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Published on Thursday, October 6th, 2011 | Source:
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Published on Tuesday, July 26th, 2011 | Source:
For Immediate Release July 26, 2011 Contacts: Dr. Patricia Hughes, GLAD CEO phughes@gladinc.org Rachel Braver, Director of Public Relations 323-550-4274 Voice/TTY DEAF ADVOCACY GROUPS CHALLENGE DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES OF INDUSTRY LEADERS Los Angeles, CA July 26, 2011- There’s a new surge of activism demanding equal rights for the deaf and hard-of-hearing to Internet video content. Just [...]
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Published on Wednesday, July 6th, 2011 | Source:
A two-term president of the National Assn. of the Deaf, he was a former longtime teacher and administrator at the California School for the Deaf in Riverside. [Photo caption:] Lawrence R. Newman always stressed the importance of education in the lives of deaf children and fought for the right of deaf students to be educated [...]
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Published on Wednesday, June 15th, 2011 | Source:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 15, 2011 CONTACTS: Anna Levine and Elizabeth Leonard of Disability Rights Advocates (510) 665-8644 Linda Dardarian and Rachel Brill of Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen & Dardarian (510) 763-9800 CNN.COM SUED BY DEAF AND HARD-OF-HEARING FOR LACK OF CAPTIONED VIDEOS ON ITS WEBSITE Oakland, CA – June 15, 2011 – A class [...]
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Published on Wednesday, June 1st, 2011 | Source:
Deaf Community Services of San Diego, Inc., is offering a special giveaway program in partnership with the Change a Life Foundation and the MedicAlert Foundation. The program ends on June 30, 2011, or whenever funding is exhausted before that date. The program is open to Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, Late-Deafened, DeafBlind people and CI and hearing-aid users. [...]
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Published on Wednesday, May 11th, 2011 | Source:
ASL processing in the brain We are a team of researchers at UCSD interested in how the brain processes American Sign Language. We use non-invasive brain imaging techniques to look at brain activation patterns as sign language users look at ASL signs presented on a screen. The study has been approved by the UCSD Human [...]
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Published on Thursday, April 28th, 2011 | Source:
Deaf, hard-of-hearing students perform anti-drug message By Anne Kallas Published Wednesday, April 27, 2011 For many deaf and partially deaf students, the isolation and loneliness that come from being unable to communicate easily with the rest of the world can lead to alcohol and drug abuse. Students in Cabrillo Middle School’s deaf and partially deaf [...]
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Published on Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 | Source:
Sean Forbes will be performing, and world debuting the video for his next hit single, “Let’s Mambo” at the world famous House of Blues, Hollywood on June 5th at the Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness (GLAD) event. “The world is run by those who show up,” he says, “And I’m showing up.” (Quote via [...]
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Published on Monday, April 25th, 2011 | Source:
Beyond fashion and beauty events, and similar to supporting other communities such as The Filipino Americans Fashion Community, I also support the deaf and hard of hearing community! I am happy and priveleged to be invited as one of the media to cover the, “9th Annual GLAD Benefit Extravaganza, A visual fantasyland celebrating communication, culture and commUNITY!” with [...]
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Published on Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 | Source:
The wait is over…it’s official! GLAD’s 9th Annual Benefit Extravaganza is now underway and the countdown to Sunday, June 5 starts today! The visual fantasyland extravaganza will take place at the House of Blues, Sunset Strip from 6-10 p.m.! Hosted by Ken Paves, with special guest appearances by Eva Longoria and Marlee Matlin , this [...]
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