Sign Language Blog

January 2, 2008 on 6:00 am | In Sign Language |

Junior Miss
Brewton Standard - She is the daughter of Jonathan and Annise Bruley and will perform a sign language routine during the talent competition. Alaina Arnold will serve as her little sister. Morgan Taite Cardwell, who is a senior at T.R. Miller High School. She is the

Woman regains custody of children, make fresh start after drug rehab
Southeast Missourian - She has had four months of sign language lessons and talks excitedly with her son. “Me and him, we communicate just wonderful,” she said. The family and people from Iona Baptist Church, where the family worships, enrolled in sign language classes at

Microsoft Recruits, Hires and Accommodates People with Disabilities
CSR Wire - I also needed sign language interpreters when I went through the all-day interview loop. My deafness was never touched on during the interview process, even though I had two interpreters along every step of the way.” Greg Smith also found the

New Year s Resolutions
Montrose Daily Press - We offer a lot of upper division courses as well, she says. In fact we just finished a sign language class in which seven or eight student took a teleconference class in real time. The class was coordinated with one at the Grand Junction campus

Work partners grow special bond with language
Fresno Bee - Lopez taught Bearce a few simple words in sign language to use on the job, such as “time” and “finished.” Bearce got a sign language instruction book and started to study. He was signing sentences within a few months. Three years later, he’s fluent in

Reporter turns firefighter
Charleston Post & Courier - Ohio, where she minored in American Sign Language. During her college years, she also was active in debate and a theatre group that taught youths about drug use, teen suicide and other issues. “I use entertainment as a tool to get my message out,” she

The big list: Female teachers with students
WorldNetDaily - Melinda Deluca, 29: Sign-language teacher at Copper Hills High School in West Jordan, Utah, was fired in December 2005 for allegedly having sexual intercourse twice with a 16-year-old male student she reportedly had been “grooming” for sexual activity