Sign Language Blog

Job bias lingers despite crackdown
Medford Mail Tribune - WASHINGTON So they say some of them, anyway that discrimination is not a problem in America anymore? Don t tell that to the tens of thousands of people who filed complaints last year with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC

American Sign Language Class
Free Lance-Star - dRC is offering an American Sign Language class. Meets weekly on Wednesdays March 29th - May 3rd. Suitable for those who already know the manual alphabet and can form short sentences. Call Ms. Arva Priola at 540-373-2559 or TTY 540-373-589 to

Quota International of Bossier City to have style show
Shreveport Times - Bossier City Mayor Lo Walker and Bossier Parish Community College Chancellor Tom Carleton are among luminaries who will take the ramp as models for the Quota International of Bossier City style show. The Quota Style Show and Luncheon is April 4 at

Boone author draws on diversity of knowledge for newest novel
Watauga Democrat - Boone author Oscar Godwin didn t go halfway around the world to research his new book. Instead, he brought his source to him. Oscar Goodwin and his novel, The Desecraters Godwin and his family hosted a Chinese exchange student for three years

Sebring students to help in New York City
Salem News Online - SEBRING - Students in the Learn & Serve class at Sebring High School participate in several service projects for the needy throughout the year. But next month, they’ll be taken out of their rural environment to see how people deal with poverty in an

Library helps mark major event for Deaf community
Scoop - Members of the Deaf community and interested members of the public are invited to attend a web cast screening of the third reading debate for the New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) Bill on Thursday 6 April at the Central City Library. The third reading

Shiver settling in at GSD
Daily Dunklin Democrat - Georgia School for the Deaf s new director, Lee Shiver, practices his sign language with student Roderick Smith at the school. Ryan Smith / Rome News-Tribune A cluster of students watched curiously as Lee Shiver slowly signed to a senior in a

Range of settlements for victims questioned
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - How the Archdiocese of Milwaukee determines monetary settlements for deaf victims of a Catholic priest who molested them as boys is being questioned by some victims and others. The amounts have varied from $5,000 to $200,000. Pat Cave, 57, of

Show spotlights women’s trials
NorthJersey.com, NJ - 18 hours ago… of the troupe, Antoinette Bush, also a Thomas Jefferson teacher, stood off to the side during the performance, interpreting the skit in sign language for the …

Signing opens worlds without sound
Fayetteville Online, Fayetteville NC - 5 hours ago… Cleary teaches the only sign language class offered to hearing students in the Cumberland County schools. The students learn to …

Council night on EastLink: It s good enough to stay home for
ChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - 50 minutes ago… for supper in front of the television, the evening session back at city hall starts, promptly at 6 pm, and a program feature of a sign language interpreter in …

Summer job changes perspective, career focus for student
Towerlight, MD - 5 hours ago… Students who don t speak English as a first language and are autistic are sometimes taught sign language [as a way to communicate with teachers], Babe …

Charters and choice
OCRegister, CA - 23 hours ago… And the school offers 60 “labs” in such varying subjects as American Sign Language, Arts & Crafts, Build a Computer from Scratch and Child & Baby Safety. …

Baby Hands Productions Introduces the Award Winning My Baby Can …
PR Web (press release), WA - 1 hour agoPartnership with leading distributor in Thailand addresses growing international demand for teaching hearing babies sign language. …

Staring abuse straight in the face
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription), WI - 7 hours ago… Johns School for the Deaf from the Knights of Columbus in 1966. Murphy, who was fluent in American Sign Language, was a tireless fund-raiser for St. …

DOT To Host Open House Meeting For Rehab Of County Route 38 …
Oswego Daily News, NY - 9 hours ago… Please contact Elizabeth Parmley at (315) 428-4399 by March 27, 2006 for additional information or if a sign language interpreter, assistive listening device …

Job Police or Not, the EEOC Is Busy With Discrimination
Washington Post, United States - 6 hours ago… 2, a US District Court jury in Baltimore ordered FedEx Kinko’s to pay $108,000 for failing to accommodate a deaf employee with sign language interpreters, a …

AREA HAPPENINGS
Daily News - ALL PAST/PRESENT Eagle Scouts are welcome to the Court of Honor for Roy E. Tootle at 2 p.m. March 25 at Sandy Run Missionary Baptist Church. Call 938-8899. COUNTRY/GOSPEL Concert held on April 30 at the Jones County Civic Center, Trenton, featuring

Govs begin hitting in cold weather
Leaf Chronicle - “I’m very excited to get a day in where we had on more than helmets,” APSU head coach Carroll McCray said. “Except for the weather, I think we got some positive things done. We’ve got a long way to go. “I saw a lot of things we have to improve on. We

Deputy chief’s visit boosts morale
Riverside Press Enterprise - Continuing problems at the California School for the Deaf, Riverside have prompted a visit from a top level superintendent from the state Department of Education. The visit from Deputy Superintendent William Ellerbee signified to some members of the

Rants, raves and random thoughts 03 23 2006
Rushville Republican - Greetings, one and all, and welcome! Mail and other avenues of submitted correspondence have been pretty steady of late so I ll try to keep my own thoughts brief. However, I did run across something I felt compelled to share. An insurance company

BUTLER CO.: MRDD to launch awareness campaign
Middletown Journal - The Butler County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities announced the launch of its annual public awareness campaign Thursday to county commissoners. The campaign could prove to be essential in mending the agency s public image

Volunteer duo s determination overrides their disabilities
Cullman Times - Don t tell your excuses to April Barron and Bonnie Bjornstad. When I sat down to talk with the duo last week about their work delivering Meals on Wheels, Bjornstad had her walking cane at her side. Barron walked without assistance, but she shared

Berkeley Announces Community Workshop on Transit Area Design
City of Berkeley - First in a Series of Community Workshops Berkeley, California (Wednesday, October 12, 2005) In partnership with AC Transit and BART, and funded by a Transportation for Livable Communities Planning and Community Design Grant from the Metropolitan

Movies catering to deaf audiences
Belleville News-Democrat - SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Linda and Mike Cheek and three of their kids enjoyed a movie at Campbell 16 Cinema recently, watching “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” as a family. A normal occurrence for many Springfield families

Silly talk? Baby says no
Inside Bay Area - JACQUELINE SMITH likes cheese a lot. But here’s the thing, the cute-as-a-button 18-month-old is, well, 18 months old and sometimes saying the word “cheese” isn’t as easy as it sounds. So, what’s a gal to do when she’s got a hankering for some

T h e U s u a l S u s p e c t s
Houstonian - For the head coach of Stephen F. Austin, the feeling that our friendly rivalry had wandered off-course could not slip his mind. Maybe it was the fans’ choice of four letter words. Perhaps it was the bizarre one-fingered hand signals radiating from

Theater group shares Indian traditions
Billings Gazette,  USA - 2 hours ago… In music, dance and sign language, the troupe of young actors shared several traditional American Indian stories, including one on how six lost children became …

Annual show features high-tech gadgets that simplify life for …
Los Angeles Daily News, CA - 2 hours ago… with worldwide. Attendees conversed in Japanese and German, in sign language and through computer-modulated speech. In addition …

BT launches sign language broadband campaign
TMCnet - 15 hours ago(DMEurope Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)DMEUROPE-22 March 2006-BT launches sign language broadband campaign (C)2006 DMeurope.com (http://www.dmeurope.com) & DME …

TOP REAL ESTATE
St. Augustine Record, FL - 21 hours ago… Clarke. Since then, the goal has been to teach deaf and hard-of-hearing children to listen and speak without the use of sign language. …

LIBERATED LEARNING IN A SILENT WORLD
TheNewsTribune.com (subscription), WA - 1 hour ago… apartment. . Debbie Tygart acts out a literal interpretation in American Sign Language for her Spanaway Lake High School class. …

Govs begin hitting in cold weather
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle, TN - 23 hours ago… said. “We’ve got sign language instead of running all the way back to the huddle after a long run or pass to bring in a play. It’s …

CNU president to be Bay Days commodore
Daily Press, VA - 1 hour ago… This free event takes place at 1:30 pm in the Post theater, Building 42, Tidball Road. A sign language interpreter will be on site. …

Bulletin Board
Worcester Telegram (subscription), MA - 1 hour ago… For more information, call (508) 791-4702. The American Sign Language and deaf studies program of the College of the Holy Cross will conduct storytelling in …

North Coast Rep announces 25th season
North County Times, CA - 2 hours ago… Sponsored by the city of Vista and the Moonlight Cultural Foundation, the play reading will feature two American Sign Language interpreters and a cast of three …

WHAT’S GOING ON
Elmira Star-Gazette, NY - 2 hours ago… Appointment, information: 734-3317,. BABY SIGN LANGUAGE, 9:45 am, Big Flats Community Center, 476 Maple St., Big Flats. Chemung Valley La Leche League meeting. …

Drivers Ed Direct - The Next Generation of Drivers Education Launches in Los Angeles
… driver safety curriculum, teaching students in a language they understand. Recent studies show that internet-based training is …

16 Tips to be safe in the Hosptial for Patient Safety Awareness Week
… hospital, be sure to have your advocate/s sign the paperwork that gives them legal permission to …

Money Casino Introduces Spanish Version: Say Hola to Casino Dinero
… to Casino Dinero www.Money-Casino.com now offers Spanish language website, registration and games (PRWEB) March 14, 2006 …

would you go out with a deaf chick/guy?
Biggie - Yup, a good friend of mine was trying to spade a deaf chick at high school, she was gorgeous and a real nice girl, he started to learn sign language etc. She was kinda keen and gave him one of those type phones so call her one day .. It took us

Welcome to post-America
Kansas City Star - NEW YORK It s an emotional spring in New York City. At the Museum of Modern Art, Norwegian expressionist Edvard Munch (1863-1944) bares his heart. At the Frick Collection, Spanish master Francisco de Goya shares his old-age fears and loathings

Vols silent Smith speaks to media
Chattanooga Times Free Press - KNOXVILLE For just the second time in his threeplus-year career, University of Tennessee receiver Bret Smith spoke to the media Thursday. Smith, who has nine career touchdown catches he s never discussed with reporters, said he simply felt it

Volunteer duo s determination overrides their disabilities
Cullman Times - Don t tell your excuses to April Barron and Bonnie Bjornstad. When I sat down to talk with the duo last week about their work delivering Meals on Wheels, Bjornstad had her walking cane at her side. Barron walked without assistance, but she shared

ISSUE : Third-party hurdles
Chattanooga Times Free Press - Chris Lugo received the Green Party nomination for the 2006 U.S. Senate race last week, but his party affiliation isn t likely to appear on the ballot. “We definitely qualify as a third party,” said Mr. Lugo, 36, of Nashville. “It d be nice if we

Obituary: Rosales, 81, served tribe, Army, police and justice
San Antonio Express News - As a young man, Joseph Alfred Rosales Jr. underwent succession tests in the hills of California on a Cherokee reservation to one day succeed his father as chief of his tribe. After securing that role, he served in World War II, working in Army

New technology sustains firm serving deaf customers
Pioneer Press - It hasn’t been easy, but Harris Communications has survived. One reason is that most of the time, technology has been the friend of founder and owner Robert Harris . And an absolute godsend to his customers: the deaf and hard of hearing. They depend

Hicks aids hearing impaired
Herald Journal - Ask anyone that is or was a college student if they can remember a professor that was difficult to hear and understand, and nearly all of them will have at least one horror story to tell. For students who suffer from deafness or hearing loss