Deaf community celebrates Christmas (Hammond Daily Star) (2 clicks)
December 26 2007
AMITE - First Baptist Church was the setting for the annual regional Deaf Christmas Party this past Saturday night. Tom Willis, minister of the deaf at the church, hosted this year's event for almost eighty deaf, deaf-blind participants and their families.

More News (San Gabriel Valley Tribune) (4 clicks)
December 26 2007
GLENDORA - The school district last week lost a second battle in its fight to keep from providing a real-time captioning service for two deaf students at Glendora High School.

The spirit of the season (Napa Valley Register) (4 clicks)
December 26 2007
Young performers from the Napa Valley Dance Center kicked off the holiday season in high fashion by dancing at Copia's Christmas Tree Lighting party Nov. 24, but that was only the beginning of their performing season.

First signs of Santa with video (The Scranton Times-Tribune) (2 clicks)
December 26 2007
Deaf community shares holiday wishes When Tom Shaffer was a boy, visits with Santa Claus were a rare and complicated affair. Young Tom was deaf, while, for all his magical powers, the man in the red suit lacked sign-language skills.

Working in silence (Muskogee Phoenix) (1 click)
December 26 2007
Insight BowlOSU vs. IndianaMonday, Jan. 31Kickoff: 5 p.m.TV: KSBI (Suddenlink 3)

PEOPLE: Camden Co. College grants tenure to 7 (Courier-Post) (2 clicks)
December 26 2007
Seven full-time Camden County College faculty members from a range of disciplines have been granted tenure by the school's trustees. They are:

This baby talk is child's play: Tots communicate using sign language (The Halifax Daily News) (8 clicks)
December 26 2007
Tara Barreiro was confused when her toddler started signing "moon" as they were driving across the Macdonald Bridge.

Gratitude Website (KULR-8 Billings) (2 clicks)
December 26 2007
Saying thanks to one of our men or women in uniform can be a little difficult if you're just seeing them in passing or at the airport.

Students find sign language skills useful (Boston Globe) (5 clicks)
December 26 2007
American Sign Language is, by some estimations, the third-most spoken language in the United States. And students in Montville High School's ASL classes have found multiple opportunities to use their skills.

School for the Deaf and the Blind president retiring (The Daily Comet) (4 clicks)
December 26 2007
SPARTANBURG, S.C. The president of the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind is receiving accolades from colleagues, students and others as she prepares to retire next week.

Meet sign-language Santa (The Beacon News) (5 clicks)
December 26 2007
According to folklore, Santa understands all children, no matter what language they speak. Just like the department store scene with the Dutch girl in Miracle on 34th Street, any child should be able to nestle into Santa's lap and whisper a wish in their native tongue, be it English, Spanish, Japanese or American Sign Language.

Learn Sign Language (US News & World Report) (7 clicks)
December 26 2007
Not to bad-mouth English, but there are certain times when words are bound to fail you.

Family raises money to buy companion dog (Wentzville Journal) (1 click)
December 26 2007
Katy Felix, 8, cannot speak or use sign language, but she can run away from home.

Rising C's head west (Boston Herald) (1 click)
December 26 2007
They're not deaf. The Celtics know what's being said about them in some of the more cynical corners of the NBA. They haven't played anybody yet. They haven't...

More News (Pasadena Star-News) (5 clicks)
December 26 2007
GLENDORA - The school district last week lost a second battle in its fight to keep from providing a real-time captioning service for two deaf students at Glendora High School.

Deaf community celebrates Christmas (Hammond Daily Star) (2 clicks)
December 26 2007
AMITE - First Baptist Church was the setting for the annual regional Deaf Christmas Party this past Saturday night. Tom Willis, minister of the deaf at the church, hosted this year's event for almost eighty deaf, deaf-blind participants and their families.

Poland court jails mute man for 25 years (UPI) (1 click)
December 26 2007
A court in northwestern Poland has sentenced a 31-year-old deaf-and-mute man to 25 years in prison for brutally killing a teenage girl.

Plans for house cause stir in Castle Hills (San Antonio Express-News and KENS 5) (4 clicks)
December 26 2007
Priest wants it to become a home for deaf seminarians.

First signs of Santa with video (The Scranton Times-Tribune) (3 clicks)
December 26 2007
Deaf community shares holiday wishes When Tom Shaffer was a boy, visits with Santa Claus were a rare and complicated affair. Young Tom was deaf, while, for all his magical powers, the man in the red suit lacked sign-language skills.

Deaf foster children find a home closer to home Permanent housing is first of its kind in area (San Diego Union-Tribune) (4 clicks)
December 26 2007
A rougher road PEGGY PEATTIE / Union-Tribune The October wildfires showed no mercy, consuming homes in suburban neighborhoods and backcountry communities alike. But for those living in the far corners of the county, rebuilding can bring hurdles unimaginable to suburban dwellers. Deaf foster children find a home closer to home

Schools’ deaf interpreter standards to change (The Charleston Gazette) (7 clicks)
December 26 2007
A deaf student’s parents sometimes have a difficult time finding a high-quality interpreter in West Virginia.

Deaf demand right to designer deaf children (Times Online) (0 clicks)
December 26 2007
DEAF parents should be allowed to screen their embryos so they can pick a deaf child over one that has all its senses intact, according to the chief executive of the Royal National Institute for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People (RNID).

Preschoolers celebrate the holidays in song (Kern Valley Sun) (0 clicks)
December 25 2007
The Wallace cafetorium was full of holiday spirit last Friday evening as the Kernville Union School District Preschool presented their 8th annual Christmas program. As parents and their children arrived for the event, some children greeted their friends with hugs or shy waves.

Meet sign-language Santa (The Beacon News) (5 clicks)
December 25 2007
According to folklore, Santa understands all children, no matter what language they speak. Just like the department store scene with the Dutch girl in Miracle on 34th Street, any child should be able to nestle into Santa's lap and whisper a wish in their native tongue, be it English, Spanish, Japanese or American Sign Language.

Students find sign language skills useful (Boston Globe) (5 clicks)
December 25 2007
American Sign Language is, by some estimations, the third-most spoken language in the United States. And students in Montville High School's ASL classes have found multiple opportunities to use their skills.

Plans for house cause stir in Castle Hills (San Antonio Express-News and KENS 5) (3 clicks)
December 25 2007
Priest wants it to become a home for deaf seminarians.

First signs of Santa with video (The Scranton Times-Tribune) (2 clicks)
December 25 2007
Deaf community shares holiday wishes When Tom Shaffer was a boy, visits with Santa Claus were a rare and complicated affair. Young Tom was deaf, while, for all his magical powers, the man in the red suit lacked sign-language skills.

No Merry Music For The Tone-Deaf At Christmas (Medical News Today) (8 clicks)
December 25 2007
A new neuroimaging study conducted by researchers from the Montreal Neurological Institute of McGill University and the Universite de Montreal at the International laboratory for Brain Music and Sound Research (BRAMS), has found that tone-deaf or amusic individuals have more grey matter in specific r [click link for full article]

Deaf demand right to designer deaf children (Times Online) (0 clicks)
December 25 2007
DEAF parents should be allowed to screen their embryos so they can pick a deaf child over one that has all its senses intact, according to the chief executive of the Royal National Institute for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People (RNID).

Schools’ deaf interpreter standards to change (The Charleston Gazette) (7 clicks)
December 25 2007
A deaf student’s parents sometimes have a difficult time finding a high-quality interpreter in West Virginia.

Deaf People Demand Right for "Designer" Deaf Children (Addict 3D) (0 clicks)
December 25 2007
We're rapidly approaching Gattaca, if anyone remembers that film, in which your place in society was determined by your genetics.

Poland court jails mute man for 25 years (UPI) (1 click)
December 25 2007
A court in northwestern Poland has sentenced a 31-year-old deaf-and-mute man to 25 years in prison for brutally killing a teenage girl.

Officer breaks through language barriers (The Colony Courier-Leader) (0 clicks)
December 25 2007
A gray-haired, toothless woman from Guatemala, deaf and blind in one eye, slumps in a chair at The Colony’s police headquarters. Her brother has locked her out of their home, forcing the old woman to sleep on the street in the back of a restaurant.

This baby talk is child's play: Tots communicate using sign language (The Halifax Daily News) (8 clicks)
December 25 2007
Tara Barreiro was confused when her toddler started signing "moon" as they were driving across the Macdonald Bridge.

Family raises money to buy companion dog (Wentzville Journal) (1 click)
December 25 2007
Katy Felix, 8, cannot speak or use sign language, but she can run away from home.