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    Apr 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. 'Tribes' star Russell Harvard talks deaf community culture

    Russell Harvard plays the deaf brother in a dysfunctional family in "Tribes" at the Mark Taper Forum through April 14. The Austin, Texas-based actor, who won a Drama League Award for the role off-Broadway, will move with the production to the La Jolla Playhouse from June 25 through July 21. He spoke in his Taper dressing room.
    Russell Harvard plays the deaf brother in a dysfunctional family in "Tribes" at the Mark Taper Forum through April 14. The Austin, Texas-based actor, who won a Drama League Award for the role off-Broadway, will move with the production to the La Jolla...

    Tags: There Will Be Blood (movie), Science and Technology, Daniel Day-Lewis, Gallaudet University, Technology

    2. Apr 6, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  2. Winter Park softball player breaks down language barrier by signing

    WINTER PARK — Daisha Padilla's first words were "mom" and "dad."
    WINTER PARK — Daisha Padilla's first words were "mom" and "dad." She wasn't an infant, and she wasn't learning to speak. Padilla was using sign language as a sophomore at Winter Park. "They are pretty simple words to sign," said Padilla, who has...

    Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Softball, Sports

    3. Mar 29, 2013 |Story| Daily American

  3. Deaf employees in the workforce

    There were no deaf children where I grew up, no deaf children where I went to school. There was no hearing impairment I can remember in my family, no deaf personnel serving in the military where I was assigned. So it's no surprise that I was also...
    4. Mar 21, 2013 |Story| Herald Mail

  4. 9-1-1 Text Alert Pilot Program Launches in Frederick County.

    Verizon Wireless customers can now send a text message to 911 for emergency help.
    rharveyjones@hmtv6.com
    Verizon Wireless customers can now send a text message to 911 for emergency help. A 9-1-1 text alert pilot program will be launched today throughout Frederick County and six other counties across the Northeast. The service is designed to enable those...

    Tags: Verizon Wireless, Telecommunication Service, Frederick County (Maryland), Maryland School for the Deaf, Politics

    5. Mar 20, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  5. Theater review: 'Children of a Lesser God' from Beth Marshall Presents

    It's not uncommon in life to hear — but not actually listen. Ask any long-married couple. Or the parent of a toddler. Or, for that matter, the parent of a teenager.
    It's not uncommon in life to hear — but not actually listen. Ask any long-married couple. Or the parent of a toddler. Or, for that matter, the parent of a teenager. Humankind, in fact, has made rather an art of communication in which the true...

    Tags: Marlee Matlin, Winter Garden, Arts and Culture, Celebrities

    6. Mar 19, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. EEOC claims Toys 'R' Us discriminated against deaf job applicant

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Toys "R" Us, alleging the company broke the law when staff at its Columbia store refused to provide a sign-language interpreter for a job applicant who is deaf.
    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Toys "R" Us, alleging the company broke the law when staff at its Columbia store refused to provide a sign-language interpreter for a job applicant who is deaf. The lawsuit, filed last week in U.S....

    Tags: Laws, Labor Legislation, Crime, Law and Justice, Services and Shopping, Justice System

    7. Mar 14, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  7. Timber Creek's PIT Crew puts pedal to metal to help special needs students

    Because a schoolmate didn't quit, Lauren Sherry stuck with it, too.
    Because a schoolmate didn't quit, Lauren Sherry stuck with it, too. A student was having difficulty catching a ball during a game. The task was challenging, but the boy would not be denied. "He didn't get it at first, but he caught it at the end,''...

    Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Autism, Marc Jackson, Katy Perry

    8. Mar 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Review: 'Tribes' will be heard — and felt

    In the intellectually raucous British household of Nina Raine's "Tribes," family members don't so much talk as assault each other with monologues. The dinner table cacophony consists of scraps of debate, ironic jabs, aesthetic proclamations, academic...

    Tags: Roy Rogers, Health and Safety at School

    9. Mar 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. 'Tribes' uncovers a dysfunction both silent and spoken

    In the play "Tribes," a young deaf man with a boisterous, hearing family learns something from a new girlfriend that his parents and siblings never bothered to teach him: how to sign. He had always been expected to keep up with them by reading lips.
    In the play "Tribes," a young deaf man with a boisterous, hearing family learns something from a new girlfriend that his parents and siblings never bothered to teach him: how to sign. He had always been expected to keep up with them by reading lips....

    Tags: Genetic Condition, Roy Rogers, Entertainment, Music, Celebrities

    10. Mar 1, 2013 | Zap2It

  10. “Switched at Birth” episode to be broadcast entirely in American Sign Language

    Channel Guide Magazine
    Switched at Birth: “Uprising” airs Monday, March 4, at 8pm ET on ABC Family. For those worried about the prospect of watching an hour of television entirely in sign language — that means no voices or ambient noise — Switched at...
    11. Mar 4, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. 'Switched at Birth' airs groundbreaking episode tonight

    ABC Family will make history tonight, airing an episode of “Switched at Birth” completely in American Sign Language, with subtitles for hearing viewers. It's something the network says has never been done before on scripted, mainstream...

    Tags: ABC Family (tv network), Gallaudet University, Washington, DC

    12. Mar 4, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  12. Brotman: Decades later, moms' balancing act is as tough as ever

    Twenty years ago, when I was deep into my working mother juggling act, I would curse my generation's timing.
    Twenty years ago, when I was deep into my working mother juggling act, I would curse my generation's timing. For the women who come after us, I thought, it would surely be easier. Corporate America would no doubt stop being shocked — shocked!...

    Tags: Marissa Mayer, Homes, New Products

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