Katie Dicus, Author at DeafNiche

7 High Quality Superhero T-shirts In ASL Coming Soon!

Katie Dicus — Sun, 21 Jan 2018 04:41:34 +0000

Ever dream about wearing a superhero shirt but in your language? That’s what the creator of the Hero Shirts did. Now there are seven designs to choose from in ASL: Superman, Superboy, Wonder Woman, Batman, Spiderman, Captain America, and Hulk. The designs are developed to show off the hand signs for each hero’s name and […]

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Running as The First Deaf Runner for NCAA’S Cross-Country Title

Katie Dicus — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 06:46:17 +0000

November 18, 2017– The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division III cross-country race will be held in Elsah, Illinois. Student athletes from all over the nation will be there to compete, including the deaf runner Otto Kingstedt. Otto Kingstedt is a deaf student from Sweden who is currently studying at Rochester Institute of Technology. He is […]

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Virgin Active Says Sorry For Deaf Model’s Photoshop Gaffe

Katie Dicus — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 23:07:45 +0000

Virgin Active, one of Sir Richard Branson’s companies, ran a campaign to advertise the health club chain and hired a South African deaf model. That model is former Miss Deaf South Africa 2012: Simone Botha Welgemoed. Virgin Active’s graphic department edited the photos to remove her cochlear implant with the final results showing no indication […]

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Did You Know These Horror Movies Have Deaf Characters?

Katie Dicus — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 01:02:01 +0000

Halloween is right around the corner! Among the plethora of thrillers, horrors, and suspenseful action films there are a few that feature deaf characters-we’ve scouted them out and listed them by their average score from critics. Here is a list of the films from lowest to highest review scores-all scores are taken from IMDB and […]

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Pasadena’s ASL Program Declared To Continue

Katie Dicus — Sat, 27 May 2017 17:23:30 +0000

Pasadena, California, the Board of Education’s meeting room overflowed with ASL speakers and supporters. A total of 48 speaking cards were submitted before the meeting began, more cards were filled during the meeting, creating an overflow of intended speakers. Because of this, each speaker was allowed only two minutes to make time for everyone to […]

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Students Petition to Save School’s ASL Program After Cuts

Katie Dicus — Sat, 20 May 2017 04:27:02 +0000

Pasadena, California is a city of incredible diversity–not only does it have some of the nation’s top schools and humbly boasts of one of the oldest Old Towns in Los Angeles, there is also a multitude of languages spoken here. All things considering, it’s contradictory that one of Pasadena’s largest secondary schools cut out American […]

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