Tag: community

We Need Your Support to Ratify the CRPD!

Your Support Needed for the Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities SILVER SPRING, MD (September 10, 2012)- The National Association of the Deaf (“NAD”), calls on all deaf and hard of hearing people to contact…

Signs2go Interpreting & Support Services, LLC is HIRING!

Signs2go Interpreting & Support Services, LLC is HIRING! Now Hiring!!! Again!!! Signs2go Interpreting & Support Services, LLC is announcing the need to hire more interpreters! We just celebrated our one year anniversary. One year of providing excellent service and building…

ASL Interpreted Show: Double, Double, Toil and Trouble – Austin

Dear Austin-area educators and members of the deaf community: Trouble Puppet Theater Company is excited to present Toil and Trouble, our original adaptation of Macbeth, and we want to let you know that we welcome groups, especially student groups, and…

A Place for All: Faith and Community For Persons with Disabilities – Austin

Onestar Foundation A Place for All: Faith and Community For Persons with Disabilities Join us for a Free Film Screening in Austin! Nominated for a 2011 Emmy award and selected for a DeRose-Hinkhouse Memorial Award It is a startling number.…

APD Settles With Deaf Woman Over Arrest

APD Settles With Deaf Woman Over Arrest August 22 2012 A lawsuit against the Austin Police Department is leading to some changes in how the department deals with the hearing-impaired and deaf community. In 2009, Ester Valdez was walking down…

2012 Lex Frieden Employment Award Winners

The Texas Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities Announces the 2012 Lex Frieden Employment Award Winners Since 1979, the Governor’s Committee has worked to highlight the efforts of employers to hire and retain employees with disabilities, and to recognize best…