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Utilizing #deaftalent: The Making of a Deaf-Friendly Webisode
Posted by: Staff Writer on Feb. 25, 2015 | Comments
Are you tired of seeing production companies and theaters in Hollywood and beyond using hearing people casted as Deaf characters? Roles that Deaf individuals could portray and perhaps even better? We are! That’s why at deaffriendly we knew when we made the right choice, the only choice really, to use #deaftalent during the making of our first webisode released in late January “#deaffriendly or #deafchallenged? Let’s Find out” starring John Maucere
Read MoreGive me Liberty ... Or Give Me Deafisms
Posted by: Staff Writer on July 1, 2013 | Comments
The year was 1776: A noisy culmination of musket gunpowder, tarring, feathering, and three shiploads of tea tumbling into the Boston Harbor. Fast forward 237 years as a free country, and it's easy to say that We, the Deaf or Hard of Hearing people of the United State of America, have become more independent.
Read MoreViva la Inspiration! Seattle’s Marilyn Smith Wins Big in Vegas
Posted by: Staff Writer on Aug. 7, 2012 | Comments
For most people, Vegas' code is simple: You win, some, and you (mostly) lose some. More than 25 years ago, Marilyn Smith took one of the biggest gambles of her life: She quit her job to start a non-profit to serve Deaf and Deaf-Blind victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse. Defying the odds at the DeafNation World Expo 2012 in Las Vegas, the Seattle founder and former Executive Director of ADWAS accepted the DeafNation Inspiration Award.
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