{"id":31487,"date":"2015-07-29T00:37:05","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T05:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=31487"},"modified":"2015-07-29T00:37:05","modified_gmt":"2015-07-29T05:37:05","slug":"abilities-expo-2015-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2015\/07\/29\/abilities-expo-2015-houston\/","title":{"rendered":"Abilities Expo 2015 &#8211; Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Abilities Expo 2015 &#8211; Houston<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sign Shares, Inc.\/International will be exhibiting at the Abilities Expo in Houston from July 31-Aug. 2 at the NRG Center, Hall E. American Sign Language interpretation services will be available at Abilities Expo compliments of Sign Shares.<\/p>\n<p>Sign Shares is a full-service, turn-key, interpreting research agency, serving Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Hearing\/Foreign-speaking individuals on an international level. They provide interpreting services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.<\/p>\n<p>The expo is the disability community&#8217;s largest event nationwide. According to their press release, &#8220;The Houston Abilities Expo will feature an impressive line-up of exhibits, workshops, events, celebrities and activities to appeal to people of all ages with the full spectrum of disabilities\u2014including physical, learning, developmental and sensory disabilities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Exhibit hall hours are: Fri. 11am-5pm, Saturday 11am-5pm, and Sunday 11am-4pm.<\/p>\n<p>Register to attend the Abilities Expo for free. Requests for accommodations are taken during registration.<\/p>\n<p>See an Exhibit Hall map here.<\/p>\n<p>Sign Shares will be at booth 255.<\/p>\n<p>Parking is $12 at the NRG Center (formerly Reliant Center), Hall E, 8400 Kirby Drive, Houston, TX 77054. Carpool with some friends and save money!<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>David S. Bass<br \/>\nDeaf Community Advocate and Staff Writer<br \/>\nSign Shares<br \/>\nEmail: dbass@signshares.com<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.signshares.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.signshares.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1signshares\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1signshares<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abilities Expo 2015 &#8211; Houston Sign Shares, Inc.\/International will be exhibiting at the Abilities Expo in Houston from July 31-Aug. 2 at the NRG Center, Hall E. American Sign Language interpretation services will be available at Abilities Expo compliments of&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2015\/07\/29\/abilities-expo-2015-houston\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[23977,35,3189,24,637,3547,1412,20,40,957,23976,17],"class_list":["post-31487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news","tag-abilities-expo","tag-community","tag-david-bass","tag-deaf","tag-disability","tag-exhibition","tag-hard-of-hearing","tag-houston","tag-interpreter","tag-sign-shares","tag-sign-shares-inc","tag-texas"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-8bR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15218,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2011\/08\/01\/abilities-expo-2011-houston\/","url_meta":{"origin":31487,"position":0},"title":"Abilities Expo 2011 &#8211; Houston","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"August 1, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Abilities Expo 2011 - Houston Friday 11AM - 5 PM Saturday 10 AM - 5 PM Sunday 11AM - 4 PM Experience Abilities Expo\u2026 Flyer (PDF) available for download - see below. 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