Sign Language Blog

Helping him hear
Sioux Falls Argus Leader, SD - 2 hours ago… Austin is deaf, and he lives with a hearing family. He could rely on sign language, floor vibrations and lip-reading to understand the people around him. …

Chat group allows deaf to socialize
Bryan College Station Eagle,  United States - 12 hours ago… The group consists of people who are deaf, partially deaf, and American Sign Language students. All communication is through sign language. …

Habitat needs volunteers, sponsors
Orlando Sentinel - Habitat for Humanity is seeking volunteers to sponsor or provide food on Feb. 4, a truss-setting day at 4124 Elm St. in Lady Lake, for the Winder family. For site directions or information, call Pam Trignano, 352-483-0434, Ext. 13. Dedications are

Julian drafts disabilities bill
Georgia Straight - NDP MP Peter Julian aims to instate missing supports to the disabled. When NDP MP Peter Julian knocks on doors in his Burnaby New Westminster riding, he can communicate to constituents fluently in English and French. If the residents also happen to

He makes sure the disabled gets his due in life!
New Kerala - By Narendra, Srikakulam (Andhra Pradesh): He may have been lacking the ability to enjoy the melody of music or impress others with his ‘accent’, but S.Prabhakar Rao in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh, has earned immense respect by helping

She Is Hoping for Special Thrill
Los Angeles Times - Vonetta Flowers will never forget the sweet sound of the Star Spangled Banner playing in her honor after she won the women’s bobsled gold medal at the Salt Lake City Olympics. She hopes her 3-year-old son Jorden will someday hear the same kind of

International News
Irish Independent - A DEAF collie has been taught sign language by the RSPCA in a bid to find him a home. BONO got the red card yesterday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. A FEMALE wrestler known as the Silent Lady has been arrested in Mexico on

Program Teaches Kids About Disabilities
WISH-TV - The days of children with disabilities being separated from other classmates are for the most part gone. But kids still have questions, and curiosities and they can sometimes be insensitive. One local elementary school is spending a week dealing head

Sign Language
Seattle Weekly - In theory, I’m trilingual. But since I spend most of my time speaking only two of my languages, the third’s nearly inaccessible. On those rare occasions when I’m called upon to use it, I make embarrassing gaffes and speak like a child. It’s not that

Assisted-Living Resident Accused Of Raping Disabled Woman
KSAT 12 - SAN ANTONIO — A 21-year-old male student of an assisted-living center was arrested Monday night in connection with the sexual assault of a student, a 27-year-old hearing-impaired woman, police said. David Hughston was charged with sexual assault and

Magazine Offers an Answer to Anger, Unruly Kids, and Stress in the Home and School
… have a habit of using foul language, and more. Consider the story below …

The Secret s Out - Profit from I.T. is The Invisible Value of SOA
… them,” said Angelos who later admitted he doesn’t read sign language.” Friedman said the conference tracks will enable …

Police Have Difficulty Communicating With Rape Victim
WOAI, TX - 6 hours ago… The department has one officer trained in American sign language. After receiving a $100,000 federal grant, it now has contracts …

Second Summit gathers
The Tartan Online, PA - 16 hours ago… This year, participants had the chance to hone their skills in everything from cooking and knitting to gun shooting, sign language, handwriting analysis, and …

How to hire a day laborer, revised version
Arizona Republic, AZ - 10 hours ago… They made sign language arrangements and met at the Pizza Hut across the street. It’s the new day labor way, one that developed soon after the patrols started. …

Giving the gift of language
ic CheshireOnline, UK - 1 hour ago… self-worth.’. Forbidden to use sign language, Alison gradually learnt to lip-read and regain her connection to the world. Now she …

EDITO - European Communication: “Nuwrop Comunicazion Problems”
Newropeans Magazine, France - 23 hours ago… BRAILLE AND THE SIGN LANGUAGE used by blind and death people also are direct universal global means of communication and may offer some useful insight in the …

He makes sure the disabled gets his due in life!
NewKerala.com, India - 23 hours ago… challenged. He communicates in sign language with them and never finds any difficulty communicating with the customers. Guru …

A joyful noise from Shores Deaf Church
Detroit Free Press, United States - 52 minutes agoBY ANDREA K. FARMER. The Rev. Ronald Dettloff uses sign language in a hymn Sunday at the Shores Deaf Church in St. Clair Shores. …

Allan Appel: Disabilities Act involves much compliance
Stuart News (subscription), FL - 5 hours ago… Public information may be available only in print format. Public meetings are often conducted without audio amplification or sign language interpreters. …

What’s happening
Olympian - “Researching Your Ancestors in the Czech Republic,” a special Olympia Genealogical Society meeting: 7 p.m. Monday, Olympia Timberland Regional Library, 313 Eighth Ave. S.E., Olympia. The public is invited to attend this meeting featuring guest

The Exonerated
St. Cloud Times - What: The Exonerated, presented by The Actors’ Gang. When: 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Where: Stephen B. Humphrey Theater, St. John’s University, Collegeville. Tickets: $20 for general admission, $15 for senior citizens and youths, and $10

D3million Building Project Inaugurated 
The board of directors and staff of St. John School For The Deaf on recently inaugurated their newly rehabilitated school building in Kanifing South.

Sign language class helps babies communicate 
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) If you’ve seen a baby wave bye-bye, it shouldn’t surprise you that babies can use their little fingers to communicate before they can speak.

Bulletin Board for Palm Beach County 
American Association of Individual Investors, Southeast Florida chapter, meeting, speaker Carl M. Birkelbach, 7 p.m. refreshments, 7:30 p.m. program, South County Civic Center, 16700 Jog Road, Delray Beach. $10 per person at the door. Call 561-495-9813.

The trial of a deaf-mute accused of rape was postponed by the Sessions Court yesterday to June 12, to enable the  
Judge Suraya Othman made the postponement yesterday after a teacher from a nearby deaf and mute school, known as Cikgu Hadi, stood in as interpreter.

WHAT’S GOING ON 
MAKING REAL THE DREAM CELEBRATION: A REMEMBRANCE OF THE REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. , 4 p.m., 171 Cedar Arts Center, First and Cedar streets, Corning. Reception for artwork by area high school students followed by concert with Gospel music from Faith to Face Choirs and the Sign Language Choir.

The Color of Iron 
The Color of Iron exhibition will explore the relationship between art and science and feature works in painting, ceramics, glass, and photography at the Chazen Museum of Art January 14 through March 19, 2006. This unique presentation will showcase the commonplace yet extraordinary element of iron and the range of colors it can produce by fusing an understanding of chemical techniques with

Around Waltham 
The Winter Exhibition at Panopticon Gallery, 435 Moody St., features the premiere showing of Bradford Washburn, Photographing In High Places — a portfolio of 10 photogravures printed by Jon Goodman.

U.S. Postal Service Delivers High-Tech Alternative Way of Communicating for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Employees 
The U.S. Postal Service — one of the nation’s largest employers of people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing — is offering new technology to allow its employees to better communicate with each other.