Month: September 2020

ASLized is C.A.N.’s featured organization today in celebration of Deaf Awareness Month! ASLized fosters the integration of American Sign Language (ASL) educational research into visual media and literacy. The main objective is to produce teaching and learning materials in ASL with two focuses: 1.) ASL literature, preserving culture and history and 2.) ASL Linguistics, promoting a better understanding of the …

In celebration of Deaf Awareness month today we are featuring Off-The-Grid Missions! In 2009, Off-The-Grid Missions was founded by Angela Maria Nardolillo, a hard-of-hearing woman who spent years traveling solo and into isolated regions in order to provide Deaf Communities with access to educational supplies. However, during her travels, she witnessed that individuals with significant hearing loss were being deprived …

Every day in September C.A.N. is celebrating Deaf Awareness Month by featuring a Deaf/ASL organization. Our highlight for September 6 is #whyIsign founded by Stacy Abrams. Considered as a movement more than an organization, #whyIsign was started by Stacy Abrams to support hearing families with deaf children. The goal was for families to see different stories and experiences being shared. …

We are so excited to host a Q&A chat with Anna Haslund, Miss Montana for America 2020!! Anna is the first Deaf title holder of this position. Please join us for a live Zoom chat where Anna will share her journey to Miss Montana for America and answer your questions. This event is open to students and adults. We ask …

For the fifth day of Deaf Awareness Month the highlight we are celebrating is National Deaf Center. The National Deaf Center has AMAZING resources, and we at C.A.N. are incredibly grateful for their work! Taken from the Mission Page on their website: National Deaf Center’s mission is to close the substantial gaps in education and employment that exist for deaf …

Today’s featured Deaf/ASL organization for Deaf Awareness Month is Deaf Missions because… Pah! For thirty-eight years, Deaf Missions has been translating the Bible in American Sign Language. Now all the sixty-six books are completed! You can watch TODAY at http://www.deafmissions.com/app. Find out more about Deaf Missions at https://www.deafmissions.com The founders of C.A.N. have been especially encouraged by the work and productions from …

The third organization we are highlighting for Deaf Awareness Month is D-PAN, Deaf Professional Arts Network. The Deaf Professional Arts Network (D-PAN) a nonprofit 501 (c) 3 organization was originally founded to make music and music culture – the predominant shared language and experience of people worldwide – universally accessible by extending its reach to the Deaf and hard of hearing. …

September is Deaf Awareness Month! C.A.N. is celebrating ASL and Deaf leadership by featuring a different ASL or Deaf related organization every day this month. Today’s highlight is Atomic Hands, founded by Alicia Wooten and Barbara Spiecker. Atomic Hands is committed to increasing public accessibility to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) through American Sign Language and fostering collaboration and networking …

Deaf gain and Deaf perspective are worth celebrating. And the world needs to be made aware so they don’t miss out! Help us celebrate Deaf Awareness Month 2020! At Conservatory ASL Northwest we are celebrating National Deaf Awareness Month by sharing with you one Deaf or ASL oriented organization, service, or business everyday in September. Some are oldies but goodies. …