MEDIA ADVISORY Texas Health and Human Services Commission Date: June 23, 2023 Contact: Jennifer Ruffcorn 512-424-6951 Jennifer.Ruffcorn@hhs.texas.gov Cecile Erwin Young HHS Executive Commissioner HHSC Recognizes Deafblind Awareness Week with Art Show AUSTIN – The Texas Health and Human Services Commission…
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DeafBlindness Awareness Week 2021
DeafBlindness Awareness Week Pro-Tactile Interpreting DeafBlind Awareness Week was first celebrated in 1984, when President Ronald Reagan issued a proclamation in recognition of the birth of Helen Keller. Since then, DeafBlind Awareness Week has been used as a time to…
Dallas Public Library is hosting for a National Deaf History Month 2021
Dallas Public Library is hosting for a National Deaf History Month. Please register to report what accommodations they need. We’re going to be providing ASL accommodation and caption services, but it would still be helpful to know who all needs…
June 21st-27th is Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week
Office of the Texas Governor, Greg Abbott Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities Celebrate Deaf-Blind Awareness Week 2020 Deaf-Blind Awareness Week was first celebrated in 1984, when President Ronald Reagan issued a proclamation in recognition of the birth of Helen…
Teacher’s language is of love
Beilue: Teacher’s language is of love June 7, 2014 By JON MARK BEILUE The first boy in JoDeane Boyett’s first class in Amarillo was 4 years old at the time. He was from Tulia, and in the beginning, he was…
Marlee Matlin on the FCC’s Feeble Attempts at Online Closed Captioning
Marlee Matlin on the FCC’s Feeble Attempts at Online Closed Captioning Longtime lobbyist fights for the deaf and hearing impaired to enjoy binge-watching sessions just like the rest of us. By Jordyn Taylor April 28, 2014 For some of us,…