Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A speech-to-text reporter (STTR), also known as a captioner, is a person who listens to what is being said and inputs it, word for word (), as properly written texts.Many captioners use tools (such as a shorthand keyboard, speech recognition software, or a computer-aided transcription software system), which commonly convert verbally communicated information into written words to be composed ...
Bernard Bragg (September 27, 1928 – October 29, 2018) was a deaf actor, producer, director, playwright, artist, and author who is notable for being a co-founder of the National Theatre of the Deaf and for his contributions to Deaf performing culture.
Action Deaf Youth; ADAPT; American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) (1876) – AAIDD are promoters for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) (1995) – a cross-disability organization that focuses on advocacy and services.
The Deaf Studies BA program was installed into the CSU system by 2008. The center was presented with a $50,000 donation from the Reseda Valley Women's Club to endow a scholarship. [7] In 2012 students from the Center participated in police training exercises to simulate interactions between officers and deaf people at crime scenes. [8]
Humphries is an associate professor in the Department of Communication at the San Diego branch of the University of California. [1]In addition to teaching at UCSD, he has been developing an experimental curriculum for teaching deaf children by applying bilingual teaching practices.
Rebecca Ann Alexander was born into a Jewish family on February 4, 1979, in Oakland, California, to mother Terry Pink Alexander and father David Alexander, an attorney. [1] [2] She has two siblings; a twin brother, Daniel, and older brother Peter Alexander, a journalist and White House correspondent for NBC News.
That’s OK for Kris, though, and for many other deaf people, because being deaf isn’t a disqualifier. Back in 1920 there were a few states that, for a short time, didn’t allow deaf people to ...
Marlton School is a KG–12 public special school for the deaf and hard of hearing students in Los Angeles, California, United States. [4] It was established in 1968 and is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District.