Sign Language Blog

August 10, 2007 on 5:00 am | In Sign Language |

6 Things To Do This Week
Modesto Bee - Sunday (with sign-language interpreter at matinee). Through Aug. 19. WHERE: California State University, Stanislaus, Mainstage Theater, 801 W. Monte Vista Ave., Turlock TICKETS: $8-$20 CALL: 558-5152 2. Shakespeare A magician and a fairy create havoc for a

Rwanda’s Anne Frank
The Epoch Times - They had to be silent, communicating only in sign language. Some days they had no food or drink. Eventually smuggled out to safety, they emerged as emaciated skeletons in a land where 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus had been killed in 100 days of

Normal’s final United Way pacesetter event Thursday
Pantagraph - The winning performer was Mike Steele of the finance department, who used sign language for a Karen Carpenter song. The countywide United Way campaign will kick off at 7:30 a.m. Aug. 29 at Fairview Park, Normal, when the town will announce its

Judge has successfully adjusted to loss of hearing
San Antonio Express News - At SAC’s American Sign Language and Interpreter Training Program, “the professors were great and taught me how to sign (use sign language) and read lips and use my other senses more. It took me about four years to get pretty good

7 astronauts, including schoolteacher, prepare for Endeavour’s launch
International Herald Tribune - Seven astronauts are assigned to the mission, including a Canadian doctor, a chemist who knows sign language and is a former competitive sprinter and long jumper, and a commander whose identical twin brother is also a shuttle pilot. But the spotlight

More music and less talk, pleaseMore music, less talk, please
Indianapolis Star - Hund also draws big laughs with June’s exaggerated and wildly animated attempts at doing sign language during performances.

An island chimps call their own
Baltimore Sun - They can learn American Sign Language, use tools for basic tasks and appear capable of empathy, self-awareness and group problem-solving. Beyond rehabilitating and caring for mistreated chimpanzees, the island serves as a lab for researchers studying

Mass composed to honor anniversary
Escanaba Daily Press - A sign language interpreter will be present to interpret the Mass for persons who are deaf and any others who use sign language. Wheelchairs will also be available to transport persons who have physical disabilities, with the Boy Scouts serving as

Latest News
dBusinessNews.com - Language Access Network, Inc. will now provide Emanuel Medical Center with live video/audio interpretation services for American Sign Language (ASL) for the Deaf and Hard-Of-Hearing, Spanish, and 150 other languages, to its more than 150,000 patient