mystery writer Penny Warner is back with a new heroine - San Jose Mercury News
"My first agent didn't want a deaf person, thought it wasn't mainstream enough, not enough hearing people would be interested in reading about a deaf person, and that deaf people don't read. Fortunately, my second agent liked it and sold it almost right away," says Warner. "There are so many misconceptions about deaf people. They aren't helpless, Connor has a lot of fun with her deafness and she mocks herself." [...] more »
Parents of deaf children emphasize importance of ASL - KTUU
The Deaf Bilingual Coalition says teachers often don't have the background they need in American Sign Language. (Jonathan Hartford/KTUU-DT) by Ashton ... [...] more »