Archive for the Resources Category
Learn more about Marlee Matlin’s Help with Gary!
Deaf Actress Marlee Matlin noticed something wrong with Actor Gary Busey’s hearing during the “Apprentice” TV show. Click for her explanation: http://www.fancast.com/blogs/2011/interviews/how-marlee-matlin-helped-gary-busey-hear-again/?cmpid=FCS
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CAN Continues Its Service for DeafBlind Individuals with SSP!
On behalf of Bureau of Education for Services for the Blind (BESB) Brian Signman is pleased to advise that that agency is now accepting proposals from individuals and organizations who wish to provide community inclusion services to clients of this agency who are deafblind. Immediately below is a link to the Request for Proposal on [...]
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Communication Advocacy Network (CAN) Awarded!
A $10,000 grant from the 2011 Eugene G. & Margaret M. Blackford Memorial Fund, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee was awarded to the Communication Advocacy Network for operating support of Deaf-Blind Services. The Blackford Memorial Fund was established in 1981 to support and promote quality educational, human services, and health care programming for the blind [...]
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Available Scholarship For Any Student Interested in Gallaudet University
Gallaudet University Alumni Association – Connecticut Chapter is pleased to announce the 2011 scholarship for any high school student or any adult who is interested in enrolling at Gallaudet University of Washington, D.C. in the fall of 2011. Please contact Sue Pedersen, GUAA-CT Scholarship Chairperson for the application form for the Sophie Fowler Scholarship of $500. To browse [...]
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Historic NAD Film Selected as One of 25 for Preservation by Library of Congress
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) film “Preservation of Sign Language” by George W. Veditz was selected to the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress along with other films such as “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back”, “All the President’s Men”, “Malcolm X”, and “Saturday Night Fever”. “Preservation of Sign Language” was [...]
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Gallaudet University Recognized by Fulbright
Gallaudet University Alumni E-Newsletter of December 18, 2010: “A specialized e-card was created by the Institute of International Education to help Gallaudet share its success on its recent designation as a top producing institution of Fulbright scholars. The e-card directs readers to a related article in the Chronicle of Higher Education; Gallaudet is listed in [...]
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Apply for the Notebook and Internet Service
PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT Release Date: Dec. 6, 2010 Contact: Derric Miller CSD Communications Office Phone: (605) 782-1036 dsmiller@c-s-d.org CSD Launches Contact Center to Qualify Deaf/Hard of Hearing for Sustainable Broadband Program Deaf/hard of hearing consumers can qualify for a Dell 11Z notebook and 12 months high-speed Internet access — all for only $230. SIOUX FALLS, [...]
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Deaf Interagency Focus Group
The Deaf Interagency Focus Team has been developed to bring Deaf services and State agencies togetherto improve services for Deaf individuals statewide. The Bureau of Rehabilitation Services (BRS), CCOSD, Adult Vocational Services (AVS), American School for the Deaf (ASD), Commission on Deaf and Hearing Impaired (CDHI), FSW, Connecticut Association of the Deaf (CAD) and Robinson [...]
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Need Energy Assistance????
Do you need help with electricity bills? Need help with oil?Need help with gas? Apply for Energy Assistance WHEN: Friday, October 22, 2010 TIME: 9:30-3:00 pm WHERE: FSW ~ FSW will have a sign language interpreter for your meeting with the specialist. She/he will be happy to transfer your information to your local specialist of [...]
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Interested in Signing 50 Vocabulary Related to Cancer???
Seeking deaf individuals all ethnic and racial backgrounds to sign at least 50 cancer signs deadline: Sept 24 The University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center is seeking Deaf individuals from all ethnic and racial backgrounds to sign at least 50 cancer signs. Filming will be done Nov 12-14 at Gallaudet University. You will [...]
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