Deaf Baby - The Education Video For New Parents

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Deaf Baby - The Education Video For New Parents

VIDEO [CC] - How do medical professionals talk to new parents ?



The video producer by Ouinn Donover also known as parent advocacy posted on YouTube to educate hearing parents with Deaf babies and toddlers.



If your child has been diagnosed with severe hearing loss, we are sorry. Your baby is Deaf, so you will need to communciate with baby in a visual way, through sign language, simply as that. Baby's deafness will not limit their ability to do whatever the baby wants in life.



Edit: The video describes American Sign Language as a visual language, but that is not to say that ALL people who use ASL access it visually.

Many thanks for a part of this video:

Mollina Stevens

Armando Nunez

Izumi Takizawa

David King

Brian LLanes.



Causes of Deafness:

There are many reasons why a child can be born Deaf or become Deaf early in life. It is not always possible to identify the reason. This section lists many of the common reasons. There is information on possible causes that happen before a child is born and those that happen at birth or afterwards.



Causes before birth (pre-natal causes) - Many children are born Deaf because of a genetic reason. Deafness can be passed down in families even though there appears to be no family history of deafness. Sometimes the gene involved may cause additional disabilities or health problems.



Deafness can also be caused by complications during pregnancy. Illnesses such as rubella, cytomegalovirus (CMV), toxoplasmosis and herpes can cause a child to be born Deaf. There is also a range of medicines, known as ototoxic drugs, which can damage the hearing system of a baby before birth. Read more: http://deafchildworldwide.info/childhood_deafness/causes_of.html



Related Post of Hearing Parents With Deaf Child(ren):

Interview With Hearing Parents Of A Deaf Son

Educate Hearing Parents of Deaf Children

Early Language Acquisition of Deaf Babies

Deaf Awareness: One Deaf Child

American Sign Language For Babies & Toddlers

Cochlear Implants Is NOT A Cure !

Why Is It Important To Learn Sign At Birth For Deaf Child ?

Educating Hearing People About The Deaf World

American Sign Language Effects On The Brain

American Sign Language Effects On The Brain

VIDEO [CC/Signed] - Deaf children need adequate communication to develop a healthy brain, experts say.



DHN's coverage story of the education and communication skills for Deaf children in the United States of America. Experts tell us how the brain works when it doesn't develop properly and when it does.



Their solution? Giving Deaf children access to both American Sign Language and English leads to healthy development and should be part of every child's learning process from day one. Next week we meet two women who did just that.

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DHN is a place where everyone can get the news in the language that suits them best, whether they are Deaf or Hearing. DHN is a news agency and incorporate American Sign Language, spoken English and captions into each broadcast.



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Deaf Travelling In Ruth's Gap Year

Deaf Travelling In Ruth's Gap Year

VIDEO [CC] - Deaf vloggers: Travelling in my gap year using BSL.



National Deaf Children's Society - 22-year-old Ruth tells how easy it was for her to travel even though her first language is British Sign Language (BSL). Meet other Deaf teens like Ruth on The Buzz website: http://youngpeople.ndcsbuzz.org.uk/

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The Buzz website is the only website for Deaf children and young people in the UK. We are the leading charity dedicated to creating a world without barriers for deaf children and young people. Find out more about our work on our website http://www.ndcs.org.uk



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The Human Right To Language For Deaf Children

Saturday, April 18, 2015

The Human Right To Language For Deaf Children

VIDEO: Signed - Rethinking LRE: The Human Right To Language for Deaf Children.



Rethinking Language-Rich Environment by Brenda J. Falgier. The video bases its dicussion on "The Human Right to Language" by Mr. Siegel.



Gallaudet University Press has published, "The Human Right To Language," by NDEP's founder and director, Lawrence M. Siegel who created the Statement of Principle in which he argued that the educational delivery system in America must be "communication-driven" for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students, proposes in his new book that current special education law violates the 1st and 14th Amendment rights of Deaf and Hard of Hearing children.

Brenda Falgier's discussion is based on Lawrence M. Siegel argument regarding the First Amendment in safeguarding the human right to language for Deaf children.



Reference: Siegal, L. M. (2008). The human right to language: Communication access for Deaf children. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press.

Deaf Football Lawsuit For Discrimination

Monday, March 23, 2015

Deaf Football Lawsuit For Discrimination

VIDEO: Family of Deaf child sues football association for discrimination in Minnesota.



MINNEAPOLIS, MN - A Fridley family filed suit this week against the Spring Lake Park Panther Youth Football Association over their Deaf son’s participation in the league. They believe the nonprofit should’ve paid for interpreters and allowed the family to use a special drum to signal the start of play.



Nine-year-old Dov Nathanson says he loves to play football. “I just think it’s cool. I love to tackle people it’s exciting,” he said.



Dov and and his brother Galvin are both Deaf, and they’ve played football with hearing children for years. But last year, the football association said he and his brother Galvin could no longer use a special drum that helps them know when the play is starting.

“Without it, I couldn’t feel it i couldn’t feel the vibration,” Dov said. “I was never ready for the play.”



Parents David and Gloria Nathanson are also upset that the association said they wouldn’t pay for an interpreter for their son’s last year. They say it’s the association’s responsibility.



“We were very frustrated nobody would listen,” David Nathanson said. “It was like we didn’t have a voice.”



Phil Richard, President of the Spring Lake Park Panther Youth Football Association, says the drum made it interfered with the game for other players, and that the family should be responsible for providing their own interpreter.



“It really just comes down to funding. It’s expensive,” Richard said. “We finished out year with $4,000. The cost of an interpreter is double that, and the law, we feel, protects us from that.”



Both Dov and Galvin plan to register for football again this year. The family says they want the policy changed–to allow Deaf players fair play.



“We’re just hoping that in the future that we will feel included,” Gloria Nathanson said.



Also mentioned in the lawsuit is a claim that David Nathanson was denied the opportunity to coach either of his sons teams last year, which he believes is because he’s also Deaf. He had coached three previous years. SOURCE

Brainstem Implants Help Deaf Children Hear

Monday, February 16, 2015

Brainstem Implants Help Deaf Children Hear

VIDEO: Deaf children who can't use the older technology of cochlear implants might be helped with a brainstem implant.



LOS ANGELES - At age 3, Angelica Lopez is helping to break a sound barrier for Deaf children.



Born without working auditory nerves, she can detect sounds for the first time and start to mimic them after undergoing brain surgery to implant a device that bypasses missing wiring in her inner ears.



Angelica is one of a small number of U.S. children who are testing what's called an auditory brainstem implant, or ABI. The device goes beyond cochlear implants that have brought hearing to many Deaf children but that don't work for tots who lack their hearing nerve.



When the ABI is first turned on, "she isn't going to be hearing like a 3-year-old. She'll be hearing like a newborn," audiologist Laurie Eisenberg of the University of Southern California tells parents. She outlined the research Friday at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.



The children don't magically understand and use those sounds. "It's going to take a lot of work," Eisenberg cautioned.

Angelica cried when her ABI first was switched on, scared by the sounds. But five months later, her mother says the youngster uses sign language to identify some sounds that was a cough, that's a dog barking. And she's beginning to babble like hearing babies do, as therapists work to teach her oral speech.



"It's just so awesome to hear her little voice," said Julie Lopez of Big Spring, Texas, who enrolled her daughter in the study at USC, where researchers say she's progressing well.



Many children born Deaf benefit from cochlear implants, electrodes that send impulses to the auditory nerve, where they're relayed to the brain and recognized as sound. But the small fraction born without a working hearing nerve can't make that brain connection.



The ABI attempts to fill that gap by delivering electrical stimulation directly to the neurons on the brainstem the nerve normally would have targeted. Here's how it works: The person wears a microphone on the ear to detect sound, and a processer changes it to electrical signals. Those are beamed to a stimulator under the skin, which sends the signals snaking through a wire to electrodes surgically placed on the brainstem... Read More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/15/hearing-device.html



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Sex Offences Claim At School For Deaf Children

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Sex Offences Claim At School For Deaf Children

VIDEO - Sex offences claim at Donaldson's school for Deaf children in Scotland.



LINLITHGOW - Police are looking into claims sexual offences were carried out at the national school for Deaf children.



Donaldson's School in Linlithgow has been given a week to come up with a plan to deal with serious concerns about the way the school is being run.



Police are also assessing allegations. It is understood they relate to claims of serious sexual offences and how some people at the school responded to them. The school said it was unable to comment at this time.



A spokesperson said: "This is a sensitive matter and with internal investigations ongoing, we are unable to comment on the names, job titles or any other specifics of this case".

BBC Scotland understands some allegations are historical in nature.



Insufficient progress: Donaldson's is a grant-aided special school (GASS) supported by the Scottish government.



Local authorities from all over Scotland and the north of England refer pupils there and fund their placements. The notice calling for an improvement plan within a week is the first of its kind to be issued for 15 years.



A report from Education Scotland last year criticised leadership at the school - and a follow up report said insufficient progress was being made putting things right.



The school has stressed its first priority is always the safety and wellbeing of pupils and a new principal was recently appointed. Work is underway to come up with the improvement plan before the deadline. Source

Deaf Fan Featured in Buck O'Neil Seat

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Deaf Fan Featured in Buck O'Neil Seat

VIDEO: [CC] - Buck O'Neil Legacy of seat holder spent decades connect the Deaf with baseball.



KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Some lucky fan gets to sit in the Buck O'Neil seat each game. The person is nominated and honored for their community service.



Just hours before one of the biggest nights of his life, James "JJ" Jones stopped by the Negro Leagues Museum to honor the man who made it happen the man whose seat he'll be sitting in Tuesday night. "I can't wait to sit in Buck O'Neil's seat tonight," Jones said. "I've got goose bumps. Wow."



His journey to the Buck O'Neil seat started when he was just three years old, when his parents discovered he was Deaf - with special schooling, he made his way to college where his mission became clear. "I had so many good Deaf college professors and now it's time to pay back to Deaf children," Jones said.

Turn "Closed Captioned" on.

For nearly 30 years, he's coached at the Johnson County Sertoma Fantasy Sports Camp, a baseball camp for Deaf children in the Kansas City area. It has since expanded to include soccer and lacrosse.



"It's a joy. It's heartwarming. Heartfelt," Jones explained. "It's rewarding to be a good role model." Along the way he met and eventually became friends with Buck O'Neil.



"Buck O'Neil has the heart. He loves people. Loves everybody. Everybody loves Buck O'Neil," Jones said. When he sits in his seat tonight, he hopes it will send a message that anyone can accomplish anything.



"To all my Deaf children, Deaf youth. Believe in yourself," Jones advised. "You can be anything you want to be. Go. Reach your dreams." You can learn how to nominate someone for the Buck O'Neil Legacy seat on the Royals website.



Source

Deaf Child Hope - Promote Your State of Hope

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Deaf Child Hope - Promote Your State of Hope

VIDEO: Closed Captioned - Deaf Child Hope - Learn how you can get involved raising awareness for Deaf children in poverty.



Deaf Child Hope to reach out to Deaf children in poverty conditions around the world with hope by partnering with Christian missions and ministries, and through these partnerships provide food and water, clothing, shelter, educational opportunities and the Gospel of Jesus Christ.



More details regarding Deaf Child Hope International's Promote Your State of Hope campaign. Learn how to join in and help us raise awareness for Deaf children in poverty. Visit us at www.deafchildhope.org

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Deaf Inc - Exclusive Interview With Sean Forbes

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Deaf Inc - Exclusive Interview With Sean Forbes

VIDEO: Captioned - Deaf Inc: Exclusive interview with Sean Forbes.



DEAF Inc.'s "In The Spotlight" returns! In this episode, we interview Sean Forbes, a Deaf musician on a mission.



Music is in his blood, his cells; it's just the way he is. Sean Forbes is living proof that if you have enough passion and dedication, magic happens and dreams come true. He talks about his 2014 tour and gives a message to younger Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing children.

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Exposed Truth Behind the Science In ASL

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Exposed Truth Behind the Science In ASL

Signed Version - Exposed Truth Behind the Science in American Sign Language.



Pam Moers and Elsie Stecker challenge the ongoing myth that Deaf people read at the 4th grade level. Special thanks to Becky Johnson for providing audio support.

References:



4th Grade Level:

http://www.redeafined.com/2012/04/debunking-fourth-grade-reading-level.html

http://www.handsandvoices.org/articles/research/v9-2_marschark.htm



Hearing kids who struggle with 3/4 grade reading:

http://www.aecf.org/%7E/media/Pubs/Topics/Education/Other/EarlyWarningConfirmed/EarlyWarningConfirmed.pdf

http://www.imls.gov/about/campaign_for_grade_level_reading.aspx



Reading to learn:

http://www.colorincolorado.org/webcasts/reading/



Conversation controlling:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2346109



Tribe in Australia:

http://elanguage.net/journals/index.php/bls/article/view/2391/2350

http://prijipati.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/1303



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Educate Hearing Parents With Deaf Children

#fakeinterpreter - Education Rights For Deaf Children

Thursday, December 19, 2013

#fakeinterpreter - Education Rights For Deaf Children

VIDEO [ASL/CC] - Education rights for Deaf children (feature of the #fakeinterpreter)



The #fakeinterpreter incident during Nelson Mandela's memorial teaches us an important thing - if you can't sign, don't pretend you can.



However, there is a large number of incompetent communication support workers "interpreting" for Deaf children in mainstream schools in the United Kingdom.



Deaf children are born with the same basic capacities for learning and language as all children; they can and should reach their full potential with appropriate, visual, quality educational programmes and support - it is their human rights!

Related Terps Goes Viral:

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Chelsea Handler Mocks Bloomberg’s ASL Interpreter Lydia Callis, Gets Schooled by Deaf Group

Responding to Those Who Mock Sign Language



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Flash News: I'm Schizophrenic, Says 'Fake' Interpreter

NAD Says 'Fake' Interpreter Signing Gibberish

'Fake' Sign Language Interpreter Defends Himself

Marlee Matlin Reacts To The 'Fake' Interpreter

ASL Morning Message: 'Fake Interpreter'

Real Interpreter of the Nelson Mandela Memorial

KODA Girl In Kindergarten Holiday Concert

#fakeinterpreter - Education Rights for Deaf Children

Deaf Advocates Asks Europe Union For Interpreter Standards

'SNL' Opening Skit Puts Sign Language Interpreter Front & Center

SNL Spoofs Sign Language Interpreter Skit

Deaf Shouts No More 'Deaf and Dumb'

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Deaf Shouts No More 'Deaf and Dumb'

VIDEO: Prejudice on 'Deaf and Dumb' in India.



INDIA - Many Deaf Indian people experience prejudice and discrimination because of their differences from the non-Deaf majority - Much of this discrimination arises from ignorance or thoughtlessness. Much of it is institutional, systemic, and/or attitudinal. None of it is acceptable in India.



Deaf students problem discussed with Pudhari Patil. TV9/Part1/3.

Don Hana Pan Pudhari Mhana: Deaf and Dumb is the term commonly used to describe persons who, through deafness, are unable to hear the spoken words of others, and who, consequently, remain dumb.



Need Satisfaction & Social Adjustment of Deaf children. TV9/Part2/3.

Deafness is the cause, dumbness the consequence. Deaf and dumb children & people are physically challenged. First, never call anyone deaf and dumb - Say DEAF or deaf mute.



Don't hate Deaf children, help them. TV9/Part3/3.

Remember, they cannot hear, so, if someone speaks to them and they cannot see them, they have no idea the person has said anything. The problems of this Deaf children discussed with Pudhari Patil in Aadhar Deaf & Dumb School in India. To educate about www.DeafNotDumb.com



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Deaf Not Dumb - Official Video

The Power of Sign Language

Monday, November 4, 2013

The Power of Sign Language

VIDEO [CC] - The Power of Sign Language - Human Rights Watch: Deaf children have a right to a quality education, like all other children, in a language and environment that maximizes their potential. Sign language is critical for Deaf people to be able to communicate, express themselves, and learn.



SYDNEY, AU – Deaf children have a right to a quality education, like all other children, in a language and environment that maximizes their potential. In a video released on October 18, 2013, in conjunction with a global conference in Sydney on equality for Deaf people, Human Rights Watch shows some of the challenges faced by Deaf children and young people, and the opportunities sign language education offers them.



Worldwide, Deaf children and young people are often denied an education, including in sign language. There is a lack of teachers well-trained in sign language, and in many cases parents do not know that their children have a right to go to school and that they can learn if only given the opportunity.



“Sign language is critical for Deaf people to be able to communicate, express themselves, and learn,” said Shantha Rau Barriga, disability rights director at Human Rights Watch. “Depriving Deaf people of the opportunity to learn sign language can condemn them to devastating isolation.”

Hundreds of Deaf people, their families, government officials, and disability experts have gathered in Sydney for a major conference on October 16-18 organized by the World Federation of the Deaf.



Human Rights Watch documented cases of Deaf children and young people in Nepal, China, and northern Uganda who were denied their right to education in sign language. Some Deaf children and young people interviewed did not attend school at all. Teachers and parents often have the misconception that Deaf children lack the intellectual capacity to learn.



A Deaf teacher featured in the video told Human Rights Watch: “Our disability only affects our hearing, not our minds. A Deaf child’s mind is as good as a hearing child’s mind.” ... Read more: http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/10/17/offer-deaf-children-education-sign-language

Human Rights Watch: Deaf Children Education in Sign Language

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Human Rights Watch: Deaf Children Education in Sign Language

VIDEO [CC] - Human Rights Watch: Offer Deaf Children Education in Sign Language. Sign language is critical for Deaf people to be able to communicate, express themselves, and learn.



SYDNEY, AU – Deaf children have a right to a quality education, like all other children, in a language and environment that maximizes their potential. In a video released on October 18, 2013, in conjunction with a global conference in Sydney on equality for Deaf people, Human Rights Watch shows some of the challenges faced by Deaf children and young people, and the opportunities sign language education offers them.



Worldwide, Deaf children and young people are often denied an education, including in sign language. There is a lack of teachers well-trained in sign language, and in many cases parents do not know that their children have a right to go to school and that they can learn if only given the opportunity.



“Sign language is critical for Deaf people to be able to communicate, express themselves, and learn,” said Shantha Rau Barriga, disability rights director at Human Rights Watch. “Depriving Deaf people of the opportunity to learn sign language can condemn them to devastating isolation.”



Hundreds of Deaf people, their families, government officials, and disability experts have gathered in Sydney for a major conference on October 16-18 organized by the World Federation of the Deaf.

Human Rights Watch documented cases of Deaf children and young people in Nepal, China, and northern Uganda who were denied their right to education in sign language. Some Deaf children and young people interviewed did not attend school at all. Teachers and parents often have the misconception that Deaf children lack the intellectual capacity to learn.



A Deaf teacher featured in the video told Human Rights Watch: “Our disability only affects our hearing, not our minds. A Deaf child’s mind is as good as a hearing child’s mind.” ... Read more: http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/10/17/offer-deaf-children-education-sign-language

Parents Of Deaf Children Encouraged To Learn Sign Language

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Parents Of Deaf Children Encouraged To Learn Sign Language

VIDEO: Parents of Deaf children encouraged to learn sign language.



KENYA - Parents of Deaf children need to learn sign language in order to communicate with their children.



This is the proposal by the undugu society of Kenya, who maintain that most Deaf children, especially those from poor backgrounds, live most of their formative years in silence because both their parents and the community at large cannot communicate with them.



The society also faulted the education system for not being accommodative enough to enable effective learning by Deaf children.

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No More Sign Language For Deaf Children With Implants ?

Saturday, May 11, 2013

No More Sign Language For Deaf Children With Implants ?

Medical Research: No more sign language for Deaf children with implants?



NEDERLANDS - The language development of children with a cochlear implant who only learn spoken language is faster than that of children with a cochlear implant who are also learning sign language. This is what Leiden researcher Karin Wiefferink concludes in her dissertation.



Monolingual environment may be better for development of spoken language: Wiefferink compared the language development of Flemish children with a cochlear implant (CI) with that of Dutch children who also had a cochlear implant, but who grew up in a bilingual environment in which they were learning both spoken language and sign language. The study shows that the spoken language development of the Flemish children was faster than that of the Dutch children. What was remarkable was that the sign language of the Dutch children barely showed any signs of development once they had a cochlear implant. In addition, after a while, the Dutch children developed a preference for spoken language. These results suggest that a monolingual environment is better for language development than a bilingual environment.



Socio-emotional development: A second study from the dissertation shows that the socio-emotional development of children with a CI is slower than that of hearing children. A notable finding was that the linguistic development only played a minor role in this context. One possible explanation is that CI children are less aware of what is happening in their direct environment, because they find it difficult to follow conversations in a noisy environment. Wiefferink: ‘Access to the social environment therefore seems to play an important role in socio-emotional development.’ ...READ MORE: http://www.news.leiden.edu/news-2012/no-more-sign-language-for-deaf-children-with-implants.html

Raising Hearing Kids With A Deaf Daddy

Monday, April 22, 2013

Raising Hearing Kids With A Deaf Daddy

VIDEO [CC] - Raising Hearing Kids with a Deaf Daddy.



In this video I describe some of the ways our family functions with a Deaf parent, as well as my plans for closed captioning on all my videos. Please let me know if there is a particular video you would like me to add the CC to and I'll move it up on my list. http://www.diaperdirt.com

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Related Post: Deaf Parent's Story: Raising Hearing Son With Sign Language

Inspiring Deaf Community Puerto Rico

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Inspiring Deaf Community Puerto Rico

VIDEO [ASL/CC] - Stephanie Nogueras: Inspiring Deaf Community Puerto Rico.



Stephanie Nogueras, is an actress who plays Natalie on the show ‘Switched at Birth’. Stephanie is issuing a call to action, inviting community to be part of the solution to explain why she is doing a good cause, to raise Deaf awareness in Puerto Rico for a better future.



With The Help of Generous Contributions From Donors Like You, Click Here.



Stephanie statement on a fund blog site...

I am here to raise funds for ESD (Evangelical School for the Deaf). AND to inspire the Deaf community in Puerto Rico.

My volunteers & I plan to travel to a Deaf school in Puerto Rico to raise Deaf Awareness & Culture. We will be interacting with Deaf Puerto Ricans within the Deaf Community. We hope by sharing our personal stories of accomplishments, we hope to inspire them to believe that they can aspire to achieve anything they dream! My mother is hearing, Puerto Rican, and a perfect role model for the hearing parents of Deaf children. She is fluent in English, Spanish and American Sign Language. My mother will be educating and inspiring families on building relationships and better communication with their deaf child through lectures and presentations.



Would you kindly consider making a small donation for the Deaf community in Puerto Rico? Our goal and purpose is to encourage a better education system and a better Deaf awareness so that we can ensure a better future for every child within the Deaf communities of Puerto Rico! Nothing is too small. $5 can make a huge difference in other’s life. ...Read more details at http://www.gofundme.com/fundesd.



It is time to raise Deaf awareness for a better future!

In appreciation of your donation, you will receive a small "Thank You" gift in return! Share this on Facebook, Twitter, and even email your friends and family. A donation of $5 can make a huge difference in each child's life.



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Twitter: https://twitter.com/ModelStella

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‘Switched at Birth's’ ASL episode information: http://www.tvrage.com/Switched_at_Birth



‘Switched at Birth’: ABC Family’s The teen soap Switched at Birth explores self-expression and the communication gulf between the hearing and Deaf communities. List of Switched at Birth characters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Switched_at_Birth_characters

Switched at Birth Actress Asks Community To Help Funds For Deaf Children

Monday, April 8, 2013

Switched at Birth Actress Asks Community To Help Funds For Deaf Children

VIDEO [ASL] - Switched at Birth actress asks community to help raise funds for ESD (Evangelical School for the Deaf) for a better future. An important message from her heart for the Deaf community.



Stephanie Nogueras, is an actress who plays Natalie on the show ‘Switched at Birth’. Stephanie is issuing a call to action, inviting community to be part of the solution to explain why she is doing a good cause, to raise Deaf awareness in Puerto Rico for a better future. www.gofundme.com/fundesd



Look at USA, already have a several Deaf organizations, events, clubs, sports, etc. A strong Deaf community which is close knit. Many Deaf Americans are proud for who they are, socializing with Deaf/HOH people often, and supportive each other. What about Puerto Rico? Where is that? Secondly, less than 5% Hearing families with Deaf child who can communicate in sign language in Puerto Rico (Documented by David and Marsha.) Can you believe that? 2013?



Deaf schools and mainstreamed schools are in need to improve education system for the Deaf children. I asked a teacher about the Deaf children, she mentioned that most Deaf children have no self esteem or no role models to look up at. They need to grow their self esteem to love themselves. They need to have a role model to look up at so they can achieve anything they dream.

It is time to raise Deaf awareness for a better future!

My volunteers & I are looking forward to visiting Puerto Rico on this Fall. We will be interacting with Deaf Puerto Ricans within the Deaf Community. We hope by sharing our personal stories of accomplishments, we hope to inspire them to believe that they can aspire to achieve anything they dream!



My mother will be educating and inspiring families on building relationships and better communication with their deaf child through lectures and presentations.



In appreciation of your donation, you will receive a small "Thank You" gift in return! Share this on Facebook, Twitter, and even email your friends and family. A donation of $5 can make a huge difference in each child's life.



"We are like one water drop on the surface ocean and make a big wave all over." Make a big impact. :) You can check the video and make a donation through here: www.gofundme.com/fundesd.



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‘Switched at Birth's’ ASL episode information: http://www.tvrage.com/Switched_at_Birth



‘Switched at Birth’: ABC Family’s The teen soap Switched at Birth explores self-expression and the communication gulf between the hearing and Deaf communities. List of Switched at Birth characters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Switched_at_Birth_characters