Writing for The Washington Post, Rachael Kaye shares how one meteorologist is addressing a critical gap for people with a hearing disability who do not have access to severe-weather information. You can read the full article here. …
American Sign Language
History Made at the Super Bowl for Speech and Hearing. Was it a Success?
All the major news outlets covered it. Newsweek, HuffPost, you name it. Dr. Dre made headlines by announcing that there would be deaf rappers at the halftime show of the LVI (56th) Super Bowl. It is a big deal. A really big deal. This is the FIRST time in NFL history that ASL interpreters have been part of the actual show. From HuffPost: Sean Forbes and Warren “WaWa” Snipe will become the …
Who Inspires You? We Want To Know!
I’ve run across a lot of feel good articles this week. It amazes me what people can accomplish and to be honest, I often envy their constant upbeat mood and never ending drive. I realize too, that most of these folks just don’t get enough credit. So we would love to highlight some of them here at The Orange Effect Foundation. Here’s some I ran across this week! Dylan …
A Loss For Words
Our son Micah was two years old when we learned he was profoundly deaf. I remember him wading in the Florida Gulf waters up to his chest, and it suddenly occurred to me that he didn’t know his name. In his fist, he held a handful of pebbles, and he launched the rocks in flight. I watched as the pebbles glistened, tiny sparks of light, and realized if I called his name, if I screamed, the word …