Sign Language Blog

May 8, 2007 on 5:00 am | In Sign Language |

Deaf man seeks health board role
Stuff - Kim Robinson wants to serve on his district health board but faces a significant barrier on the campaign trail he is deaf. The Blenheim man, 36, will have to use sign language interpreters to help him communicate effectively with potential voters

Audubon promotes green neighborhoods
Seattle Times - Central Washington University’s Washoe learned to use sign language. To get individuals involved in creating safer, cleaner and greener neighborhoods, the Seattle Audubon Society’s Neighborhood Greening and Livability Project will host an open house

A s and B s rule at state colleges
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Her two A s in sign language and wellness and stress management came fairly easy because the courses were interesting to her. In physics a class where a bell curve is used she will get a B, she said. She studied at Indiana University

Make My Day
American Reporter - So anyone who communicates through sign language is automatically excluded. The same is true if you can only use written communication, semaphors, or a series of grunts, clicks, and whistles. It also “may be deemed pejorative” by people who can’t

Talk Back 3: Mayor Standing Up to Criminal Aspects of Jackson
WLBT - Bert, Your poll on the WLBT website asking “Do you think teachers of deaf students should be very proficient in sign language?” is moot. Of course the teachers should be qualified to communicate properly Talkback 3: Deaf School Protest I want to

The Justice Story
New York Daily News - She was communicating with her sister through sign language, which they had learned as children, the daughters of deaf parents. “Why?” she repeated over and over, before lapsing into a coma, a week after she was hospitalized. Although there was a