Sign Language Blog

Pueblo Chieftain, CO - Dec 30, 2006… Multiple miscellaneous useful things: a large box of astonishing-colored oversized paper clips, a card illustrating the basics of sign language (one of the …

Artist pops up all over the web
Salford Advertiser, UK - Dec 21, 2006Tyrone Whittle, 43, started performing his sign-language dance routines after a life-long interest in using movement to communicate and in a bid to impress his …

Winning is institutional
Boston Globe, United States - 8 hours ago… The school will be hosting the ESDAA championship from Feb. 21 to 23. When players use sign language, it can be an advantage or a disadvantage, Crowell said. …

SUNY The New Paltz Oracle,  USA - Dec 8, 2006… So why is it that American Sign Language is not considered a foreign language? It was the Provost s decision that Sign (Language …

Books of the Times A Book About Language, With No Phoneme Unturned
New York Times, United States - Dec 18, 2006… Another topic Mr. Crystal handles adroitly is sign language. After laying out all the conventional wisdom on sign language (that …

"Give recognition to Indian Sign Language"
Hindu, India - Dec 2, 2006NEW DELHI: To press their demand for recognition of Indian Sign Language as a scheduled language of the country, the national association of the deaf will …

KHOU (subscription), TX - Dec 26, 2006… The English language, most culturally deaf people, meaning that sign language is their first language, are not proficient in written language, in written …

Family looks forward to girl's recovery
News-Leader.com, MO - 7 hours ago… While Tommie is just beginning to talk, she is communicating through sign language, a skill she learned for fun before the accident. …

Weather leads to dome trip
Washington Times, DC - Dec 27, 2006… "You've just got to be good on sign language, make sure that part is down," he said. "But I'm hoping we'll have enough fans that it may affect Georgia.". …

International sign language
Computing, UK - Dec 14, 2006We hope our coverage of the world s road signs is encouraging you to drive safely. Martin Williams at Powys City Council writes …

"Give official recognition to Indian Sign Language"
Hindu, India - Dec 2, 2006NEW DELHI: To press their demand for recognition of Indian Sign Language (ISL) as a scheduled language of the country, the National Association of the Deaf …

Santa speaks kids' language
News-Leader.com, MO - Dec 19, 2006… next to the 9-year-old as a go-between, interpreting everything Santa said in English to Michael, and everything Michael said in sign language, back to Santa …

Teams let hands do talking
Daily Press, VA - 7 hours ago… Georgia and No. 14 Virginia Tech knew crowd noise was going to be an issue. That's where sign language comes into play. In games where …

A matter of interpretation
Richmond Times Dispatch, VA - Dec 17, 2006… I could hire another three or four employees [for the Richmond office] right now," says Camp, director of Virginia operations for Sign Language Associates Inc. …

Soref JCC is signing on to signing
Miami Herald, FL - 7 hours ago… Lakhani uses American Sign Language. … “The mentor introduced American Sign Language. Our whole family signs now. ''So many other schools turned her away. …

Senior Highlights
Annapolis Capital, MD - 1 hour ago… 9 am, walking at Wheels Skating Center; 9:30 am, aerobics; 10 am, watercolor; 10:30 am, Spanish club, armchair exercises; 12:30 pm, sign language, "Civil War …

Hindu, India - Dec 2, 2006NEW DELHI: To press their demand for recognition of Indian Sign Language (ISL) as a scheduled language of the country, the National Association of the Deaf …

PRO BASKETBALL: Former Bulldog playing in Germany
Baker City Herald, OR - 19 hours ago… "The first thing I learned was how to order food, and how to shop," Joseph said. "And, I can get a lot done with sign language.". …

Prosecutors to challenge ruling in favor of deaf, mute defendant
Macomb Daily, MI - Dec 29, 2006… against them and in favor of deaf and mute defendant Mary Ann McBride, who allegedly confessed to police after a confused session of sign language and reading …

Armstrong Projects 'Healthy, Wealthy And Wise' Through Junior …
Memphis Daily News,  USA - Dec 28, 2006… foreign languages with a concentration in Spanish. She also has a desire to learn sign language. She said making the jump from education …

The Ohio State University Expands Martti(tm) Interpretation …
American Digital Networks (press release), MD - Dec 28, 2006… Trusted Interpreter) will give patients and health care providers access to interpretation services in over 150 languages, including American Sign Language (ASL …

Faith matters
Savannah Morning News, GA - 8 hours ago… The 10:30 am Sunday service of First Baptist Church of Rincon is now being interpreted into American Sign Language (ASL) to better serve the deaf community. …

We need privacy in HIV tests - the disabled
Mmegi, Botswana - Dec 20, 2006… confidentiality. This is because we have to go with sign language interpreters, which compromises our right to confidentiality," Keoagile said. …

Babygadget, MD - Dec 6, 2006Those of you who do Baby Sign Language may be interested in these sign language and Braille blocks from Uncle Goose. Of course, Baby …

First-Ever Signing Santa Makes Deaf Kids' Dreams Come True
Yahoo! News (press release) - Dec 18, 2006… announced that, for the first time ever, deaf children will be able to talk directly with Santa this Christmas — in their native sign language — and Santa …

Marilyn s Readers Respond
Parade Magazine - Dec 28, 2006… Readers also may be surprised to learn that if a child learns sign language in another country and later moves to the US, he or she will sign ASL (American …

Deaf couple still fighting FEMA 15 months after Katrina
KHOU (subscription), TX - Dec 26, 2006… The English language, most culturally deaf people, meaning that sign language is their first language, are not proficient in written language, in written …

Best-Of Edition
Seattle Weekly, WA - Dec 27, 2006… at www.seattleweekly.com. Horoscope Dec. 27, 2006 Jan. 2, 2007 Sign Language, by Caeriel Crestin. Ask an Uptight Seattleite …

SIGN LANGUAGE Typography is an art form of its own - and it's all …
Arizona Republic, AZ - Dec 23, 2006They surround us, instruct us, warn us, entertain us. We read them in books and obey them on traffic signs. There was a time when …

BABY SIGNS
Bangkok Post, Thailand - Dec 9, 2006… "We began to think that if babies are trying to communicate before they learned how to speak, they could be taught sign language. …

Miss SEO contestants prepare for pageant
Zanesville Times Recorder, OH - Dec 28, 2006… LeVeck said an eclectic, diverse array of talents will be featured including singing, dancing, acting and dramatic sign language. …

Kentucky holds off Eastern Kentucky
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - 14 hours ago… Bradley's sign language reaffirmed that Kentucky would use an all-for-one approach (ie familia) to "roc" EKU and continue to be a dynasty this season. …

Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter: Jamaican actor with a worldly view
Jamaica Observer, Jamaica - 7 hours ago… Anderson-Gunter, who is of German and Maroon heritage, currently teaches voice and articulation, acting and American sign language in the US. …

Memphis Daily News,  USA - Dec 28, 2006… foreign languages with a concentration in Spanish. She also has a desire to learn sign language. She said making the jump from education …

Prosecutors to challenge ruling in favor of deaf, mute defendant
Macomb Daily, MI - Dec 29, 2006… against them and in favor of deaf and mute defendant Mary Ann McBride, who allegedly confessed to police after a confused session of sign language and reading …

Pin ball wizards
Providence Journal, RI - Dec 27, 2006… We feel the vibrations in the floor, explained Stacey Pavao, of Fall River, speaking in sign language through an interpreter. …

Interpreter's assistance enables greater access at church
Albany Times Union, NY - Dec 24, 2006How did you become an interpreter for the deaf? I learned sign language when I was a baby sitter for a deaf friend of my family. …

Sign language: Ambulance driver hypes baby law
Boston Herald, United States - Dec 6, 2006By Jessica Fargen. An anonymous angel on a crusade to save abandoned babies emptied his pockets to pay for eye-catching Baby Safe …

Deaf audience granted full access to holiday musical
Asbury Park Press, NJ - Dec 29, 2006… But the college's annual ASL Rock 'n' Roll Holiday Show isn't one of those American Sign Language-set-to-music concerts mostly for hearing people. …

Artist pops up all over the web
Salford Advertiser, UK - Dec 21, 2006Tyrone Whittle, 43, started performing his sign-language dance routines after a life-long interest in using movement to communicate and in a bid to impress his …

Church News for Dec. 29
Auburn Journal, CA - Dec 29, 2006… family). Celebration offers a licensed American Sign Language interpreter at our 10:30 am service for the hearing impaired. For …

Santa speaks kids' language
News-Leader.com, MO - Dec 19, 2006… next to the 9-year-old as a go-between, interpreting everything Santa said in English to Michael, and everything Michael said in sign language, back to Santa …

Babies learn to talk without saying a word
Sun-Sentinel.com, FL - Dec 8, 2006… speaking. Egan started working with Tori when she was just 8 months old, teaching her simple words using American Sign Language. …

Pueblo Chieftain, CO - Dec 30, 2006… Multiple miscellaneous useful things: a large box of astonishing-colored oversized paper clips, a card illustrating the basics of sign language (one of the …

BABY SIGNS
Bangkok Post, Thailand - Dec 9, 2006… "We began to think that if babies are trying to communicate before they learned how to speak, they could be taught sign language. …

International sign language
Computing, UK - Dec 14, 2006We hope our coverage of the world s road signs is encouraging you to drive safely. Martin Williams at Powys City Council writes …

Disabled adults choose their own lifestyle
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune, WY - Dec 17, 2006… Richmond sat on the couch engrossed in the TV program, Pintello cleaned up in the kitchen and Robinson told an intricate story with sign language and hand …

Colleges building a sturdier future
Spartanburg Herald Journal (subscription), SC - Dec 25, 2006… The college also has plans to integrate sign language into its "Ideas and Culture series," a two-semester sequence of courses where students engage in debates. …

This Christmas, families bonded together at the Family Life Centre
Cayman Net News, Cayman Islands - Dec 29, 2006… She also made special mention to Beverly Bernard, who did the choreography for the flag dancers and Corrine Glasgow, who did sign language for the song Go …

We need privacy in HIV tests - the disabled
Mmegi, Botswana - Dec 20, 2006… confidentiality. This is because we have to go with sign language interpreters, which compromises our right to confidentiality," Keoagile said. …

Sign language: Ambulance driver hypes baby law
Boston Herald, United States - Dec 6, 2006By Jessica Fargen. An anonymous angel on a crusade to save abandoned babies emptied his pockets to pay for eye-catching Baby Safe …

Physically Handicapped Actors Tackle Wilder's "Our Town"
PR Web (press release), WA - 4 hours ago… The Sunday, January 21 performance will be audio-described for low-vision and blind patrons and sign language interpreted for deaf audience members. …

Fulfill Your Sign Language Interpretation Needs with Language123
PR.com (press release), NY - Dec 13, 2006Language123 is the company that can allow you to find a Sign Language interpreter or help to promote you as one. New York, NY, December …

The Lacombe Globe,  Canada - Dec 27, 2006… Morgan would communicate with Laurie, her dad Darren, her older sister Sydney, 10, and younger brother Drew, 5, through sign language, pictures, gestures or …

In Love with the voice
Malaysia Star, Malaysia - 8 hours ago… read, she explains. Her son can read what his siblings are saying as well as understand when they use sign language. Now director …

SIGN LANGUAGE Typography is an art form of its own - and it's all …
Arizona Republic, AZ - Dec 23, 2006They surround us, instruct us, warn us, entertain us. We read them in books and obey them on traffic signs. There was a time when …

Silent Night in sign language
Fulton Valley News (subscription),  USA - Dec 16, 2006Members of the Oswego County BOCES Fourth Street School chorus perform Silent Night in sign language to the residents of Michaud Residential Health …

MCC looks to Honeoye Falls
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, NY - Dec 26, 2006… Two of the 16 courses were requested by the school district, Felicetti said. They are Elementary Chinese and American Sign Language. …

Minnesota Public Radio, MN - Dec 6, 2006… Radio. The Minnesota Disability Law Center is trying to get counties to provide sign language interpreters one lawsuit at a time. …

Kentucky holds off Eastern Kentucky
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - 10 hours ago… Bradley's sign language reaffirmed that Kentucky would use an all-for-one approach (ie familia) to "roc" EKU and continue to be a dynasty this season. …

Fulfill Your Sign Language Interpretation Needs with Language123
PR.com (press release), NY - Dec 13, 2006Language123 is the company that can allow you to find a Sign Language interpreter or help to promote you as one. New York, NY, December …

In Love with the voice
Malaysia Star, Malaysia - 7 hours ago… read, she explains. Her son can read what his siblings are saying as well as understand when they use sign language. Now director …

Church News for Dec. 29
Auburn Journal, CA - Dec 29, 2006… family). Celebration offers a licensed American Sign Language interpreter at our 10:30 am service for the hearing impaired. For …

Movie Guide and Film Series
New York Times, United States - Dec 28, 2006… (Jeannette Catsoulis). BABEL (R, 143 minutes, in English, Spanish, Japanese, Berber, Arabic and sign language) This hugely ambitious movie tells four …

DAKOTA COUNTY
Pioneer Press, MN - 1 hour ago… Library storytellers and music: Deaf storyteller Estella Bustamante will present children's stories using sign language with an ASL interpreter to translate …

New York Times, United States - Dec 18, 2006… Another topic Mr. Crystal handles adroitly is sign language. After laying out all the conventional wisdom on sign language (that …

Silent Night in sign language
Fulton Valley News (subscription),  USA - Dec 16, 2006Members of the Oswego County BOCES Fourth Street School chorus perform Silent Night in sign language to the residents of Michaud Residential Health …

Need for sign language interpreters is outpacing supply
Pioneer Press, MN - Dec 17, 2006… Speaking through a sign language interpreter, he recalls his arrival at the jail. … Fiedler's primary language is American Sign Language, not English. …

DAKOTA COUNTY
Pioneer Press, MN - 13 minutes ago… Library storytellers and music: Deaf storyteller Estella Bustamante will present children's stories using sign language with an ASL interpreter to translate …

US babies finding early voice through sign language
The Mercury (subscription), South Africa - Dec 18, 2006They may be too young to speak, but Alexandra and Andrew have joined the growing numbers of hearing babies who are learning sign language to tell their parents …

Deaf and Proud to Use Sign Language
ABC News - Dec 12, 2006… Their victory solidified the university's commitment to sign language and set the stage for a more aggressive deaf pride movement. …

Physically Handicapped Actors Tackle Wilder's "Our Town"
PR Web (press release), WA - 1 hour ago… The Sunday, January 21 performance will be audio-described for low-vision and blind patrons and sign language interpreted for deaf audience members. …

Where Sign Language Is Far From Foreign
New York Times, United States - Dec 24, 2006ROCHESTER, NY, Dec. 22 Waiters take orders using American Sign Language. Doctors offices are equipped with videophones that flash rather than ring. …

Teachers teaching outside their field
St. Petersburg Times, FL - Dec 28, 2006… But Brightman, the American Sign Language instructor at Armwood High School, is currently classified as an out-of-field teacher. … "I'ma sign language teacher. …

Sorenson Communications Opens Eight Additional Video Relay Service …
dBusinessNews Kansas City (press release), MO - Dec 26, 2006Sorenson VRS is a free service that enables deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals who use American Sign Language (ASL) to conduct video relay calls with hearing …