national Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/national/ Everything about the Deaf Community! Wed, 20 Nov 2019 04:27:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://deafniche.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cropped-logo_gigantic_png-32x32.png national Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/national/ 32 32 Jackie Chan’s Big Sign Language Hit At Chinese New Year Festival https://deafniche.com/jackie-chan-signs-chinese-new-year-festival/ https://deafniche.com/jackie-chan-signs-chinese-new-year-festival/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2017 21:53:51 +0000 http://deafniche.com/?p=9801 Jackie Chan, the actor, sang in Chinese Sign Language this year on China’s largest broadcasting network, CCTV’s Gala special celebrating the Chinese New Year. The song is nationalistic, Chan sings about his love for China and pride in being a citizen. This was not the only song sung at the gala; there were several famous […]

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]]> https://deafniche.com/jackie-chan-signs-chinese-new-year-festival/feed/ 5 US Postal Stamp Honors An Accomplished Deaf Educator https://deafniche.com/us-postal-stamp-honors-accomplished-deaf-educator/ Sat, 10 Dec 2016 11:19:38 +0000 http://deafniche.com/?p=9593 The United States Postal Service announced the new commemoration stamps for 2017, honoring individuals who have done outstanding civil work. One of the honored is the Deaf educator Robert Panara. Panara was born hearing and at the age of 10 he fell ill with meningitis and became deaf. Panara actually considered this to be a […]

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]]> Deaf Boy Wins a Spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee 2016 https://deafniche.com/deaf-boy-wins-scripps-national-spelling-bee/ Mon, 30 May 2016 07:57:31 +0000 http://blog.deafniche.com/?p=9113 Neil Maes from South Carolina just won a spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee A young boy from South Carolina just won the National Spelling Bee, beating out many other children vying for spots in the Scripps competition. That boy is Neil Maes. Maes, a fifth grader, was born deaf. He has cochlear implants […]

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]]> Deaf Woman on “Let’s Make a Deal” https://deafniche.com/deaf-woman-lets-make-deal/ Sat, 19 Mar 2016 05:22:48 +0000 http://blog.deafniche.com/?p=8960 Lorena Palma is the lucky contestant on “Let’s Make a Deal!” Here’s a video of me, Super Carlos Greenham, and Lorena Palma: Let’s Make a Deal (TV Shows).. Enjoy. 🙂 Posted by Amanda Maldonado on Friday, March 18, 2016 Lorena Palma had the wonderful opportunity to appear on last night’s “Let’s Make a Deal,” here’s the […]

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