September 24, 2009, Category: Deaf Parenting
Our story is one of persistence, faith and trust. As a result we have experienced miracles beyond our imagination. Learn how our Deaf child grew up confident and pursued his passion in sports, education and is a leader in the Deaf community. After downloading the Free PDF and/or Audio you are sure to gain some...
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September 17, 2009, Category: Deaf Community
On Saturday, September 12th, 2009, The Massachusetts State Association of the Deaf (MSAD) and The Massachusetts Registry of Interpreter for the Deaf (MassRID) hosted the biennial state conference in Charlton, Massachusetts which is 15 miles southwest of Worcester, Massachusetts. More than 150 Deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing people attended the state conference. They...
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September 16, 2009, Category: Deaf Education
I decided to refresh my sign language skills and so I attended my first of nine American Sign Language (ASL) classes at Deaf, Inc last night. What a great diverse group! The teacher is Deaf and has already set the tone to make the class fun, and raised our interest in ASL and Deaf culture. ...
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September 14, 2009, Category: Deaf Education
HYPERLINK “http://www.deafinconline.org/index.html” Deaf, Inc is located in Allston, MA and the organization’s mission is to empower Deaf, Deaf-Blind, Hard of Hearing and Late-Deafened people to lead independent lives. Deaf, Inc offers educational classes and workshops in basic academic skills, job skills, GED preparation, and American Sign Language.
Parents, siblings, relatives of Deaf children or adults can...
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September 10, 2009, Category: Deaf Parenting
I am Charisma Larry’s younger sister. I enjoyed growing up with Larry, learning American Sign Language, visiting the schools for Deaf that Larry attended and playing with his friends. I will tell my story as a girl with a Deaf brother later on our Blog. Welcome to our family story.
Charisma
To get...
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September 1, 2009, Category: Resources
Gallaudet University is a federally chartered university for the education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Washington DC.
Model Secondary School for the Deaf is the middle and high school located on Gallaudet University campus.
Kendall Demonstration Elementary School is the elementary school located on Gallaudet University...
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September 1, 2009, Category: Deaf Community, Deaf Education, Deaf Parenting
A Family’s Journey with a Deaf son.
Welcome to our family story, our life’s journey with our Deaf son. My husband, Alex, and I have 2 children, Larry and Charisma. Larry and his wife Amrit are both Deaf. Their beautiful daughter Raveena is hearing.
Our story details how we discovered Larry was Deaf, our decision to...
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September 1, 2009, Category: Deaf Community, Deaf Education
Written by Larry Stephen. The last Sunday of the summer 2009 vacation, Raveena, Amrit, and I went to the well known dim sum restaurant named China Pearl in the Boston Chinatown. We invited five Deaf adults and one hearing child to spend the leisure time with us. We shared our delicious dim sum...
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