Sign Language Blog

Feature: Al-Qaida still grips Diyala
United Press International - An Iraqi woman’s response to a sign-language question as to the health of the young child she was carrying was an almost imperceptible nod and a smile faster than a blink before she returned to her eyes-down march past a column of Stryker armored

Change for Riley
Elkhart Truth - What seemed like an improbable dream was the Helen Keller Services for the Blind, a place where Riley could learn sign language. But the institute is in New York — too far away and expensive for the family to go.

Culturally sensitive conquistadors of the old world
Swathmore College Phoenix - Making full use of every noun we learned in our ten-day crash-course in Hungarian and copious amounts of impromptu sign language, we explained that we were American math students visiting from Budapest.

Time for a Change
Egypt Today - Because it s a very long story, Bahaa asks in sign language, through interpreter Wael Samir. Bahaa could hear until he was 18 months old, when a doctor prescribed the wrong medicine, which led to a high fever and gradual deafness.

Husband, wife and mother-in-law all serve Crofton Kiwanis Club
HometownAnnapolis.com - Free eight-week sign language class hosted by the Church of God at Gambrills, 952 Annapolis Road, Gambrills. Classes will be held simultaneously for adults and children ages 8-12 on Saturdays from 9-11 a.m.

Directing DeSales’ ‘Miracle Worker’ required a special touch
Allentown Morning Call - Dennis says he learned American Sign Language and the finger spelling alphabet for that role. ‘’It’s a huge challenge to be a dedicated teacher in that field, and these people are very special educators and human beings.'’ ‘’The Miracle Worker

Youth theater group to stage ‘Rap’s Hawaii’
Honolulu Advertiser - An American Sign Language-interpreted performance will be held at 4:30 p.m. March 8. Tickets are $8 for children and $16 for adults; college students with ID and seniors age 60 and over are admitted for $8; active duty military receive one free child

Nicola dealt a 10,000 TV win
This is Preston - manager, Nicola Boocock, of Ashwood Close, Chorley, scooped more than 10,000 when she appeared on Channel 4 TV gameshow Deal or No Deal on Friday. Nicola, deputy manager of Total Fitness, West Strand Road, Riversway, Preston, used sign language to

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Daily Herald - And don’t wait until your wife finishes the sign language class before you start. Do it now. Start today. Spend the time you save by being offline, on some one to one quality time showing your little girl you’re interested in her and in being there

Rebecca Walsh: Anti-gay patriarchy takes SLC to woodshed
Salt Lake Tribune - So while practicing sign language flashcards, they pretended to pick their noses. Seems even the homeschooling supermothers of the Eagle Forum can’t keep their kids in line all the time. Neither can lawmakers. As is so often the case

Talkers: Sign language interpreters in Thailand have run afoul
Kansas City Star - BANGKOK, Thailand | Sign language interpreters in Thailand have run afoul of some ruling party supporters by holding their noses to refer to the new prime minister. Samak Sundaravej, chosen in Parliament on Monday as the first elected prime minister

HUNTERDON CO.: Governor’s debt town hall coming to Flemington
Courier News - Sign language interpreters and assistive listening devices will be provided. If you have additional needs, please advise in your RSVP. No large bags, back packs or signs will be permitted. Walter O’Brien can be reached at (908) 707-3163 or wobrien

Super Bowl ad sports local twist
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Alan Hurwitz, CEO and dean of NTID, said the ad would expose millions of TV viewers to deafness. “As a person who is deaf, it will be refreshing to see a commercial in sign language without having to rely on captions,” he said. The pregame show airs

Signing their way to confidence
Hawke’s Bay Today - His job is to use sign language to communicate and interpret for Mr Greenwood, who is profoundly deaf. They are two of 72 interpreters, leaders and deaf youths who are staying at Camp David this week to take part in a variety of activities. Co

Iowa briefs
Dubuque Telegraph Herald - COUNCIL BLUFFS — A student at the Iowa School for the Deaf used sign language to threaten teachers and staff. Benjamin L. Finley, 18, of Grandview, became angry with a staff member on Monday and signed that he wanted to go home, police said. When he

Pushing age limits - along with their strollers
Houston Community Newspapers - PUSH IT GOOD Kara Jablonka (left) and Cynthia Goodman (right) push their daughters Emma, 17 months, and Eliana, 13 months, in their strollers down Washington Street. They discussed the pros and cons of being an older mom. Throughout their lives

Silent Super Bowl Ad Gets People Talking
WFTV - The 60-second spot is in American Sign Language with captions. The actors are really Pepsi employees who are deaf or hard-of-hearing and who are members of EnAble, an employee network whose mission is to promote a more inclusive environment for

Laugh factory
Boston Globe - They sell temporary tattoos for babies, “I’m savin’ up for more Valium” coin banks, and magnets that attempt to pass off obscene gestures as sign language instruction. For two decades, the Berkshires company has turned good design and bawdy humor into

‘Lesser God’ about signs, sounds, silence
Des Plaines Times - whose relationship with James, a man who can hear, forms the nexus of the drama’s complex, provocative plot. “Hearing people often see deafness as something that needs to be fixed. But we’re not broken,” said Matzkin, speaking in sign language

Nose means new Thai PM in sign language
Boston Globe - BANGKOK, Thailand Sign language interpreters in Thailand have run afoul of some ruling party supporters by holding their noses to refer to the new prime minister. Samak Sundaravej, chosen in parliament Monday as the first elected prime minister

Pushing age limits - along with their strollers
Houston Community Newspapers - PUSH IT GOOD Kara Jablonka (left) and Cynthia Goodman (right) push their daughters Emma, 17 months, and Eliana, 13 months, in their strollers down Washington Street. They discussed the pros and cons of being an older mom. Throughout their lives

LEARNING BY DOING: Third-graders find out what it s like to live
Patriot Ledger - After examining a model of the ear, students try to read lips and learn sign language to understand what it is like to be deaf. A learning disabilities station had a paragraph with the letters jumbled to mimic how it looks to someone with dyslexia

School for Deaf addressing suicide
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Tillman not only found a mental health professional who was able to help, she also learned sign language so she could stay connected with her son. If families lack communication with their deaf children, she said, the problems can get much worse. “Just