Author: Grant Laird Jr

Join Us for English Prep – Winter Session

English Prep – Winter Session Join us for a webinar beginning on February 14, 2015 at 9:00 AM CST. Register now! https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2136811051985697538 This four-day session will provide you with strategies and decision-making techniques to improve English comprehension and give you…

Adopt Amelia Manor Sponsorship 2015

Tele/Videophone: (337) 205-0076 E-Mail: [email protected] 903 Center Street Lafayette, Louisiana 70501 Adopt Amelia Manor Sponsorship 2015 January 17, 2015 Dear friend; Amelia Manor Nursing Home is considered the home state headquarters for deaf and deafblind residents in Lafayette, Louisiana, Heart…

UTPA professor appointed to Texas School for the Deaf board

UTPA professor appointed to Texas School for the Deaf board December 20, 2014 By DANYA PEREZ-HERNANDEZ Staff Writer Being born hard of hearing, Shawn Saladin of Edinburg remembers the isolation and lack of understanding that comes with being partially deaf.…

SWCID provides athletic outlet

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Southwestern Collegiate Institute for the Deaf provides athletic outlet By RYAN COLLINGWOOD [email protected] December 25, 2014 BIG SPRING As Daniel Sandoval crossed the midcourt line trying to split a pair of Odessa College defenders, the point guard raised…

Deaf community voices frustrations with BOK Center deaf seating and ticketing

Deaf community voices frustrations with BOK Center deaf seating and ticketing Jamil Donith January 15, 2015 TULSA – It was supposed to be an enjoyable experience, but Glenna Cooper says going to the Garth Brooks concert in Tulsa was a…

Shirley Forsythe, trailblazing Tulsa sign-language interpreter, dies at 80

Shirley Forsythe 1934-2015 Shirley Forsythe, trailblazing Tulsa sign-language interpreter, dies at 80 By TIM STANLEY World Staff Writer To Shirley Forsythe, it seemed like a true sign from God. Watching closely as an interpreter signed for a group of deaf…