Gold Coast Poker Tourney Raises Money for Troupe – CardPlayer.com

May 31, 2007 in ASL, Career, Community, Deaf, Event Listings, Hard of Hearing, News, Sign Language, Sports

Gold Coast Poker Tourney Raises Money for Troupe

A Total of $4,100 was Raised for the Sign Design Theatre Company

The Sign Design Theatre Company, a Las Vegas-based nonprofit organization that teaches young people American Sign Language, is used to giving back to the community. On Sunday, a charity poker tournament took place at the Gold Coast [...]

NAD Urges Attendance at IDEA Public Meetings

May 31, 2007 in Community, Deaf, Education, Event Listings, Hard of Hearing, Interpreter, News, Sign Language

NAD Urges Attendance at IDEA Public Meetings

The U.S Department of Education is holding public meetings on the NPRM. Please try to attend one of these meetings if it is in your area, and spread the word to others in our community.
The meetings will be held:

1. June 4, 2007, 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Portland–Embassy [...]

Vandals steal deaf woman’s door signal (NBC 12 Richmond)

May 31, 2007 in Deaf, News

Vandals steal deaf woman’s door signal

May 31, 2007
By Andy Jenks, NBC 12 News

Vandals have played a cruel prank on a deaf woman, stealing a link to the outside world. A button outside the woman’s home is connected to lights inside. That’s how she knows if there’s an emergency.
Now that button is gone, stolen by vandals [...]