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William Woods sets up Deaf City LEAD event, a town that uses only sign language
Earlier this month, William Woods students participated in a LEAD event in an imaginary town called Deaf City where American Sign Language was the only form of communication. Deaf people from the community volunteered to own and run a model bank, post office, grocery store and more. They greeted and spoke with their “customers” in […]
Read More...October 27th, 2014
Posted in Deaf Culture
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Deaf Awareness Week celebrated all over the world
The last full week of September is the International Week of the Deaf; its purpose is to bring awareness to deaf issues, people and culture. The World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) first celebrated International Day of the Deaf in 1958, and it was later extended to an entire week. The September date is to […]
Read More...September 22nd, 2014
Posted in ASL At Work, Deaf Culture
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