We found this great story article on http://www.ravallirepublic.com written by Donna Healy and wanted to share it with you.

Loretha (Rising Sun) Grinsell is fluent in a language few people understand, a language without spoken words.

Grinsell, who is deaf, grew up on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation using Plains Indian sign language to communicate with her foster grandmother.

She relied exclusively on “hand...

by Alsy Acevedo Originally published in Spanish by El Sentinel on June 11, 2010

Teresita Fonseca lives in silence. She cannot hear or talk because she was born deaf.

But her silence is not synonymous with the lack of communication. Like many other mothers, she is the one that attends PTA meetings and takes the kids to their medical appointments. When she has something to say, the voice others hear is that of an...

Everett Rowlett never knew why people were laughing the first three times he rode Disneyland’s Jungle Cruise.

But the Disney employee finally got the jokes when he recently rode with a sign language interpreter for the first time.

“This one was exciting and fun,” said Rowlett, a Disney maintenance and repair worker for 28 years, through a sign-language interpreter.

Rowlett and a Disney interpreter recently...

LOCATION: Sands Expo and Convention Center 201 Sands Ave Las Vegas, NV 89109

DATES: Monday, July 19th through Thursday, July 22nd and the hours are from 9am-5pm each day.

Life or Deaf Presentation Times: In an Emergency You Can Make a Difference. GraciasVRS Presents: It’s a Matter of Life and Deaf” Tuesday, July 20th at 10am and Thursday, July 22nd at 11am

COST to the public: FREE

The 2010 DeafNation...

June 24-27, 2010 31st Silent Weekend (Orlando, FL)

Florida Hotel at the Florida Mall 1500 Sand Lake Road Orlando, FL

*ASL Services, Inc., the parent company of Gracias VRS, will have a booth open Friday and Saturday from 7:30am-5:30pm.

We would like to give a big THANKS to all those participating in Silent Weekend 2010 this week in Orlando, Florida. Come visit our team at the ASL Services, Inc. Booth and spin the wheel...

March 13 – April 15, 2010 is Deaf History Month

In observance of Deaf History Month, Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) will be showing online its two captioned educational films for the public to enjoy.

The first one will be a demonstration of its first captioned educational film that was ever created in 1962. What did it look like or has captioning changed since then? Curious?

You can find out by watching...