{"id":13831,"date":"2011-04-07T16:45:38","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T21:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=13831"},"modified":"2011-04-07T19:32:18","modified_gmt":"2011-04-08T00:32:18","slug":"a-more-complete-alamo-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2011\/04\/07\/a-more-complete-alamo-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"A more complete Alamo experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

A more complete Alamo experience<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Scott Huddleston
\nshuddleston@express-news.net<\/p>\n

April 1, 2011<\/p>\n

Gail and Bruce Fearing can’t hear, but they longed to see and learn about
\nthe Alamo.<\/p>\n

The deaf couple’s request for a sign-language interpreter may have sparked
\nan effort to make the Alamo more user-friendly for the deaf. The couple and
\ntheir two sons, who are not hearing-impaired, got a guided tour Thursday
\nfrom Bruce Winders, Alamo historian and curator.<\/p>\n

Early on, Winders explained that Davy Crockett didn’t care for the 1834
\nportrait of him that’s on display in the state-owned shrine.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe didn’t like the way he looked\u201d in the painting, Winders told the couple
\nwith help from Cassandra Ramirez, an interpreter with Alamo Colleges who
\nprovided sign language free of charge.<\/p>\n

But news of the famed frontiersman’s death in the 1836 battle aided the
\nTexas Revolution, Winders said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople in the United States who didn’t care about the revolution began to
\ncare,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Other highlights included commentary on displays, including arrowheads from
\nthe site’s mission era and a poetry book the Alamo commander, Lt. Col.
\nWilliam Barret Travis, got at age 9. Winders said the book helped Travis
\nlearn the flair for writing he used to pen his moving letters during the
\nsiege.<\/p>\n

The Fearings, from Wisconsin, nodded and asked questions orally. Gail
\nFearing called the visit a \u201cgreat experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI learned a lot about the Alamo. The interpreter service was very
\nhelpful,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Alamo spokesman Tony Caridi said he arranged the tour after the couple asked
\nfor assistance. The Alamo can provide the deaf and hearing-impaired a free
\nscript from its audio tour and is studying the possibility of offering
\nsign-language interpretation.<\/p>\n

Gail Fearing said few sites offer sign language.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we were in Houston to see NASA and the Battleship (Texas), they didn’t
\nprovide interpreters, and I was kind of disappointed,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Other historic sites offer written tour scripts. The White House and
\nKentucky Derby Museum provide sign language if requested in advance.<\/p>\n

In recent years, President Lincoln’s Cottage in Washington, where Abraham
\nLincoln and his family spent a lot of time from 1862 to 1864, used grants to
\npurchase personal amplification devices and reformat its introductory film
\nto include closed captioning.<\/p>\n

San Antonio College, which has a Department of American Sign Language, would
\nlike to help the Alamo offer the service, said Julie Razuri, director of the
\ncollege’s interpreter intern group. San Antonio’s deaf community is
\nestimated at roughly 8,000 to 18,000 people, she said.<\/p>\n

Even though there might be a cost, it may be possible to give more deaf
\npeople an Alamo experience, Razuri said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe important thing is that the Alamo wants to be accessible,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Source: (picture and links)<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/news\/local_news\/article\/A-more-complete-Alamo-experience-1317210.php<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A more complete Alamo experience By Scott Huddleston shuddleston@express-news.net April 1, 2011 Gail and Bruce Fearing can’t hear, but they longed to see and learn about the Alamo. The deaf couple’s request for a sign-language interpreter may have sparked an…<\/p>\n

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