VIDEO [CC] - Washington Food Market Becomes Hub for Deaf Community. VOA's Michael Lipin reports on the key elements that help to draw many hard of hearing customers to Union Market.
WASHINGTON - A year-old food market in a Washington, D.C., neighborhood has become a unique hub of shopping and dining for the city's Deaf community.
One feature that draws many hard of hearing customers to Union Market is the ability to communicate with staff members like Thadeus Suggs. The 23-year-old lunchtime food vendor from Seattle interacts with them easily because he is fluent in American Sign Language.
Suggs, who also is Deaf, began working at the historic market weeks after it opened in September 2012, following a major renovation.
Since then, Suggs has been on leave from his undergraduate studies across the street at Gallaudet University - the only university in the world specifically designed to accommodate deaf and hard of hearing students.
With the help of Gallaudet interpreter Carolyn Ressler, Suggs explained what he likes about his job.
VIDEO [ASL/CC] - Gill Sheats is proud to be Deaf storytelling.
"I am Proud to be Deaf" is a story from Gill Sheats.
This an excellent model of Deaf personal narratives that teachers can use to assist students in building background/world knowledge.
Personal narratives also provide opportunities for developing comprehension skills (retelling, questioning, making inference, summarizing, creating evaluative responses...)
The best Dash Cam footage and Caught on Camera moments from around the globe. Dashboard cameras shows motorists taking the law into their own hands - Road rage is aggressive or angry behavior by a driver of an automobile or other motor vehicle.
The rules of the road are present to ensure that people get to where they need to go safely, but sometimes those rules get broken. Whether by accident, or on purpose, the result can be ugly: tempers flare, fists fly, and occasionally things get out of control. The end result is totally priceless!
Road rage madness - The worst case of road rage we've ever come across was caught on camera by an innocent driver who found himself the target of a madman.
On the footage you can hear the sound of the man punching Olsen's window as he drives off. He is yet another victim of the increasing number of road rage incidents which are turning quiet suburban streets into bitumen battlefields; where angry drivers are lashing out against other road users in sometimes unprovoked attacks.
But the madness was far from over. Olsen still didn't know if he was out of danger, even though the man appeared to be hurt, so having been rammed at least seven times and barely able to see though the windscreen, he continued driving to the nearest police station.
The now infamous black Nissan ute was garaged today at a sprawling Perth property while 21-year-old Edward Sullivan from Carbrook in Brisbane's south was being questioned by police. Source by au.news
Millions have watched hundreds of clips posted on the internet. While most road rage incidents usually end peacefully, not all do. Here are extreme examples captured on film from all over the world ... and one not-so-extreme one!
There, the absence of effective law enforcement coupled with booming sales of dashboard cameras has led to a surge of videos with scenes like these being posted on the internet.
Indeed, shocking footage of road rage rampages have become the latest form of entertainment in a country where the state has so much control of what is put on TV.
Road rage Russian style - In America, Britain, and Canada such terrifying episodes of road rage would be almost impossible to imagine but not in Russia - is way too intense. Even a cursory search on YouTube for 'road rage' reveals hundreds of clips and many of them are Russian.
How motorists settle their scores with guns, bats and Axes in Russia.
Clips showing armed drivers confronting each other being cut up or other lapses in driving etiquette have been watched by millions of Russians. It is impossible to verify whether all the footage is all genuine. Undoubtedly, some will have been staged, but much appears to be real. Drivers say the root of the problem is corrupt policing and a failure to crack down on those involved in road rage and other motoring offences.
The most popular clips, shown on sites such as ru-chp.livejournal.com, are the road rage incidents, where – despite weapons occasionally being brandished – most involve old-fashioned fistfights. Source by dailymail.co.uk
The best videos on the web, from road rages, crashes, funny fails and hilarious stunts gone wrong to the weird and creepy side of YouTube: Enjoy to watch the videos, share with your family and friends.
VIDEO [CC] - Deaf Newcomers Signed O' Canada in American Sign Language. New program helps Deaf newcomers to Canada.
LONDON, Ontario - CTV News - Many newcomers to Canada and to London have challenges communicating in our city. But imagine the the challenge for those who don't understand English and who are also Deaf.
It's a huge barrier, that was closed with a celebration on Wednesday. The first participants in the Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) program were on hand for the official launch of the program supporting them.
Operated by the Canadian Hearing Society, with the support of government agencies and a local church, it was created due to a growing need in London.
While the number of Deaf and sign language-challenged immigrants in our city remains small - those here - often feel greatly isolated.
The Canadian Hearing Society launched new LINC program in London, Ontario to assist newcomers who are Deaf, deafened or hard of hearing . As part of the program launch and in celebration of International Week of the Deaf, students in the inaugural LINC program signed "O Canada" in American Sign Language (ASL).
While the number of Deaf and sign language-challenged immigrants in our city remains small - those here - often feel greatly isolated.
One participant in the new program spoke to us through an interpreters about his intial experience in the Forest City. Unable to speak English or French, or understand North American Sign Language, he admits it was frightening. ... Read more story
Manitoba Deaf athletes to get more sign language help. Province to spend up to $40K a year for interpreters following human rights complaint.
WINNIPEG - CBC News - The father of a Deaf athlete from Winnipeg says he is pleased to hear Manitoba will now be providing interpreters to help other deaf players communicate.
The Manitoba government will set aside up to $40,000 a year to help Deaf children participating in amateur sport communicate with their teammates, coaches and game officials, following a human rights complaint.
Two parents of Deaf children initially approached the Manitoba Human Rights Commission complaining that lack of money for sign language services made it harder for some Deaf children to participate in sports.
The parents said the lack of interpretive services meant their children couldn't participate fully in sports, develop leadership skills and have the same advantages as their peers.
One of the complainants, Rick Zimmer, says his son, Cody, wanted to play soccer but couldn't because there was no interpreter available for him and other Deaf players. ... Read more story.
VIDEO [ASL/CC] - si5s org is a non-profit organization to spread ASL literacy and establish ASL corpus across the ASL community.
si5s is a writing system used for American Sign Language (ASL) that resembles a handwritten form of SignWriting. It was invented in 2003 in New York City by Robert Arnold.
si5s is the English spelling of the name for American Sign Language in writing. We provide workshops, presentations and training on ASL writing for K-12 education, ASL classes, and the Deaf/ASL community. See more details at wikipedia.org/wiki/Si5s.
Introduction to American Sign Language Writing by Robert Arnold.
WASHINGTON - A year-old food market in a Washington, D.C., neighborhood has become a unique hub of shopping and dining for the city's Deaf community.
