Usually phones are not allowed in the Supreme Court, but that changed on Tuesday, April 19, when 13 deaf or hard-of-hearing lawyers were sworn in as members of the U.S. Supreme Court bar. The deaf or hard-of-hearing lawyers were able to use their phones to see a...
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Women Entrepreneurs Radio™: Marilyn L. Weber, President & CEO of Deaf Interpreter Services
Show #369 Marilyn L. Weber, president and CEO of Deaf Interpreter Services (DIS), is a certified sign language interpreter and has an adult daughter who is deaf. Marilyn has been working for more than 25 years promoting accessible communication, and advocating for the...
Videos on Cancer Prevention, Health Now Available in ASL
The University of California, San Diego’s (UCSD) Moores Cancer Center has created of a set of nine streaming DVDs all in ASL (captioned and with voiceover). Six of the DVDs outline various forms of cancer and cancer prevention and three focus on how to live a healthy...
Recruiter: How to Reap the Benefits of Remote Employees – and Avoid the Pitfalls
Hillary Ferguson March 25th On Recruiter Today, we’ve written often about remote work, strong company cultures, and how those two things intersect – but now it’s time to take a step back and look at the benefits and logistics of integrating remote workers. A recent...
Texas State Independent Living Conference Comes to San Antonio
The 2016 Texas State Independent Living Conference will be held April 3 - 5, 2016 in San Antonio at the Hilton San Antonio Airport Hotel. This year’s theme is “Innovate,” and the conference is devoted to discussing the issues, technologies and services that empower...
New Text-to-911 Options for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing
Just last month a deaf woman in Alpharetta, Georgia, saw two children alone in a car. Concerned for their well-being, she texted 911. It turned out that a babysitter had left the kids alone for a bit, and luckily no one was hurt: The sitter got off with a warning. The...
Technology Advancements for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing
In recent years, technology advancements that assist the deaf and hard-of-hearing have reached new heights with a new pediatric hearing test. These advancements are making it much easier for the deaf and hard-of-hearing to communicate and process what is going on...
Advancing Women: How to Effortlessly Incorporate Virtual Employees Into Today’s Workplace
Technology has allowed us so many advantages in every part of our life, and the office is certainly one of the spaces that we have been able to grow and adapt because of advances in technology. One of the times when this concept is most apparent is looking at the...
America’s First (and Last) Deaf Top Model
America’s Next Top Model (ANTM) just wrapped up its 22nd and final season. Since the show’s inception, we have seen a number of talented individuals who have gone on to do big things in the fashion/modeling industry, like walk the runway for high-fashion designers...
Victory for Rights of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Prisoners
The life of a prisoner in the United States is certainly not desirable, but just like the rest of us Americans they are allowed their basic human rights. Unfortunately, there’s a disturbing pattern of mistreatment of deaf and hard-of-hearing prisoners in our country’s...