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Switched at Birth honored with a Peabody Award

Published on Wednesday, March 27th, 2013 | Source:

Congratulations to the cast and crew of our community partner, Switched at Birth, for being honored with the prestigious Peabody Award! This honor embodies the very quality that this award represents and that main criterion is “Excellence”. http://peabodyawards.com/2013/03/72nd-annual-peabody-awards-complete-list-of-winners/

TRIBES at the Mark Taper Forum now through April 14th

Published on Wednesday, March 13th, 2013 | Source:

Come visit GLAD’s Deaf Community Center in Eagle Rock to share with us your thoughts on our newest installation brought to you by Center Theatre Group’s TRIBES at the Mark Taper Forum playing now through April 14th. Inquire onsite for a chance to win tickets to an upcoming performance. For more information about the show [...]

‘Switched at Birth’ a quiet pioneer on ABC Family

Published on Thursday, February 28th, 2013 | Source:

‘Switched at Birth’ a quiet pioneer on ABC Family The show, which casts a mix of deaf, hearing and hard-of-hearing actors, will soon present an episode that is entirely in American Sign Language. A scene from ABC’s “Switched at Birth.” (Eric McCandless / ABC Family / January 18, 2013) By Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times [...]

Full-time Sign Language Instructor Position Available

Published on Friday, January 25th, 2013 | Source:

El Camino Community College District is recruiting for a full-time Sign Language instructor for the Torrance campus. The application closing date is February 11, 2013. Please click on the following link to access a job description, additional information and a link to apply for the position: https://elcamino.iGreentree.com/CSS_Academic/CSSPage_Referred.ASP?Req=A1213-021

ABC FAMILY ANNOUNCES GROUND-BREAKING TELEVISION EVENT WITH AN ALL-ASL EPISODE OF THE HIT FAMILY DRAMA “SWITCHED AT BIRTH” TO AIR MONDAY, MARCH 4 AT 8:00PM ET/PT

Published on Friday, January 11th, 2013 | Source:

ABC FAMILY ANNOUNCES GROUND-BREAKING TELEVISION EVENT WITH AN ALL-ASL EPISODE OF THE HIT FAMILY DRAMA “SWITCHED AT BIRTH” TO AIR MONDAY, MARCH 4 AT 8:00PM ET/PT Burbank, CA (January 11, 2013) – ABC Family’s award-winning original series, “Switched at Birth,” will produce an episode told entirely in American Sign Language (ASL), a first for a [...]

DOJ attorney hears concerns of disabled

Published on Friday, December 21st, 2012 | Source:

http://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/health/x1012271654/DOJ-attorney-hears-concerns-of-disabled Local residents with disabilities voiced concerns about equal access to effective transportation, medical care and education loud and clear to a U.S. Department of Justice attorney who visited Bakersfield Wednesday afternoon.A crowd of about 50 people packed the offices of the Independent Living Center of Kern County and spilled into the hallway outside the [...]

New Technology Allows Deaf Children to Hear a Movie for the First Time in Their Own Language

Published on Monday, December 10th, 2012 | Source:

Dec. 10, 2012 By/Por Leah Bergman, Latino Weekly Review Editor The comical and beloved characters of “Ice Age” will once again entertain us with their wild antics on DVD, Blu-ray, and Blu-ray 3D on December 11 in “Ice Age: Continental Drift”, but this time with a twist. An enhanced coloring app, Pirate Picasso, has been [...]