ASLdeafined Weekly Newsletter – 12/7/2018 Deaf Santas Help Kids Celebrate Christmas It’s Christmas time! Those songs are on the radio, our relatives are out shopping for the best deals, and the malls are filled to the brim with children waiting in line to tell Santa exactly what they hope to see under the tree that […]
ReadmoreASLdeafined Weekly Newsletter – 11/30/2018 Derrick Coleman Visits Deaf School in Arizona The Phoenix Day School of the Deaf was paid a visit by famed deaf NFL football player Derrick Coleman on Tuesday. Derrick talked about his life, his struggles to be taken seriously in football, and what motivates him to do his best […]
ReadmoreASLdeafined Weekly Newsletter – 11/23/2018 Congresswoman Captions Her Instagram Story Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York Congresswoman in the U.S. House of Representatives, recently started caption her story on Instagram. “Advocates for the deaf community hit me up to connect me with tools (i.e. Clipomatic) to better serve all of us. I now caption all my […]
ReadmoreASLdeafined Weekly Newsletter – 11/16/2018 LEAD-K Announces Partnership with AG Bell Association On Future Bills The LEAD-K campaign, which aims to eliminate language deprivation for deaf children under the age of six, is now working with the Alexander Graham Bell Association in future bills- and not many people are happy, it seems. The […]
ReadmoreASLdeafined Weekly Newsletter – 11/9/2018 Two Deaf Candidates Win Offices in D.C. Politics is quite the topic as of late but a few candidates are determined to make changes- and they’re deaf! First, Robb Dooling won a Commissioner seat in the Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) in Washington D.C.. This area includes Gallaudet University. Dooling […]
ReadmoreASLdeafined Weekly Newsletter – 11/2/2018 Bernard Bragg, The Father of Deaf Theatre, Dies On Tuesday, October 29th the first American Deaf actor, Bernard Bragg, passed away in the company of his loved ones at the age of 90. Dear friends, including Marlee Matlin, will miss him dearly and remember his legacy: Bernard Bragg was […]
ReadmoreASLdeafined Weekly Newsletter – 10/26/18 Starbucks Opens “Signing Store” In D.C. The wait is over- the first official Starbucks “Signing Store” opened in D.C. on Tuesday on 6th Street & H Street, not far from Gallaudet University. This “Signing Store” is the first of it’s kind in the States resulting from a successful endeavor […]
ReadmoreASLdeafined Weekly Newsletter – 10/19/2018 Netflix’s The Dragon Prince Features Deaf Character, Signs It’s always nice to see some representation in the media! Netflix recently premiered a series entitled The Dragon Prince; An animated fantasy series featuring humans and elves at war. Now, obviously, we don’t want to give away too much of the plot, but we do […]
ReadmoreNewsletter – 9/21/18 New Bill Introduced Requiring Open Captions At The Movies Anyone who has read our blog knows about the struggles of captioning, especially in movie theaters. Today’s deaf moviegoer buys their ticket, waits about ten minutes (or more) for their snazzy CaptionView stick, and prays that there won’t be any issues. These […]
ReadmoreASLdeafined Weekly Newsletter – 9/14/18 Hurricane Florence Will Hit Shores Today More than a million people across three states on the east coast have been issued a mandatory evacuation and it’s no surprise: Hurricane Florence is expected to bring storm surges higher than eight feet tall and may be the most dangerous hurricane to […]
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