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Cool Facts about American Sign Language

Deaf Niche — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 07:14:24 +0000

Who benefits from ASL? Necessity is the mother of invention; sign language is used by many people and even creatures! 1. It’s another process than spoken languages due to its visual and spatial nature and exercises a different part of the brain. 2. ASL was originally invented for deaf communication-80% of deaf babies are born […]

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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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Rate of Deafness Among Children Is At An All-Time High in China

Deaf Niche — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 06:59:09 +0000

Chinese children are becoming deaf at an alarming rate of 30,000 per year since 2008. The reason may surprise you: improper use of antibiotics. Imagine that it’s winter time and you are the parent of sick children who have missed a week of school already and they need something stronger than the usual home remedies […]

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María Siebald: The Chilean actress who is bringing music to deaf people

Deaf Niche — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 11:30:52 +0000

How can music be transmitted to deaf people? Have you ever imagined a music video clip that deaf community could understand and enjoy? Now this is possible thanks to María Siebald, a Chilean actress and musician whose main goal is to make music video clips for the deaf community. She was born in 1980, and […]

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Did you know that Dr. Helen Taussig, the doctor who established Pediatric Care, was deaf?

Deaf Niche — Thu, 26 May 2016 04:03:58 +0000

Dr. Helen Taussig was the first doctor to establish intensive pediatric care; she dedicated her life’s research to a condition called Blue Baby Syndrome. This is a condition where the babies are born with a heart defect, causing poor blood circulation and giving them the blue skin. Many babies died from this condition as no […]

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Did you know that Savage Garden featured ASL in their music video “Crash and Burn” in 1999?

Deaf Niche — Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:36:15 +0000

Savage Garden, a popular music group from the late 1990s, made a music video about how technology was/is affecting communication and how we interact now after exposure to the internet. This song was written at the time when chat programs like MSN Chat and AIM were increasing in popularity and less people were talking to […]

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7UP hosts concert for the Deaf

Deaf Niche — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 03:06:24 +0000

7UP teams up with musician Martin Garrix to create an environment where Deaf can fully appreciate a music concert Martin Garrix is a musician from the Netherlands; he was inspired to create an experience for the deaf to enjoy music. He teamed up with the major soda company 7UP and hired experimental artists to recreate […]

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Zach LaVine involved with the Deaf Community

Deaf Niche — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 02:42:42 +0000

Minnesota Timberwolves and UCLA graduate Zach LaVine has a program with The Metro Deaf School Zach LaVine, the basketball player on the Minnesota Timberwolves, revealed that he learned ASL in high school and has been involved in the Deaf community since then. The kids are excited as he enters the school and he greets them, […]

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Did you know the founder of Girl Scouts, Juliette Gordon Low, was deaf?

Deaf Niche — Sun, 20 Mar 2016 10:48:02 +0000

Gordon-Low founded Girl Scouts for the sole purpose of having an all-inclusive program Juliette Gordon Low was born hearing and became deaf at the age of 17 due to multiple ear injuries. She was a very athletic woman, always active in sports and the outdoors. It was after she met the founder of the Boy […]

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Did you know James “Deaf” Burke is in the Boxing Hall of Fame for being the first British boxer to fight in the USA?

Deaf Niche — Sun, 20 Mar 2016 08:13:23 +0000

People said that he was deaf because sound was too scared to go near him! James “Deaf” Burke was born deaf and all his life was a humble laborer in London, training in his free time. He became so strong that the champion at the time, Jem Ward, refused to fight him out of fear […]

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