Under the leadership of Executive Director Patricia Seiglen-Perry, Deaf Community Services of San Diego garnered support from California Coalition of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Agencies (CCDHHA) to join CAD, LEAD-K, and DawnSignPress to promote the #whyIsign trending campaign during March 13th-15th. “#Why I sign? I stumbled on a sign language class while waiting to…
Sesame Street’s Linda Bove Shares her #whyIsign story!! Thank you, Linda for sharing your #whyIsign story! You inspired many children by being your beautiful self as a Deaf woman sharing the power of American Sign Language with all children, Deaf and hearing, during your days with Sesame Street. Image description: A video of a white…
CAD’s letter of commendation to Disney for a for a job well done with the McFeely-Johnson family is acknowledged: An Unforgettable Project for The Hall March 2, 2016 Yellow Shoes and The Hall’s Unforgettable spot for Disney featuring the Mansfield family finally hit the internet on Monday after spending some time being featured as an…
The background is white. White graphics : #whyIsign A white female presenting person with long hair. She is wearing a black t-shirt with #whyIsign logo print. She signs: #whyIsign. Graphics (black background with white fonts, which is consistent throughout the video): Meet Stacey Abrams about #whyIsign Stacey: How did #whyIsign start? I thought of it to inspire families…
March 2, 2016 Starkey Hearing Foundation Dear Marti Jones, Communications, We are still waiting for your response to have a healthy dialogue about what happened at the Starkey Hearing Foundation Super Bowl 50 event in San Francisco Bay Area. For clarification, CAD’s position with Starkey is not anti-hearing aids. It is about utilizing #responsiblemarketing without resorting to #inspirationporn. The…
Male presenting white person with dark blond curly hair and beard. He is wearing a blue shirt. The background is white. The graphics are white, too. (black background with white fonts, which is consistent throughout the video) Opening graphics: #whyIsign Goes GLOBAL — Adam Jarashow Adam: #whyIsign Graphics: Three reasons Adam supports #whyIsign Adam: #1 Research has…
Image description and transcript: The background is white graphics: #whyIsign A Black female presenting person iconically known as Rosa Lee. She has light brown curly hair and a blue blouse. Rosa Lee: #whyIsign Rosa Lee: What is #whyIsign? Stacey Abrams created the idea when she became curious about hearing families who learned ASL and signed with their Deaf…
Dear Dr Lu, Thank you so much for the time your team and you took to meet with the representatives of California Association of the Deaf and Language Equality and Acquisition for Deaf Kids (LEAD-K). It was a very productive discussion. Sheri Farinha and I are looking forward to collaborative efforts with you to bring…
Thank you, Jenny Witteborg for offering your ASL services to present CAD’s open letter urging the Senate to amend EHDI Act Reauthorization. To read the open letter, click here
(EDHI ACT) PROPOSED AMENDMENTS to S. 2424 FROM THE DEAF COMMUNITY CAD is so appreciative of the the leadership by Deaf people, especially Sheri Ann Farinha, from both the Coalition for Agencies Serving the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the California Association of the Deaf for their hard work to create this list of recommended…