Archive for March 30th, 2007
Sign Language – Baby Signing
Mama, Papa, Please Change My Diaper (in ASL)
Is there anything cuter than seeing a little baby using sign language? It is more than just cute though — researchers have found that the use of sign language with babies does help to improve their language learning and IQs. So more and more [...]
Deaf UWM Professor Helped Shape Education Laws for Students with Disabilities
by: Kathy Quirk
Amy June Rowley vividly remembers her parents’ fight to assure her education. “There were often observers in my classrooms, and I kept having all these tests,” says Rowley, who carefully shapes her words and thoughts into graceful expression with flying hands and [...]
Bergen Student Completes CERT Training
Chad Evringham, 17, of Bergen, NY, who attends high school at Rochester School for the Deaf (RSD), successfully completed the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training course. The course was held February 27th through March 22nd, 2007 at the Monroe Community College (MCC) Public Safety Training Facility in Rochester. Evringham, who [...]