pick Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/pick/ Everything about the Deaf Community! Wed, 20 Nov 2019 04:27:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://deafniche.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cropped-logo_gigantic_png-32x32.png pick Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/pick/ 32 32 Deaf Swimmer Competes for Olympic Spot https://deafniche.com/marcus-titus-deaf-swimmer-rio-olympics/ Fri, 12 Aug 2016 12:48:39 +0000 http://blog.deafniche.com/?p=9175 Marcus Titus joined the Olympic trials for a spot in Rio While watching the swimmers at the trials for the coveted Olympic spot, no one would have guessed that one of the hopefuls is deaf. Marcus Titus is a 30 year old swimmer from Tucson, Arizona. He started swimming at 12 years old with the […]

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]]> 5th Grade Class Learns Sign Language for Deaf Classmate https://deafniche.com/5th-grade-class-learns-sign-language-deaf-classmate/ Mon, 30 May 2016 11:33:50 +0000 http://blog.deafniche.com/?p=9121 Talk about a fun way to learn a new language and culture! Note: This article was written by Joi-Marie McKenzie for ABC News which can be found here: [su_button url=”http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/5th-grade-class-starts-american-sign-language-club/story?id=37195224″ target=”blank” style=”flat” background=”#ff5b54″ size=”7″ radius=”0″ icon=”icon: globe” desc=”5th Grade Class Starts American Sign Language Club to Better Communicate with Deaf Student”]Students at Mark Bills Middle […]

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]]> Did you know that Dr. Helen Taussig, the doctor who established Pediatric Care, was deaf? https://deafniche.com/helentaussig/ Thu, 26 May 2016 04:03:58 +0000 http://blog.deafniche.com/?p=9069 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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