united states Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/united-states/ Everything about the Deaf Community! Wed, 04 Oct 2023 23:06:14 +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 united states Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/united-states/ 32 32 SAMHSA Adds Sign Language Service to National Suicide Hotline https://deafniche.com/asl-suicide-hotline/ Wed, 04 Oct 2023 23:05:32 +0000 https://deafniche.com/?p=11709 In 2022, the Biden-Harris Administration took a significant step towards battling the United State’s rising suicide rates when they approved a $1billion dollar budget for mental health services, including 988 Suicide Hotline. This step was taken further by SAMHSA to provide accessibility by introducing American Sign Language services to their 988 hotline. This marks a […]

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]]> Did You Know Helen Keller Started The Akita Breed In The United States? https://deafniche.com/helen-keller-akita/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 19:51:07 +0000 https://deafniche.com/?p=10946 Helen Keller’s first trip to Japan influenced her in many ways, including her love of dogs. She brought home the first Akita to the United States; she could have had any dog so why did she pick the Akita? The Visit to Japan In 1937 the Western world was on the brink of World War […]

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]]> Did You Know How Deaf Smith County in Texas Come to Be? https://deafniche.com/did-you-know-how-did-deaf-smith-county-in-texas-come-to-be/ Mon, 22 Jan 2018 00:06:18 +0000 http://deafniche.com/?p=10215 What? There’s a county in the United States named after a deaf person? That’s the first thought most of us have upon finding out the existence of Deaf Smith County, Texas. Deaf Smith County is indeed named after a deaf soldier by the name of Erastus “Deaf” Smith-pronounced as “Dif” Smith! He was the first […]

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]]> “Mother of Music in ASL” Passed Away-Remembering Shirley Childress https://deafniche.com/mother-music-asl-passed-away-remembering-shirley-childress/ https://deafniche.com/mother-music-asl-passed-away-remembering-shirley-childress/#comments Fri, 24 Mar 2017 01:25:09 +0000 http://deafniche.com/?p=9981 March 6, 2017-Shirley Childress passed away at the age of 69. Childress is best known for being the first black certified ASL interpreter and as one of the members in the band Sweet Honey in The Rock. Over the course of her career, she interpreted for famous people such as Maya Angelou (writer of I Know […]

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]]> https://deafniche.com/mother-music-asl-passed-away-remembering-shirley-childress/feed/ 2 The Top 5 Good Things That Happened For the Deaf In 2016 https://deafniche.com/top-good-things-happened-2016/ https://deafniche.com/top-good-things-happened-2016/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2017 10:25:58 +0000 http://deafniche.com/?p=9733 This has been quite a year of changes, some good and some bad. We’d like to kick off the New Year with a list of positive things that happened in 2016! For the first time in television history, a deaf celebrity won a dancing show America already loved Nyle DiMarco when he proved his modeling […]

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]]> https://deafniche.com/top-good-things-happened-2016/feed/ 2 Real-Time Texting: FCC Announces New Communication for Deaf and Hard of Hearing https://deafniche.com/fcc-announces-new-communication-deaf-hard-hearing/ https://deafniche.com/fcc-announces-new-communication-deaf-hard-hearing/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2016 13:57:38 +0000 http://deafniche.com/?p=9686 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that starting December 2017 the TTY will be gone. Instead of the TTY, Real Time Texting (RTT) will be put in place. The FCC recognized that an overwhelming number of deaf and hard of hearing use cell phones to communicate with families and friends. With this recognition and […]

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]]> https://deafniche.com/fcc-announces-new-communication-deaf-hard-hearing/feed/ 1 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 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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]]> Social Security Expected to Dry Up https://deafniche.com/social-security-expected-dry/ Sun, 26 Jun 2016 14:00:38 +0000 http://blog.deafniche.com/?p=9158 SSI/SSDI Benefits for everyone could be reduced by almost 25% when funds run out Social Security has had a surplus set aside for emergencies like the Great Recession, and it is the current hot topic with more people depending on Social Security since the Great Depression. Everyone is wondering the same thing: when will it […]

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]]> Remembering: The Deaf Little Mermaid https://deafniche.com/remembering-little-mermaid-tv-series/ Thu, 16 Jun 2016 15:03:37 +0000 http://blog.deafniche.com/?p=9147 Remember who else was on the show? Walt Disney Studios’ The Little Mermaid was a box office hit when it was released in theaters in 1989. This launched a television series in 1993 with more adventures of Ariel’s and her friends before the movie. The usual gang headlined the show: Ariel, Flounder, Sebastian, and Scuttle […]

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