A public safety service, Smart911, allows Deaf and hard of hearing users to create a free online profile with all their important information. If the person ever needs to contact 9-1-1 this information will be automatically displayed to dispatchers, saving valuable time. Check out the article here.
Great Blog created by an ASL/English Interpreting Program Professor at WOU. “Connecting the Classroom to the Community and the Community to the Classroom”. Check it out!
NAD President Chris Wagner shares Board activity since the 2012 NAD Conference in Louisville, KY, announces two new Board appointments Tawny Holmes and Joshua Beckman, and the location of the next NAD Board meeting in the Bay Area, California from October 11-13, 2012.
This article includes a new research study from UO published in The Journal of Neuroscience. The article focuses on how the brain compensates when one of the senses is not present. One interesting discussion point in the article is the topic of cross-modal neuroplasticity, a phenomenon where the brain is able to re-organize itself to support other senses. The article notes that this change in the brain may be the reason some Deaf do not find hearing aids or cochlear implants helpful, because their brain has already re-wired to not include the auditory senses and to support others such as vision and touch.
A great article about the differences between how white and black people use sign language. Carolyn McCaskill, professor of Deaf studies at Gallaudet, is interviewed about her own experiences and about her research in the area. I also enjoy how the article goes on to explain the truth about common misconceptions people have about ASL. That many people believe it is a universal language or that it is a direct translation of spoken languages.
A young Deaf girl, Shaylee, and her Deaf dad retell their favorite parts from sleeping beauty. What a great way to learn and play in their native language!
Kids and dogs in the same article?? What could be better??
Great idea!! Just get rid of the term “hearing impaired” and its golden!!
Good article for us to keep in the back of our minds…it tells the truths of most families…
and it does have some good background information.
Social Media movement…taking place June 6, 2012