Response to Stephanie Clark’s vlogs about linguistic equality (between American Sign Language and English) and training for Certified Deaf Interpreters. Training and dialogue in ASL are stepping stones to bigger challenges: such as creating a market for CDIs to get work and choosing to trust each other as allies even when we sometimes let each other down. If we focus on the bigger goal, more of the necessary steps will fall into place naturally.
Read MoreRoad-Side Assistance Sign Language Brochure
by kim26stephens • November 2nd, 2012
WMTV.Com from Omaha, NE posted this story about how two students at the Iowa School for the Deaf are helping people nationwide. Seniors John Issacson and Johanna Scherling created a sign language brochure to help emergency personnel communicate with hearing … Continue reading →
New App for the Deaf Community will include Emergency Alerts
by kim26stephens • October 8th, 2012
Post by: Kim Stephens A new mobile app called “Engage” is touted as the “first ever mobile App for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing” and delivers content in American Sign Language. Their website states: Engage is a wireless community … Continue reading →
Gallaudet University CERT Training
by kim26stephens • July 15th, 2012
Post by: Kim Stephens This is a representative sample of tweets from the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training, sponsored by Serve DC–the Mayor’s Office of Volunteerism, at Gallaudet University, July 10-12, 2012. Everyone, both trainees and first responders alike, … Continue reading →