Posts Tagged Helen Keller
The Newly Released DVD on Support Service Providers for Deaf-Blind Individuals
As you may know, there are estimated to be 1.2 million Americans who are both deaf and visually impaired. Dealing with this dual sensory loss can be challenging at the very least and devastating at its worst, causing profound isolation and loneliness. Support Service Providers (SSP) can make a huge difference in improving the quality [...]
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NEHD No Longer Admits Any Deaf-Blind Newcomers!
July 5, 2011 The New England Homes for the Deaf (NEHD) at Danvers, Massachusetts is the well-known health facilities in the New England that serves people who are both blind and deaf. Facing its financial problems, Executive Director Emmanuel Ikomi and Board recently announced their heartbreaking decision; however they hope that the state commission on blind would change its mind [...]
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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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Jenilee, First Deaf Actress Winning the Award
June 14, 2010….Jenilee Simons Marques received the DEBUT Award for her outstanding acting as Helen Keller in the performance of the “Miracle Worker” from Connecticut Critics Circle at its 20th Annual Awards ceremony tonight. When receiving the awards, she spoke of her gratitude to Doreen Simons, her mother and family members for their heartfelt support [...]
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Déjà vu!!! Hearing Actor in Deaf Blind Role
October 29, 2009, 8:46 am Advocacy Group Opposes ‘Miracle Worker’ Casting Choice By Patrick Healy Abigail Breslin has been cast to play Helen Keller in a coming Broadway revival of “The Miracle Worker.” Two weeks after a group of deaf actors protested the choice of a hearing actor for a deaf role in an upcoming [...]
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Statue of Helen Keller Unveiled at the Capitol Hill
Note: live video streaming may be shown at the C-Span website. Statue of Helen Keller to Be Installed in Capitol By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 9:53 a.m. ET, October 7, 2009 WASHINGTON (AP) — Alabama is updating its historical presence in the U.S. Capitol, swapping out a statue of a rather unknown former congressman [...]
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Rare Video of Helen Keller with Caption
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