Originally appeared in Silent News, December 2001. Kids think it’s a cool toy. The box, with different colored cards, is often used on playgrounds, with parents, during classes, and even riding in the car. The colors and portability of the box seem to draw in children, who like the sense of ‘ownership’ by the words[.....]
Originally appeared in Silent News, December 2001. For many people, the experience of going to see the doctor is a cumbersome and frustrating experience. And of course, many deaf and hard of hearing people have to also worry about whether the doctor knows how to communicate with them or whether the doctor has patience for[.....]
Originally appeared in Silent News, December 2001. In 1982, deaf-owned mail order businesses primarily consisted of selling TTYs and decoders. Today, these businesses sell everything from TTYs to pagers to books to posters to, yes, even signing stuffed animals. “In the beginning, TTYs were very ‘hot-selling.’ At that time, there was no such state equipment[.....]
Originally appeared in Silent News, November 2001. I never really got to know the Julius Wiggins of Silent News fame. When I first met him in the summer of 2000, he was already in the advanced stages of his illness. Harriet faithfully brought him to the office on a daily basis, and he had a[.....]
Originally appeared in Silent News, November 2001. After battling nine other teams in the tournament, Greater Tampa Bay and Colorado Springs Thundersnow came face to face in the National Softball Association of the Deaf (NSAD) championship game. If Tampa Bay lost this game, the two teams would be forced to play a second game in[.....]
Originally appeared in Silent News, November 2001. Take a look at David H. Pierce’s vita, and you see a six-page list of his accomplishments and experience. His film and television credits alone span four pages in small print. Say David Pierce, and people respond, “Oh yeah, TV guy, good with cameras.” Few people know that[.....]
Originally appeared in Silent News, November 2001. James Hall was ordained a Catholic priest in Aurora, Ill. on June 9. He becomes the seventh deaf priest in the U.S.to be ordained. Hall, who grew up in the Warren/Niles area near Youngstown in Ohio became deaf at nine years old from spinal meningitis. After attending a[.....]
Originally appeared in Silent News, November 2001. Usually, the opposing school is very conscious of the fact that the North Carolina School for the Deaf (NCSD) football team has two female players on the team. “My players were very aware of the girls, ” says Ronnie Taylor of the South Carolina School for the Deaf[.....]
Originally appeared in Silent News, November 2001. Julius H. Wiggins died Oct. 13 at a nursing home in Mount Laurel, N.J., due to complications stemming from congestive heart failure. He was 73. Wiggins founded Silent News, a newspaper devoted to the deaf and hard of hearing community, in 1969. “My father had a dream, and[.....]
Originally appeared in Silent News, November 2001. A sense of patriotism was apparent in every corner of the National Softball Association of the Deaf (NSAD) tournament held Sept. 28-30 in New Orleans, La. Players, fans, and referees braved the looming sense of danger from the Sept. 11 attacks as they flew to New Orleans through[.....]