Sign Language Blog

December 15, 2007 on 6:00 am | In Sign Language |

Regional jail next stop for Oswaldo Martinez
Vancouver Business Journal - the 2005 rape and murder of 16-year-old Brittany Binger, will be in court for a request from Western State Hospital to move him to the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail. Martinez, a deaf-mute illegal immigrant, has been learning American sign language

The signs of the season
Baytown Sun - American Sign Language 3 Students from Lee and Sterling High schools are raising money to visit Gallaudet University, the first school offering deaf and hard-of-hearing students advanced education, along with programs and services designed to

Deaf Woman Claims Hospital Violated Her Rights
KGBT 4 - I speak the alphabet (in sign language). If I could have helped her understand, I would have,” she said. Meanwhile, the women say Amanda’s pain was getting worse. “I was feeling really upset and impatient,” Amanda remembered. Hours later, the women say

Deaf and Mute Illegal Immigrant
WTVR-TV - He has since taken intensive sign-language therapy at Western State Hospital in Staunton. Martinez’ case is reviewed every six months, and he was found incompetent each time he came before the court. The review is rescheduled for January 25th.