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Astoria Characters: The Walk-On Woman

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 06.04.2013 | New York
Read More: Hunter College, Astoria, Speed Walking, New Providence New Jersey, Astoria Park, Bicycle, Actress, Rutgers University, Deaf, Sign Language, Worldteach, New York News
Nancy Ruhling

You can set your clock by Dana D'Ascoli. Every morning in every kind of weather, she's in Astoria Park logging lightning laps from 5 to 6. And it's not just around the park. Dana's running role in life has been careering away from things she doesn't love to do.

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Neighbor Makes A Statement In An Unusual Way

The Huffington Post | Amy Marturana | Posted 01.08.2013 | HuffPost Home
Read More: Reddit, I Love You in Sign Language, Sign Language Snow Sculpture, Building With Snow, Extreme Snow Sculptures, Make a Snow Sculpture, Extreme Snowmen, Sign Language Sculpture, Snow Sculpture, Sign Language, American Sign Language, HuffPost Home News

So much cooler than a regular snowman.

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The Haunting Questions About Our Child

Posted 01.23.2013 | Parents
Read More: Adoptive Parents, Speech Delays, Gay Parents, Premature Adrenarche, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Selective Mustism, Adoption, Adopting, Carrie Goldman, Portrait of an Adoption, Strabismus, Adoptive Parents Stories, Trumpet of the Swan, Learning to Talk, Sign Language, Parents News

We took a long, challenging, creative journey to help Clark speak. There is nothing in all the world I like better than the sound of my son’s voice.

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WATCH: We Love Her So

The Huffington Post | The Political Mashups Team | Posted 11.01.2012 | Comedy
Read More: Lydia Callis Bloomberg, Lydia Callis, Video, Hurricane Sandy, Funny Videos, Michael Bloomberg, Bloomberg Sign Language Interpreter, Moods of Lydia Callis, Comedy Original Video, Sign Language, Comedy, Mashups, Comedy News

Superstorm Sandy knocked millions on the east coast for a loop--but even in the face of disaster, New Yorkers were dazzled by one dedicated public ser...

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Smart Gloves Turn Sign Language Gestures Into Vocalized Speech

XPRIZE | Posted 11.27.2012 | Technology
Read More: Smart Gloves, X Prize Foundation, X Prize, Translation, Sign Language, Singularity University, Video, Technology News
XPRIZE

By David J. Hill Contributing Writer, Singularity University. Giving a voice to the voiceless has been a cause that many have championed throughout h...

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Know Why This Kid's Finger Gesture Has His Teachers In A Tizzy? Take The Fark Weird News Quiz

Fark.com | Posted 10.31.2012 | Weird News
Read More: Fark Weird News Quiz, Weird News, Fark Weird News, Fark, Weird News Quiz, Sign Language, Weird News News

This kid's teachers are in a tizzy. If you know why, take the Fark Weird News Quiz. You owe it to the world....

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Deaf Boy Asked To Make Controversial Change (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 10.04.2012 | Parents
Read More: Aclu, Hunter Spanjer, Brian Spanjer, Beth Spanjer, Deafness, Special Needs Children, Hunter Spanjer Gun, Hunter Spanger, Video, Grand Island, Weapon, Guns in School, Nebraska, Hunter Spanger Sign Language, Deaf, Parents-Preschoolers, Sign Language, Parents News

In a move blasted by rights groups, a 3-year-old-deaf boy has been told by his Nebraska school district to change the way he signs his name because th...

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The 'Deaf' Pizzeria

AOL | Posted 05.23.2012 | Small Business
Read More: Signing, San Francisco Pizza, Mozzeria, Melody and Russell Stein, San Francisco Pizzerias, Melody Stein, You've Got, San Francisco, Small Business Video, Sign Language, Russell Stein, Video, Small Business News

Husband-and-wife restaurateurs Melody and Russell Stein, who are deaf, sign about how they were able to create a successful pizzeria. The Steins opene...

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Signing with Your Baby

Ruth Neubauer | Posted 07.21.2012 | Parents
Read More: Grandmother, Language, Child Development, Words, Adult-Development, Babies, Sign Language, American Sign Language, Granddaughter, Parents News
Ruth Neubauer

Sign language is a natural way to help communication in the first year or so of life.

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Amber Genuske

Meet The Merriam (And Webster) Of American Sign Language

HuffingtonPost.com | Amber Genuske | Posted 05.10.2012 | Home
Read More: Online Sign Language Education, Sign Language Education, Video, Signing Savvy, John Miller Signing Savvy, John Miller, Sign Language Resource, Sign Language, American Sign Language, Home News

When John Miller became a teacher for deaf and hard of hearing children he saw a void. Often times, their communication would stop outside of the clas...

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Creating A Future For Afghanistan's Deaf

Shannon Galpin | Posted 02.27.2012 | Good News
Read More: Deaf Children, Deafness, Education, Afghanistan, Mountain2mountain, Sign Language, Good News, Good News News
Shannon Galpin

Working with ANAD, we secured a from the Afghan government to serve as a permanent location for Afghanistan's deaf to build a thriving community.

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WATCH: 'I Can Tell That We Are Gonna Be Friends': Deaf Children Perform White Stripes Cover

Posted 11.29.2011 | Impact
Read More: Hearing Aid, Jack White, Video, D-Pan, We're Going to Be Friends, Music Video, Deaf Children, Deaf, Sign Language, American Sign Language, White Stripes, Impact News

The White Stripes may have disbanded last February, but their music is still making an impact. The band's early-2000s ballad "We're Going To Be Fr...

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Astoria Characters: The Woman Clothed in History

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 01.02.2012 | New York
Read More: Astoria, Sign Language, Cat, Pearl Gould, Broadway Silk Store, English, Columbia University, German, Lexington School for the Deaf, Fabric, Deaf, New York University, Great Depression, Yiddish, Buttons, Patterns, New York News
Nancy Ruhling

Pearl Gould's Uncle Elie and Aunt Esther started the Broadway Silk Store during the Great Depression, and it looks much as it did when Hoover was president. Like Pearl, it's stitched together by time.

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More Students Studying Sign Language

nytimes.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: The New York Times, Sign Language College, Sign Language, Sign Language Classes, College News

While the number of college students studying Spanish, French and German increased only modestly from 2006 to 2009, enrollment in American Sign Langua...

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Open Letter to Hospital Compliance Officers: Questions to Ask as Standards Enter Pilot Phase

Louis Provenzano | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Language Access, Interpretation, Medical Interpreter, Interpreter Training, Politics News, Asl, Limited English Proficiency, Hard-of-Hearing, Patient Care, Health, Joint Commission, Patients, Contractor, Hospitals, American Sign Language, Government, Language Barrier, Language, Patient-Centered Communication, Healthcare Provider, Dialect, Translation, Deaf, Healthcare, Sign Language, Spanish, Home News
Louis Provenzano

New and revised Joint Commission requirements for language and interpretation standards took effect this month on a year-long pilot basis for healthca...

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Amazon Announces Winners Of Breakthrough Novel Award

GalleyCat | Jason Boog | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Patricia McArdle, Breakthrough Novels, Debut Novels, Literary Prizes, Sign Language, Amy Ackley, Books, Amazon, Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, Farishta, Books News

Today Amazon.com and Penguin Group announced the winners of the 2010 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards. Patricia McArdle won the general fiction catego...

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Lollapalooza Day Two: Don't Worry, Be Happy

Karen Stabiner And Sarah Dietz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Brendan Canning, Broken Social Scene, Fashion, Relationships, Waylong Jennings, Johnny Cash, Wilco, Sign Language, Dierks Bentley, Urban Outfitters, Sharon Jones & Dap-Kings, Lollapalooza, Entertainment News
Karen Stabiner And Sarah Dietz

While Radiohead is incredible, the music and the content seems to be a reflection of the status of the world at the moment, beautiful but not afraid to expose the ugly undertones for all to see.

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