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Articles posted on Wed, Mar 03, 2010
New Video Contest Announced by Sorenson Communications - Business Wire (press release)
New Video Contest Announced by Sorenson Communications Business Wire (press release) “The goal of the contest is to encourage the creation of video content that contains sign language, is deaf-related, or contains representations of deaf ... and more » [...] more »
Articles posted on Tue, Mar 02, 2010
Puppets promote disability awareness, acceptance - Woodinville Northwest News
A final act features Lelani and her deaf friend Mandy. Lelani stops to pick up Mandy and take her to a mutual friend’s birthday party, but when she arrives, she finds that Mandy is not quite ready because she has been busy making peanut butter cookies The pair uses the opportunity to share a number of signs with the audience regarding the ingredients in the cookies. [...] more »
Articles posted on Thu, Feb 25, 2010
Signing and singing - The Morning Sun
Forbes, 28, is a deaf musician and the co-founder of the Deaf Professional Arts Network whose partner is music publisher Joel Martin who owns the studio ... and more » [...] more »
Articles posted on Tue, Feb 23, 2010
Ranbir turns deaf and dumb! - Times of India
Ranbir Kapoor won't have to learn sign language from scratch for his role as a deaf and mute character in Anurag Basu's film. The actor, who assisted Sanjay ... [...] more »
Nominate a hero who has helped deaf communication - Southern Daily Echo
THE search is on for heroes who have helped significantly improve communication between deaf people. The Signature Awards 2010 are looking for people who ... and more » [...] more »
Articles posted on Mon, Feb 22, 2010
Brain tells signs from pantomime - Science News
Karen Emmorey, a cognitive neuroscientist at San Diego State University, has been looking at how the brains of deaf people interpret American Sign Language. ... [...] more »
Articles posted on Sun, Feb 21, 2010
Kan Ya Makan Premiere - PRLog.Org (press release)
“I saw sign language as a way to reach out to the Deaf community with my music,” said Ibrahim, who works to communicate with all cultures through his songs. [...] more »
Articles posted on Thu, Feb 18, 2010
Musician Ridha Ibrahim Outreaches to Deaf People - PRLog.Org (press release)
“Through Kan Ya Makan, he reaches out to the Deaf community, as his words and melody are communicated through the artistic American Sign Language ... [...] more »
Articles posted on Tue, Feb 16, 2010
Deaf Costa Rican girl soaks up Calgary schoolwork - Calgary Herald
But most astonishing, Stephania is deaf and speaks LESCO, the sign language of Costa Rica. Yet she's reading English and translating into a different sign ... and more » [...] more »
Hundreds of deaf children teaching themselves sign language (TVNZ)
Hundreds of deaf children are now having to teach themselves sign language after the government axed funding for teaching positions [...] more »
Lack of sign language resources a concern - TVNZ
It means parents, such as Charmaine Strickland, now struggle to teach their deaf children sign language. "We had no knowledge of deafness until our son ... [...] more »
Articles posted on Fri, Feb 12, 2010
Today in the Bloggernacle - Mormon Times (blog)
Deaf missionaries: Is learning ASL in 9 Weeks possible? Yes, says blogger Austin, who is both deaf and a teacher at the Provo MTC, so he is in the nice ... and more » [...] more »
Articles posted on Wed, Feb 10, 2010
Hand talk speaks through the centuries - Tennessee Journalist
The best teachers use voice inflection, visuals, and pacing to keep their students attentive. Associate Professor Jeffrey Davis does more; he also uses his hands talk. Experienced in signing as an interpreter and deaf educator, then as a professor studying the linguistics of American Sign Language, his signing hands accompanied his lecture Friday at the Science Forum. [...] more »
Articles posted on Mon, Feb 08, 2010
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 »
Articles posted on Sat, Feb 06, 2010
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 »